Sleepy Time Donald
1947 film by Jack King
Sleepy Time Donald is a Donald Duck animated short film which was released on May 9, 1947, and produced in Technicolor by RKO Radio Pictures. It was the sixth cartoon in Donald's filmography to feature Daisy Duck.
Plot
The short revolves around Daisy's efforts to rescue Donald as he keeps running into danger while sleepwalking.
Voice cast
Clarence Nash as Donald Duck
Gloria Blondell as Daisy Duck
Home media
The short was released on December 11, 2007, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three: 1947-1950.
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