Downhearted Duckling is the 87th one reel animated Tom and Jerry short, created in 1953 directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Irven Spence, Ray Patterson, Kenneth Muse and Ed Barge with backgrounds by Robert Gentle. It was released on November 13, 1954 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Quacker is deeply distraught after reading The Ugly Duckling. The duckling in the...
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Downhearted Duckling is the 87th one reel animated Tom and Jerry short, created in 1953 directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Irven Spence, Ray Patterson, Kenneth Muse and Ed Barge with backgrounds by Robert Gentle. It was released on November 13, 1954 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Quacker is deeply distraught after reading The Ugly Duckling. The duckling in the illustrated book looks just like Quacker, and convinced that he too is ugly, has thoughts of suicide. Jerry hears him crying and tries to help Quacker look better, but Quacker attempts to kill himself by releasing an axe onto himself. Jerry removes him from the death trap and the axe falls on his tail.
Jerry dresses Quacker up in a tie and hat, but Quacker, looking at himself in a broken mirror, still thinks he is ugly. Before Jerry runs inside his house and returns with another mirror, Quacker walks off, wishing he was dead.
He approaches a...
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