Thursday, 6 February 2020

Reflections of an Allied Duck

“We’re in to win!” sings patriotic Daffy Duck in the Frank Tashlin-directed Scrap Happy Daffy (1943).

Daffy dives from a pile of garbage he’s collected for the scrap metal drive and lands in front of some mirrors where he sings as a chorus. Note the flip.



The camera cuts closer to the mirrors. As the Daffys sing, they morph into Mussolini, Hitler and Tojo.



The Axis images crack up the mirrors and Tashlin cuts to multiple Daffys singing and swaying in each of the shards. Note the stylised backgrounds.



Art Davis is the credited animator; Don Christensen wrote the story. Carl Stalling has the orchestra play a pumped up version of This is Worth Fighting For by Eddie DeLange and Sam E. Stept over the opening titles.

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