The Ugly Duckling (1939)
0h 9m | PG-13
An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.
Director: Hamilton Luske
Studio: Walt Disney Productions
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Clarence Nash
as Ducks (voice) (uncredited)
Reviews
There is something really quite touching about this Disneyfication of the timeless Hans Christian Andersen story. We start with the expectant parents awaiting their fifth chick. It's born but clearly isn't the same as the others and it's promptly rejected. Abandoned to fend for itself, it tries to make friends but everything is new and unfamiliar. Then, fortune smiles and ... Andersen's fables always did have a valid moral underpinning them and this one seems all the more ripe for a sensitively scored and delicately drawn version that has, mercifully, been spared the traditional singing accompaniment. It's surprisingly effective, this.