Modern Inventions

Modern Inventions
  • Release date: 19 Jun 1937
  • Release year: 1937
  • Runtime: 9 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: robot sci fi, blackface, racial caricature, hat theft, new haircut, combing hair, bad haircut, sprayed with milk, gift wrapping, donald duck character
Plot:
Donald Duck decides to go into the Museum of Modern Marvels. He immediately exploits the weakness in automation by using a quarter on a string to get through the turnstile without really paying. Once inside, he tangles with a robot butler who insists on taking his hat, while Donald frustrates him by repeatedly producing a new hat, of different varieties, out of thin air. The next invention he sees is a Hitch-Hiker's Aid: "It works while you sleep." It proves to be a robot that does the work of sticking out its thumb for you. Other exhibits are a Bundle-Wrapper, a Robot Nurse Maid and an Automated Barber. Donald gets in trouble with them all.
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