Screenplay: Carl Barks

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Carl Barks. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Donald's Snow Fight (S)

1942 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald Duck, in a battleship made of ice, goes to war against his three nephews, who fight back from their ice fort.

6.6

206 votes

6.6

206 votes

DuckTales: The Treasure of the Golden Suns (TV)

1987 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Steve Clark · Terence Harrison · Alan Zaslove

Plot When Donald Duck joins the Navy, he decides to send his nephews, Hewey, Dewey and Louie, to live with his Uncle Scrooge McDuck. However, while the old billionaire agrees to...

6.6

84 votes

6.6

84 votes

Chef Donald (S)

1941 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald is listening to a radio cooking program while mixing up a batch of waffles. But he's distracted and uses rubber cement instead of baking powder.

6.6

129 votes

6.6

129 votes

Modern Inventions (S)

1937 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald Duck goes to a museum of modern inventions. After getting in without paying, he meets a robot butler who takes Donald's hat every time he sees him. Donald is...

6.5

352 votes

6.5

352 votes

Self Control (S)

1938 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald hears a radio philosopher advise to laugh and count ten when he gets angry. He tries it successfully, then settles into his hammock for a nap. Between a caterpillar...

6.5

155 votes

6.5

155 votes

Mr. Duck Steps Out (S)

1940 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald is heading out for a night on the town with Daisy, but first he needs to ditch his resourceful nephews. Easier said than done. They get to Daisy's house...

6.5

147 votes

6.5

147 votes

Early to Bed (S)

1941 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald has to get up early, but everything seems to be working to keep him awake. His loudly ticking alarm clock resists several attempts to quiet it. Donald ultimately swallows...

6.4

144 votes

6.4

144 votes

Donald's Better Self (S)

1938 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Schoolboy Donald is torn between his angel and devil sides, though in Donald's case, the devil side isn't hard to resist. But the smoking he's encouraged to do turns him...

6.3

143 votes

6.3

143 votes

Donald's Cousin Gus (S)

1939 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald's cousin Gus Goose arrives unexpectedly. Despite the note from his mother saying "he don't eat much," he's soon eating Donald out of house and home.

6.3

124 votes

6.3

124 votes

The Old Army Game (S)

1943 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Private Donald Duck has snuck off base for some unauthorized R&R. But his clever ruse (a dummy and a sound effects record) don't fool Sergeant Pete, who's waiting for him...

6.2

79 votes

6.2

79 votes

Sea Scouts (S)

1939 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Dick Lundy

Plot Donald has a large sailboat, and his crew consists of his three nephews. But between his own clumsiness, and that of his inexperienced (but not mean) crew, the sailing is...

6.2

103 votes

6.2

103 votes

Donald's Vacation (S)

1940 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald takes a kayak trip. When he gets to his campsite, he unloads the kayak, fights with his folding chair, and goes to sleep. Meanwhile, the chipmunks of the forest...

6.2

61 votes

6.2

61 votes

Donald's Nephews (S)

1938 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald's sister Dumbella sends her three sons Huey, Dewey, and Louie to visit their uncle Donald. They prove to be quite a handful for Donald, even with help from his...

6.2

146 votes

6.2

146 votes

Fire Chief (S)

1940 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Donald and his nephews are the staff of a fire station. Huey, Dewey, and Louie, annoyed by Donald's snoring, ring the fire alarm. Soon, his bumbling sets the fire station...

6.2

79 votes

6.2

79 votes

The Vanishing Private (S)

1942 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Private Donald Duck gets into trouble when he performs his camouflage painting duty too well with experimental paint that makes anything painted invisible.

6.2

130 votes

6.2

130 votes

Bellboy Donald (S)

1942 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Jack Hannah

Plot Bellboy Donald's patience is seriously tested when Pegleg Pete and his son check in.

6.2

51 votes

6.2

51 votes

Donald's Lucky Day (S)

1939 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot It's Friday the 13th, and Donald has to avoid any number of bad luck omens in order to deliver an ominously ticking package.

6.1

101 votes

6.1

101 votes

Timber (S)

1941 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Jack King

Plot Hobo Donald steals dinner off Pegleg Pete's table. Pete gives Donald a stick of dynamite. Then he puts Donald to work chopping trees. To say Donald is an inept lumberjack...

6.1

65 votes

6.1

65 votes

Donald's Gold Mine (S)

1942 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Dick Lundy

Plot Donald is digging in his gold mine, mostly generic looking dark rocks, and being clumsy, to the great amusement of his burro, when he accidentally fills his cart with a...

6.1

41 votes

6.1

41 votes

Bone Trouble (S)

1940 · Movie · 9 min. · United States

Direction Jack Kinney

Plot Pluto's dish is empty, so he goes after the bone in the dish of Butch the bulldog, who is sleeping next door. Can he make it home with the bone...

6.1

38 votes

6.1

38 votes