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