Lighthouse Keeping
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Hannah
Story by	Harry Reeves Jesse Marsh
Produced by	Walt Disney
Starring	Clarence Nash
Music by	Oliver Wallace
Animation by	Hal King Bob Carlson Judge Whitaker Fred Jones
Layouts by	Yale Gracey
Backgrounds by	Howard Dunn
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	September 20, 1946 (1946-09-20)
Running time	6:39
Country	United States
Language	English

Lighthouse Keeping is a 1946 American animated cartoon directed by Jack Hannah and produced by Walt Disney.^[1] In the cartoon, Donald battles with an angry pelican to keep his lighthouse light on.

The pelican's name is not used in the short, but Disney A to Z reveals that his name is Marblehead.^[2]

Plot

Donald is reading a book but he tries to read a book and let the light rotate at the same time. Donald falls off his chair so he moves his a bit closer to light. He ends up sliding towards the window and gets bored with his job as a lighthouse keeper as he can't read his book while the light rotates around, and when he sees a sleeping pelican out the window, he decides to wake him up by shining the light on him. After the pelican wakes up he moves to another spot, When he goes back to sleep Donald shines the light on him again. So the pelican blocks the light with his nest, but stands of light shines through the twigs. The pelican gets fed up and invades the lighthouse, putting out the light. Donald and the pelican engage in a fast-paced duel for the rest of the night, turning the light on and off, even continuing after sunrise.

Voice cast

• Clarence Nash as Donald Duck

Television

• Disneyland, episode #4.7: "Duck for Hire"
• Donald's Quack Attack, episode #37
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.21: "Goin' to the Birds"

Home media

The short was released on December 6, 2005, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Two: 1942-1946.^[3]

Additional release include:

• Bonus on Pete's Dragon Gold Classic Collection (2000).