What if StudioCanal is founded in 1937?/Carlstoons/The Vanishing Private

The Vanishing Private is a 1943 animated cartoon by StudioCanal, starring McDonald MacPherson in the World War II years. It was directed by Ub Iwerks and produced by Stanley Carls. It was released in theatres on January 1, 1943 by StudioCanal.

Plot
McDonald MacPherson is dong some camouflage painting on a cannon with yellow, green, and red stripes and black dots (based on the colors of the Flag of Lithuania with bullet holes in it). The sergeant sees it and scolds McDonald, explaining that it needs to painted so it can't be seen. Muzyki then demands that McDonald re-paint the cannon to make it "hard to see". Obliging to the sergeant's orders, McDonald walks to the "Experimental Laboratory: Camouflage Corps", disregarding the 'keep out' sign, and walks in. He finds some "invisible paint", which he tests with his finger, and uses it to paint the cannon.

When the sergeant returns, he is shocked to find the cannon seemingly gone, believing it to be stolen. But of course it isn't stolen, as the sergeant finds out the hard way by bonking his head on the underside of the cannon and discovering McDonald inside. Angered that McDonald painted the cannon too invisible to see, the sergeant blows hard into one end of the barrel,sending McDonald out the other end and into the bucket of invisible paint. When McDonald runs away, the sergeant finds out Donald has become invisible after seeing McDonald's footprints on the ground. McDonald then swims across a lake, but the invisible paint doesn't come off.

Muzyki continues to chase McDonald through a field of flowers, until he accidentally throws some of the flowers on Donald, revealing his outline. The sergeant spots McDonald and tries to catch him, but he gets away again. However, this gives Pete an idea to find McDonald. When the General drives up, the sergeant's antics, including jumping around a tree while singing "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush" and throwing flowers, convinces the General that he is acting odd, especially after he asks the General "did you see a little guy that you can't see?" The invisible McDonald then puts a cactus down the sergeant's pants, making him scream in pain and jump around like a madman, making the General wonder what is going on with the sergeant.

McDonald then walks around a nearby kitchen and sees some pies in the window, so he takes one of the pies and eats it. The sergeant then notices this and McDonald throws the pie in the sergeant's face. McDonald is then shown skipping a rope, which angers the sergeant, so he chases him around a tank. McDonald then trips the sergeant, sending him literally under the grass, under some soldiers, and out again into the arsenal building, where he gets hold of several grenades and begins blowing things up to stop McDonald, on the warpath against him, starting with a tree that literally flies into the air and floats down. The General sees this and gets scared when the sergeant runs towards him, and hides behind a nearby power pole. The General tries to reassure the sergeant and stop his rampage, but McDonald stands behind the General, who panickedly tries to tell the sergeant to calm himself, and when McDonald pokes the sergeant in the rear with the General's sword, the startled sergeant jumps into the air and onto the General, releasing all of the grenades, which land on the sergeant and the General, injuring them in the explosion.

Later, the sergeant is locked up in a padded cell, wearing a straitjacket and chains, as he has been declared insane by the army for his actions. He pleads to McDonald who is on guard duty and no longer invisible anymore) to go tell the General of his sanity, but McDonald refuses, asking the sergeant "Do you think I'M crazy?" and whistles "The Army's Not the Army Anymore" as the cartoon closes.

Voice cast

 * Clarence Nash as McDonald MacPherson
 * Lee Zahler as The Sergeant

Credits

 * A Republic Release
 * Stanley Carls presents
 * Carlstoons
 * in Technicolor
 * Copyright MCMXLIII Stanley Carls Productions, Inc.
 * All Rights Reserved
 * McDonald MacPherson in
 * "The Vanishing Private"
 * Story: Carl Barks, Art Scott
 * Animation: Don Towsley, Manuel Perez, LaVerne Harding, Thurston Harper
 * Layout: Charles Phillips
 * Backgrounds: Clarence Chase
 * Music: Winston Sharples
 * Cinematography: Wilfred Jackson
 * Edited by: Fred MacAlpin
 * Sound: Norman McLaren
 * Approved MPPDA Certificate No. 9535
 * I.A.T.S.E.-IA
 * Cartoonists
 * RCA Sound System
 * Directed by: Ub Iwerks
 * THE END
 * A Stanley Carls Production
 * Made in Hollywood, U.S.A.