"An Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon"

Release Date September 5, 1927

Running Time 5:46

Synopsis

Oswald as the owner of a trolley car, which eventually turns into a very wild ride.

Characters

Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit

Credits

Director : Walt Disney

Animation

Ub Iwerks

Hugh Harman

Les Clark

Friz Freleng

Ben Clopton

Norm Blackburn

Rollin "Ham" Hamilton

Milestones

The first "Oswald" short released.

DVD

Disney Treasures : The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Disney's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Non-Disney : Tom's Vintage Film)

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Black and White

Animation type : Combination live-action and standard animation

Sound mix : Silent

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by M. J. Winkler Productions

Gallery

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Comments

From Manny Behar: Delightful and quite advanced by 1927 standards and still quite enjoyable today.

The gags of the trolley adjusting to the track, Oswald reducing the size of the trolley to go under the old cow blocking the tracks and getting the goat to push the trolley up the hill were well done.

The wild roller coaster type ride is a forerunner to a forerunner of later Disney wild rides, "Mickey's Trailer" is one that comes to my mind.

A solid start to the Oswald series and it is easy to see why Oswald became a success. If Disney had kept the rights to Oswald he rather than Mickey might have bnecome the greatest cartoon star of all.

From Ryan: Here is Oswald's first cartoon. It is quite advanced for it's day. During the sequence in which Oswald rides through the tunnel, the viewer can almost feel like he/she is riding through that tunnel as well (long before computer animation too). A similar gag was reused in "Mickey's Choo Choo" and the Flip the Frog cartoon "The New Car." Like "Plane Crazy", Iwerks animated this cartoon by himself.