| Trolley Troubles | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walt Disney |
| Produced by | Charles Mintz George Winkler |
| Story by | Walt Disney |
| Animation by | Ub Iwerks Hugh Harman Les Clark Friz Freleng Ben Clopton Norm Blackburn Rollin "Ham" Hamilton |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions Winkler Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 5, 1927 |
| Running time | 5:46 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Followed by | Oh Teacher |
Trolley Troubles is a 1927 animated short subject film, produced and directed by Walt Disney. The cartoon is noted for being the first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character that Disney and Ub Iwerks created for Universal Pictures and Charles B. Mintz. Oswald would later serve as the basis for Mickey Mouse.
In the early summer of 1927, Disney finished the first Oswald cartoon, entitled "Trolley Troubles". However, Universal was not very satisfied. They had expected a more Charlie Chaplin-like character and thought Oswald was too big and too weak. Disney agreed to make some changes and the cartoon was not released in theatres at the time.
Instead, Oswald's second-produced cartoon was submitted for release: "Poor Papa". Universal was pleased and the short was released by Universal on September 5, 1927.
The press loved the new cartoon series Walt made and Oswald became a true hero. From that moment on, a new cartoon was released every two weeks.
The video was eventually posted on YouTube after being released on a big hit Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon collection DVD.
As for "Poor Papa", it was released eventually in theatres, although Universal held it back until 1928. In total, nine Oswald cartoons were released in 1927, then released for DVD in 2007.
The copyright for Trolley Troubles expired in 1955.[1]
A re-release of the cartoon was completed on November 23, 1931 after Walter Lantz Productions took over. This re-release was completed with music and sound effects.
Oswald is preparing a trolley to drive, but there are some obstacles. One of the obstacles was a cow that walks ito the middle of the train track and refuses to move until Oswald drives the trolley underneath it. Oswald thinks that everything is now good, until the hill got steep.Oswald uses a goat to get the trolley up the hill; then down the hill.The trolley even goes onto a bumpy road without Oswald driving it onto the road, forcing Oswald to toss his Bunny Children out of the trolley, one by one. Oswald prayed that he would live,took off his foot to rub it on his head (as the saying that a rabbits foot gives you good luck), and went back praing.Eventually,the trolley crashed into a river and Oswald uses a big stick to stroke the trolley down the river.