Oswald the Lucky Rabbit filmography

The following is a complete list of cartoons starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

Walt Disney produced 26 cartoons during 1927–1928, 26 cartoons were produced after Walt Disney's departure during the Winkler years (1928–1929), and 142 cartoons were produced by Walter Lantz during 1929–1943, making 194 cartoons in total.

Shorts

The Disney years

1927

Film Notes
Poor Papa First cartoon produced in series (in 1927), initially rejected but released a year later.[1] Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff. Not on DVD, but survives; one print was screened at a 1987 animation retrospective,[2] others were put up for auction in 2001,[3] 2013, and 2014.
Trolley Troubles The first Oswald cartoon released (was the second one produced). Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff.
Oh Teacher A few sequences went missing and others were reordered when the cartoon was reissued. Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff.
The Mechanical Cow Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff.
Great Guns! Animated by Ub Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff.
All Wet Directed by Ub Iwerks. Animated by Iwerks and the entire Disney Oswald staff.
The Ocean Hop A few sequences went missing when the cartoon was reissued. Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton.
The Banker's Daughter Lost cartoon. A few sketches of this film survive. Animated by Ub Iwerks and Friz Freleng.
Empty Socks Not on DVD, but a fragmentary print[4] and a mostly complete second print[5] survive. Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton.
Rickety Gin Lost cartoon. Animated by Ub Iwerks and Friz Freleng.

1928

Film Notes
Harem Scarem Lost cartoon. Animation drawings from a small part of this film survive, and were compiled by Disney into a video clip in 2012. Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton.
Neck 'n' Neck Lost cartoon. Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton.
The Ol' Swimmin' Hole Lost cartoon. but poster survives. Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton.
Africa Before Dark A few sequences went missing when it was rediscovered. Animated by Ub Iwerks.
Rival Romeos Animated by Ub Iwerks.
Bright Lights Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton.
Sagebrush Sadie Lost cartoon, but a small fragment of a pencil test has survived. Animated by Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton.
Ride 'Em Plowboy Lost cartoon, but a storyboard page survives [6]

Animated by Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, Rollin Hamilton, and Friz Freleng.

Ozzie of the Mounted Survives almost complete, though a few sequences are still missing. Animated by Ub Iwerks, Hugh Harman, Rollin Hamilton, Ben Clopton, and Les Clark.
Hungry Hobos Not on DVD, but survives. A once a missing cartoon, this cartoon was discovered in a vault in England in November 2011.
Oh, What a Knight
Sky Scrappers Remade as a Mickey Mouse 1933 short, "Building a Building".
The Fox Chase Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton
Tall Timber Animated by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton
Sleigh Bells Rediscovered in 2015. Directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.[7]
Hot Dog Lost cartoon, but the title card and a storyboard page of the cartoon survives[8]

The Winkler years

1928

Film Notes
High Up Not on the web, but survives, Directed by Hugh Harman and Rollin Hamilton.
Mississippi Mud Lost cartoon.
Panicky Pancakes Lost cartoon. Directed by Hugh Harman and Ben Clopton
Fiery Fireman Directed by Friz Freleng and Rudolph Ising
Rocks and Socks Lost cartoon.
South Pole Flight Lost cartoon. Directed by Hugh Harman and Ben Clopton
Bull-Oney Lost cartoon. Directed by Walter Lantz and Tom Palmer
A Horse Tale Lost cartoon. Directed by Rollin Hamilton and Tom Palmer
Farmyard Follies Lost cartoon. Directed by Walter Lantz and Rollin Hamilton.

1929

Film Notes
Homeless Homer Directed by Rudolph Ising and Friz Freleng
Yanky Clippers Directed by Walter Lantz and Tom Palmer.
Hen Fruit Lost cartoon. The first sound Oswald cartoon.
Sick Cylinders Exists only as silent print. Directed by Hugh Harman and Ben Clopton
Hold 'Em Ozzie Lost cartoon.
The Suicide Sheik Lost cartoon. Directed by Hugh Harman
Alpine Antics Exists only as silent print. Directed by Tom Palmer.
The Lumberjack Sound status of print uncertain.
The Fishing Fool Lost cartoon
Stage Stunts Lost cartoon
Stripes and Stars Lost cartoon
The Wicked West Lost cartoon. Directed by Friz Freleng
Ice Man's Luck Lost cartoon
Nuts and Jolts Lost cartoon. Directed by Hugh Harman
Jungle Jingles Exists only as silent print. Directed by Ben Clopton
Weary Willies Exists only as silent print. Directed by Friz Freleng
Saucy Sausages Lost cartoon.

The Walter Lantz/Universal years

1929

Film Notes
Race Riot The first Oswald short produced by Walter Lantz.
Oil's Well
Permanent Wave
Cold Turkey Lost cartoon, Oswald speaks for the first time.
Pussy Willie An Italian print of the short was found on Ebay in 2015.[9]
Amateur Nite Alternate Title: Amateur Night

Exist only as a silent print.

Hurdy Gurdy
Snow Use
Nutty Notes Lost cartoon, but a poster survives.
Ozzie of the Circus Lost cartoon, only audio track has survived.

1930

Film Notes
Kounty Fair The cartoon's soundtrack is currently missing.
Chilly Con Carmen Russell Merritt has suggested that the 1929 Silly Symphony El Terrible Toreador may have been based on an unfinished Disney Oswald cartoon. In that case, Chilly Con Carmen may represent the later Oswald staff finishing their version of the short.
Kisses and Kurses Lost cartoon.
Broadway Folly This cartoon was once missing, but has recently been found. Last cartoon to feature a laughing Oswald in its title card.
Bowery Bimbos An Italian print of the short was found on eBay in 2015.[10]
The Hash Shop
The Prison Panic
Tramping Tramps
Hot for Hollywood Vitaphone disc of the soundtrack was found in 2005.
Hell's Heels
My Pal Paul Produced to promote the 1930 Universal Studios feature film The King of Jazz. Paul Whiteman is caricatured.
Not So Quiet
Spooks
Cold Feet Rediscovered in 2010. A drawing made by the animators attributed to this short shows Oswald playing a radiator like an accordion. This idea never made it to the final cartoon.
Snappy Salesman It is quite possible that this short was a withheld 1929 entry. It runs for approximately five minutes, which is shorter than the average running time of a Lantz cartoon from this period. One might also note that the short's production number, 5082, is a number that would have been routinely assigned to a 1929 cartoon. Further, some elements of the film, such as Oswald's thoughts being transcribed onscreen, are strongly reminiscent of Lantz productions from 1929 as opposed to those from mid-1930. There is also an abrupt jump cut that occurs approximately three minutes into the short and it is possible that an edit may have taken place here. Specifically, the cut appears during the scene when Oswald first leads the cat family into his music shop. He puts up his index finger as if to address the crowd but, before anything can actually happen, the scene abruptly shifts to the feline family laughing. In addition to this, the cartoon opens with an iris, much like a Lantz release from September or October 1929; but it also closes with a curtain, a technique first introduced in either late October or early November 1929.
Henpecked
The Singing Sap The first cartoon on which Tex Avery was credited as an animator (as Fred Avery)[11]
The Detective
The Fowl Ball
The Navy Oswald wears shoes for the first time. Last Oswald cartoon to feature his title card look from Bowery bimbos.
Mexico Soundtrack found in 2013. First Oswald cartoon to have a different look of Oswald in his title card for the first time.
Africa Oswald's theme song is featured for the first time.
Alaska
Mars Only one copy of the cartoon is in existence.

1931

Film Notes
China
College
Shipwreck Oswald wears gloves for the first time.
The Farmer
The Fireman
Sunny South
Country School
The Bandmaster
Northwoods
The Stone Age
Radio Rhythm Alternate Title: "The Radio Bug."
Kentucky Belles
Hot Feet
The Hunter Oswald wears a shirt for the first time.

Some plot elements in the cartoon would be used again in Carnival Capers.

Wonderland
The Hare Mail Retitled as "The Hare Mail" for home distribution.
The Fisherman Alternate Title: "The Fisherman (Reissue Title)."

The title cards of this print are missing.

The Clown

1932

Film Notes
Grandma's Pet
Mechanical Man
Wins Out
Beau and Arrows
Making Good
Let's Eat Alternate Title: "Foiled (Working Title)."
The Winged Horse
Cat Nipped
A Wet Knight Some plot elements in this short would be featured in "Krazy Spooks", a 1933 Krazy Kat cartoon.

Mozart's "Turkish March" is used in the short. "Music Hath Charms" is also featured in the cartoon. The song itself was made for "King of Jazz," a 1930 Universal film.

A Jungle Jumble
Day Nurse
The Busy Barber A remake of the silent 1929 Oswald cartoon "Yanky Clippers."
Carnival Capers
Wild and Woolly
Teacher's Pests

1933

Film Notes
The Plumber Alternate Title: "The Plumber."
The Shriek Some plot elements in this short would be used in King Klunk, a Pooch the Pup cartoon released later in the same year.

The cartoon is a parody of The Sheik, a 1921 Paramount film.

Going to Blazes
Beau Best
Ham and Eggs
Confidence Alternate Title: "A New Deal (Working Title)."

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is caricatured.

Five and Dime Celebrities caricatured in this short include: Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, and Jimmy Durante.
The Zoo
The Merry Old Soul Among those that appear in the film are the band leader Paul Whiteman, "singer" Roscoe Ates, Mae Wes, Harold Lloyd, and Zasu Pitts.

Here is a list of the celebrities caricatured in Old King Cole. For the most part they are listed in order of their appearance: Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Ed Wynn, Joe E. Brown, Laurel & Hardy, Buster Keaton, Will Rogers, W. C. Fields, Edna Mae Oliver, Mae West, Joe Penner, Al Jolson (in blackface), Jimmy Durante, Harold Lloyd, Zasu Pitts, and the Four Marx Brothers.

Parking Space

1934

Film Notes
Chicken Reel
The Candy House
The County Fair
The Toy Shoppe Despite the screen credit, Walter Lantz was the sole director.

In 1984, Fred Ladd and Entercolor Technologies Corp. colorized this cartoon as a test for Universal. The studio rejected this and all future plans for colorizing black and white Lantz cartoons.[12]

Kings Up
Wolf! Wolf!
The Ginger Bread Boy Alternate Title: "The Gingerbread Boy."

The story within the cartoon is based on "The Gingerbread Man," a fairy tale published in 1875.

Goldielocks and the Three Bears
Annie Moved Away
Wax Works
William Tell
Chris Columbus Jr. Alternate Title: "Christopher Columbus, Jr. (Home Distribution)."

Incorrectly listed in Leonard Maltin's "Of Mice and Magic" as "Chris Columbo Jr."

The Dizzy Dwarf
Ye Happy Pilgrims
Sky Larks Alternate Title: "The Sky Larks."
Spring in the Park The last Oswald cartoon with Bill Nolan as an animator.
Toyland Premiere

1935

Film Notes
Robinson Crusoe Isle
The Hillbilly According to the Southern Mountaineers Filmography of Appalachian State University Libraries, this is one of the earliest hillbilly cartoons.
Two Little Lambs
Do a Good Deed
Elmer the Great Dane
Springtime Serenade Lyrics by Walter Lantz.
Town Hall Follies The storyline was reworked by Avery ten years later in MGM's Wild and Woolfy (this time set in the Wild West) featuring "Droopy"
At Your Service
Bronco Buster
Amateur Broadcast
The Quail Hunt Alternate Title: "Quail Hunt (Home Distribution)."
Monkey Wretches The final appearance of Oswald in his original design.

The first appearance by monkeys Meany, Miny and Moe (who were supporting players). Their popularity led to their development into a series of their own for Universal.

Case of the Lost Sheep The first cartoon to feature the white Oswald, a concept by Manuel Moreno. Despite retaining the name, this later version of Oswald looks like a completely different character.
Doctor Oswald From this point onward, the character is referred to as "Oswald Rabbit" instead of "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" in the title cards.

1936

Film Notes
Soft Ball Game Alternate Title: "The Softball Game."
Alaska Sweepstakes Alternate Title: "Alaska Mush."
Slumberland Express
Beauty Shoppe
The Barnyard Five
Fun House Alternate Title: "Fun House (Reissue Title)."
Farming Fools Later in 1936, Meany, Miny and Moe would star in their own series.
Battle Royal
Music Hath Charms
Kiddie Revue
Beach Combers Alternate Title: "Beachcombers."

Re-released by Castle Films as "Beach Combers."

Night Life of the Bugs The first screen credits for Dick Bickenbach and Jack Dunham.

The title parodies that of the 1935 Universal feature film "Night Life of the Gods."

Puppet Show Oswald himself is animated, but the puppets that he controls are live-action. There is also an animated dream sequence of the puppets.

Oswald speaks no lines in this cartoon.

The Unpopular Mechanic
Gopher Trouble

1937

Film Notes
Everybody Sing The first Oswald cartoon to feature the more streamlined, slimmer variation of Manuel Moreno's Oswald.
Duck Hunt
The Birthday Party Alternate Title: "The Quint's Birthday."

This cartoon celebrates the 10th anniversary of ex-Disney star Oswald.

Trailer Thrills
The Wily Weasel
The Playful Pup Lost cartoon, only the title card and the ending card survive.[13]
Lovesick Alternate Title: "Love Sick."
Keeper of the Lions
The Mechanical Handy Man Alternate Title: "Mechanical Handyman."
Football Fever The Title cards of this print are missing.
The Mysterious Jug
The Dumb Cluck

1938

Film Notes
The Lamp Lighter Alternate Title: "The Lamplighter."
Man Hunt Alternate Title: "The Manhunt."
Yokel Boy Makes Good
Trade Mice Copyrighted as "The Trade Mice."
Feed the Kitty The titles cards of this print are missing. The final cartoon in the Oswald series. Oswald appears in two further shorts, "Happy Scouts" and "The Egg Cracker Suite."

Alex Lovy's directorial debut.

Happy Scouts Fred Kopietz's directorial debut.

The last Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon shot in black and white.

1943

Film Notes
The Egg Cracker Suite This title is a play on The Nutcracker Suite, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This cartoon would be Oswald the Rabbit's swan song. Though Oswald's screen career concludes in this cartoon, he would have a long run in comic books. This was one of the few Oswalds produced in color.

Emery Hawkins' first onscreen credit at Walter Lantz Productions, and the only Lantz short directed by Ben Hardaway and Hawkins.

Return to Disney

2006

Film Notes
The Greeting Card First Oswald short made by the actual Disney group however it wasn't that long it was more of a 30 second short than an actual cartoon.

2013

Film Notes
Get a Horse! First appearance by Oswald in a Disney cartoon following reacquisition in 2006.

References

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