Africa (1930 film)

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Africa
Oswald In Africa.jpg
Oswald sings his theme song.
Directed by Walter Lantz
Story byWalter Lantz
Bill Nolan
Produced byWalter Lantz
Starring Pinto Colvig [1]
Music byJames Dietrich
Animation by Clyde Geronimi
Manuel Moreno
Ray Abrams
Fred Avery
Lester Kline
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • December 1, 1930 (1930-12-01)
Running time
5:40
LanguageEnglish
Africa

Africa is a 1930 Walter Lantz cartoon short featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. [2]

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Plot

Oswald is riding through the Egyptian desert on his camel. The camel, though looking real on the exterior, is actually mechanical because of the two ball-shaped pistons inside which Oswald manipulates with his feet like bike pedals. One day, a lion was running toward them. To defend himself, Oswald brought out a rifle but it malfunctioned. As a final resort, Oswald fires the ball pistons from the camel like a cannon and aims into the lion's mouth. Terrified by its lumpy back, the lion runs away in panic.

Nearby where he is, Oswald sees an oasis and a palace. Upon seeing the apes dance and play instruments, the curious rabbit decides to join the fun. As he enters the palace, Oswald is greeted by the queen. The queen asks him who he is, and Oswald introduces himself in a song as well as giving advice for a possibly better lifestyle. Pleased by his visit, the queen asks Oswald if he would like to be her king. Oswald is at first uncertain, knowing he never met a queen, but immediately accepts. It turns out momentarily that the queen still has a king who shows up, then kicks Oswald out of the palace and into a pond full of crocodiles. Luckily, Oswald escapes unscathed and runs off into the desert.

Notes

Oswald's theme song is featured for the first time in this film. [3] The song was briefly shown again at the beginning of Alaska, the following cartoon, as well as in Mars which was released in the same year.

Reused footage

Some of the scenes in Africa were taken from the 1930 musical film King of Jazz .

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References

  1. ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 192. ISBN   979-8-88771-010-5.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 115–116. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7.
  3. ↑ "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1930". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
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