All Wet (1927 film)

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All Wet
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Directed by Walt Disney
Story by Walt Disney
Produced by Charles Mintz
George Winkler
Animation by Ub Iwerks
Hugh Harman
Les Clark
Friz Freleng
Ben Clopton
Norm Blackburn
Rollin "Ham" Hamilton
Production
companies
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • October 31, 1927 (1927-10-31)
[1]
Running time
6:39
CountryUnited States
LanguageNo dialogue spoken

All Wet is a 1927 animated short subject film, produced by Charles Mintz and George Winkler and directed by Walt Disney. [2] The film was reissued in 1932 by Walter Lantz Productions with added music and sound effects and is the only known version to survive. [3] The short entered the public domain on January 1, 2023.

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Plot

The short from 1927

Oswald the Rabbit is selling hot dogs at the beach. However, the hot dogs have their own sentience and cause problems for those that buy them. Oswald then sees a girl he likes, Fanny, and he closes down his hot dog stand to go and impress her. [4] She is pretending not to be interested in Oswald, so Oswald pays a lifeguard for his badge and dresses up as a lifeguard. [4] Fanny becomes more enamored seeing Oswald as a lifeguard and then she decides to test Oswald's abilities by rowing a boat into the ocean and calling out for help. As Oswald rows out to help her, Fanny gets attacked by a big fish. Oswald and Fanny are then shot back to shore by a wave, and Fanny is unconscious in need of resuscitation. Oswald gets her breathing again, Fanny kisses Oswald and he is happy and the two kiss, and the short ends.

Legacy

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The original animation from All Wet
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The repurposed animation from Wild Waves

The short features Oswald selling hot dogs, the gag would be similarly re-used in the Mickey Mouse short, The Karnival Kid , in 1929. [5] The aforementioned cartoon was the ninth Mickey cartoon released following his creation, which came after Walt Disney lost the rights to Oswald. Animation used during the sequence where Oswald rescues Miss Rabbit would later be re-purposed during Wild Waves . [6]

Home media

The short was released on December 11, 2007 on Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit . [7] A restored version of the short was released on Disney+ in September 2023 as part of Disney's 100th Anniversary. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "All Wet (film)". d23. Disney. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ Bossert, David (2017). Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons. p. 58. ISBN   978-1484780374.
  3. ↑ "Disney Shorts - 1927 - "All Wet"". disneyshorts.org. December 15, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Susanin, Timothy (2011). Walt Before Mickey - Disney's Early Years, 1919-1928. University Press of Mississippi. p. 163. ISBN   9781604739619.
  5. ↑ "All Wet". Dr. Grob's Animation Review. May 14, 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  6. ↑ Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: the ultimate history. Benedikt Taschen, Daniel Kothenschulte, J. B. Kaufman, David Gerstein, Anna-Tina Kessler. [Cologne, Germany]. 2018. ISBN   978-3-8365-5284-4. OCLC   1085494286.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ↑ "The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Disney+ to Debut 28 Newly Restored Walt Disney Animation Studios Classic Shorts to Celebrate Disney's 100th Anniversary". The Walt Disney Company. June 15, 2023. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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