Permanent Wave (film)

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Permanent Wave
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Directed by Walter Lantz
Story byWalter Lantz
Bill Nolan
Produced byWalter Lantz
StarringBill Nolan
Music byBert Fiske
Animation byWalter Lantz
Bill Nolan
Tom Palmer
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • September 29, 1929 (1929-09-29)
Running time
6:38
Language English

Permanent Wave is a 1929 [1] animated film which is presented by Carl Laemmle and is produced by Walter Lantz. The film, which was written and animated by Walter Lantz, Bill Nolan and Tom Palmer, features Oswald the Lucky Rabbit rescuing a mermaid, whom he has fallen in love with, from his captain on the ship that Oswald is controlling during the film.

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Copyrighted on July 26, 1929, [1] and released on September 29 the same year, [2] the film was released by Universal Pictures, and thus, is part of Universal series of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit films.

Plot

The film opens with Oswald comically rowing on a whale pulling a boat. This boat has a captain inside, who Oswald is a servant to. The captain, whilst on the ship, begins to feel hungry and whistles a note to Oswald, who is originally sleeping, but is woken up by the music note comically dragging him back to the ship by his nose.

The captain then explains to Oswald that he is hungry, so Oswald agrees to go get him food. Oswald then attempts to bring the captain some soup, but a duck flies onto the plate, eats the soup and becomes obese, which means that the duck cannot fly away. The duck tries though, but nevertheless falls off the plate and onto the floor. Once Oswald realises that the duck ate the soup, he comically squeezes it back into the bowl from the duck. After that, the duck bits on Oswald's tail. This makes the bowl fly into the air and back down onto Oswald's head. The duck laughs and then flies off.

After that, Oswald hears some music coming from the island. Using a bridge made of musical notes, he descends onto the island. This is where he discovers the mermaid. However the captain discovers their presence on the island and attempts to pursue both of them. He manages to capture the mermaid, whom he locks in a room on the boat. Whilst not captured, Oswald manages to get onto the boat, by comically making a water path-way to get onto the boat. After that, a thunderstorm occurs, where the boat is flung around and in one instance, comically spanked by the waves. The storm destroys the boat, as the waves throws the boat away. Oswald and the mermaid find land on a pole, where they passionately kiss. The captain spots them and tries to grab them, but the waves drag him down and he drowns.

Reception

Permanent Wave was well received by the cinema magazines at that time. [3] [4] The Motion Picture News said that the film was a "clever concoctions" [3] and also said the film combined "gags galore" and "expert cartoon work" to "produce the laughs". [3] Variety , [4] in its September issue, said that the film was "worth a filler spot". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bradley, Edwin M. (April 27, 2009). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926–1931. McFarland. ISBN   9781476606842.
  2. ↑ Universal Short Subjects. Motion Picture News. 1929.
  3. 1 2 3 Motion Picture News (1929). Motion Picture News (Jul - Sep 1929). New York The Museum of Modern Art Library. New York, Motion Picture News.
  4. 1 2 3 Variety (1929). Variety (September 1929). Media History Digital Library Media History Digital Library. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company.
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