Poor Papa Poor Papa Poor Papa is a 1928 animated short subject film, produced and directed by Walt Disney. The cartoon is the very first Oswald cartoon, and is 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. Oswald has to stop storks from delivering bunny children. In the early summer of 1927, Disney finished the cartoon "Poor Papa". However, Universal was not very satisfied. They had expected a more Charlie Chaplin-like character and thought Oswald was too
Animated cartoon was "Gertie the Dinosaur" (1914) by Winsor McCay. It is considered the first example of true character animation. At first, animated cartoons were black-and-white and silent. Felix the Cat and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit are notable examples. From the 1920s to 1960s, theatrical cartoons were produced in huge numbers, and usually shown before a feature film in a movie theater. Disney (distributed by Pat Powers, then Columbia, then United Artists, then RKO, then independently), Fleischer (distributed by Paramount), Warner Bros., MGM, and UPA (distributed by Columbia) were the largest studios producing these 5- to 10-minute "shorts." Other studios included Walter