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
The Clown (1931 film) The Clown (1931 film) The Clown is a 1931 short animated film by Universal Pictures, and one of many in the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series. Oswald, as the title implies, is a circus clown who performs acts in the big top along with his partner the live female stuffed doll, aka Kitty. After doing some acts involving horses, Kitty is being asked by the ringmaster to sign some kind of contract. Oswald is suspicious of the ringmaster's plans, and tries to intervene, only to be whipped away by the ringmaster. While Oswald is performing his next act involving a