Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Mouse cartoon to be filmed was "Plane Crazy" in the summer of 1928, but it was produced as a silent and held back from release. The first Mickey Mouse film with a synchronized soundtrack, "Steamboat Willie", reached the screen that fall and became a major hit, eclipsing Oswald. "Plane Crazy" was later given its own synchronized soundtrack and released on March 17, 1929. Mintz, meanwhile, opened his own studio consisting primarily of former Disney employees, where he continued to produce Oswald cartoons, among them the first Oswald with sound, "Hen Fruit" (1929). While things were going in Mintz's favor, animators
Oh Teacher (film) Oh Teacher (film) Oh Teacher (1927) is an animated cartoon made by Walt Disney, starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and distributed by Universal Studios. The film was reissued in 1932 by Walter Lantz Productions with added music and sound effects, and is the only known version to survive. Oswald rides to his girlfriend's house on a bicycle. On the way, he asks a daisy if she loves him in the standard "She loves me/She loves me not" way. A cat then steals Oswald's bike and his girlfriend. Oswald, ready to bludgeon the cat with a brick, patiently waits. The cat