Mouth of Oswald

Oswald the rabbit’s girl-friend hears music. She wants to hear it better. Here’s the gag.



Cut to an overhead shot of Oswald and his banjo. Oswald pokes his head toward the camera, like Van Beuren did in its cartoons a few years later.



This is from Rival Romeos (1928), one of the Disney Oswald shorts. A theatre manager in Manitoba told one trade paper: “Excellent cartoon. Best in some time.” Chester J. Smith of the Motion Picture News put it: “The various characters are put through a series of evolutions that should provoke considerable mirth.” I guess he means it’s funny.