The Mountain is Correct

“There’s gold in them thar hills!” proclaims Oswald the rabbit in Alaska (1930), a Walter Lantz production.



The mountain confirms it by opening its “mouth.” “You said a mouth-full,” replies the hill. And it’s on to the next scene.



Jimmy Dietrich’s score includes three choruses “Go Get the Ax,” sung by a prospector in Dalton’s Palace saloon, as well as “Turkey in the Straw,” “Pop Goes the Weasel” and Oswald’s theme song. Pinto Colvig supplies the singing.

Colvig, Tex Avery and Les Kline get smaller letters in their animation screen credit than Manny Moreno, Clyde Geronimi and Ray Abrams.