Not So Quiet
About Not So Quiet
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is a private who tumbles out of his tent at dawn with his pants down. At drill the general hands him a gun too big to carry, and Oswald keeps knocking the line over. Across a river a girl cat sings to him. Before he can cross, the general orders him to take a note to the enemy general. He dodges the bullets, delivers the note, and reads that he is to be shot at sunrise. He runs back through heavier fire until both sides call a cease-fire. The cat crosses and kisses him.
Cast & crew
More about Not So Quiet
Walter Lantz produced and directed the short for Universal Pictures. Animators were Ray Abrams, Manuel Moreno, Clyde Geronimi, and Pinto Colvig. James Dietrich wrote the music. Released 30 June 1930. Black and white.
Themes
Background
Universal released both this cartoon and Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930. The short uses the feature's title as a joke and puts Oswald in a trench war.
Making
Lantz had taken over the Oswald series from Charles Mintz. This is one of the 1930 military gags that borrowed a Universal feature's title.
Music
James Dietrich composed the music for the black-and-white short.
Notes
- The title parodies All Quiet on the Western Front, the Universal feature of the same year that won the Academy Award for best picture.
- Oswald reports for drill with his trousers down and pulls them up only after he leaves the tent.
- The enemy general is told, in the note, to shoot the messenger when the sun comes up.
- Pinto Colvig, later the voice of Disney's Goofy, is one of the animators.
Scenes
- Oswald salutes with his pants still down.
- He reads the note that tells the enemy to shoot him at sunrise.
- The two armies stop firing, and the cat kisses him.
Influenced by
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
