Oh, What a Knight
About Oh, What a Knight
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit rides to a castle, falls down a hill, and whistles for the princess. She is Ortensia. He tightropes to her balcony on a rope tied to his horse's tail. A rival knight knocks him off. He climbs back, and the fight for her includes a bout with his own shadow. Her father is Pete. Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks directed.
Cast & crew
More about Oh, What a Knight
Universal released it on May 28, 1928. The listed length is 6 minutes. The English article says Oswald's manner in the short takes after Douglas Fairbanks.
Themes
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- Ortensia is the princess. Pete is the father, not the rival knight.
- The rope is the horse's tail on one end.
- Iwerks shares the direction.
- The shadow is one of the weapons in the fight.
Scenes
- He walks the rope from the horse's tail to the balcony.
- He boxes his own shadow while Pete and the rival close in.
