Ozzie of the Mounted
About Ozzie of the Mounted
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, of the North-West Mounted Police, is ordered out after Peg Leg Pete. He sets off on a mechanical horse and meets Pete walking on snowshoes toward a tavern. The shot misses. Pete leaves him for dead and takes a dog sled. Oswald gets up. A spring takes his head off, the horse falls apart, and a kick puts it back together. Trees pin Oswald. Pete hits logs, rides a moose by mistake, and runs into a bear that looks like a boulder. The sled dogs slam into a tree and fuse together. The bear chases both of them, throws Oswald into the police station, and tears the seat out of Pete's trousers. Oswald opens a cell. Pete is locked in with the bear. The surviving print cuts the ending short.
Cast & crew
More about Ozzie of the Mounted
Walt Disney directed the Oswald short for Winkler Pictures. Charles Mintz and George Winkler produced it. Universal Pictures released it on April 30, 1928. The bear that joins the chase is a separate animal from Pete.
Themes
Making
This is one of the last Oswald shorts Disney directed before the character stayed with Charles Mintz. The chase is a stack of breakages: head, horse, sled, and Pete's trousers.
Preservation
A print survives, with the final scene shortened. Disney included it on the 2007 Walt Disney Treasures Oswald set. U.S. copyright expired on January 1, 2024.
Notes
- Oswald's mount is a mechanical horse. When it breaks, a kick repairs it.
- Pete walks on snowshoes, then switches to a dog sled.
- The sled dogs run into a tree and merge into one shape.
- The short was included on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, released December 11, 2007.
- Published in 1928, it entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024.
Scenes
- A spring decapitates Oswald, and he kicks the wrecked mechanical horse back into one piece.
- The bear throws him through the door of the police station, and he uses the chance to open a cell.
- Pete, trousers gone, is shut in with the bear.
Also available
- Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (DVD, December 11, 2007)
- Wikimedia Commons (Ozzie Of The Mounted (1928).webm)
