Rival Romeos
About Rival Romeos
Oswald drives toward Ortensia with a bunch of flowers. Pete, in a bigger car and smoking a cigar, is heading for the same girl and honks to pass. Oswald blocks him, then reaches the house first, tosses the flowers up to the balcony, and sings with a guitar. A goat eats the sheet music. Pete arrives, the two fight, and Ortensia leaves with someone else. Oswald and Pete kick each other for having been fools.
Cast & crew
More about Rival Romeos
Walt Disney directed this Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short for Winkler Pictures. Charles Mintz and George Winkler produced it, Ub Iwerks animated it, and Universal Pictures released it on March 5, 1928.
Themes
Preservation
A print exists. A restored copy with sound was issued on December 11, 2007, in Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The short is public domain in the United States as of January 1, 2024.
Notes
- The Internet Animation Database credits the camera to Mike Marcus.
- A goat swallows Oswald's music. He cranks the animal like a phonograph, a gag reused in Steamboat Willie.
- The short entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024.
- Silent Era lists it as a one-reel black-and-white cartoon and says a print exists.
Scenes
- Pete honks, and one of the honks taps Oswald on the head.
- A goat eats the sheet music and Oswald turns it into a phonograph.
- Oswald and Pete kick each other after Ortensia has gone.
Influenced
- Steamboat Willie
Also available
- Internet Archive (OswaldTheLuckyRabbitInRivalsRomeo)
- Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (DVD, December 11, 2007)
