Snow Use
About Snow Use
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit walks through snow on tennis shoes used as snowshoes. Pete arrives on a sled pulled by a moose on skates, ties the moose with a pipe, and dances with Kitty, stepping on her. Oswald cuts in and snips Pete's suspenders so his trousers drop. Pete later grabs Oswald from behind and stretches his neck. Kitty pulls a gun. Oswald jams a burning stove into Pete's trousers, loads it with charcoal, and Pete runs.
Cast & crew
More about Snow Use
Walter Lantz directed the Oswald short. Universal released it on 25 November 1929. It was the eighth Oswald cartoon of the Lantz period. The Internet Animation Database lists production number 5042 and credits animators Ham Hamilton, Bill Nolan, and Tom Palmer, with the score by Bert Fiske.
Themes
Making
Lantz was making Oswald for Universal in 1929. This short matches music hits to the gags rather than using spoken dialogue.
Music
Bert Fiske wrote and synchronized the score. The stove-in-the-trousers gag is cut to "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight."
Preservation
A print circulates. Wikimedia Commons holds Snow Use (1929).
Notes
- The title is a pun on snow and no use.
- Kitty is the character later called Ortensia. Pete is Peg-Leg Pete.
- Bert Fiske's score uses "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" under the stove gag, along with "Winter," "Jingle Bells," and other period tunes.
- IMDb lists Walter Lantz, uncredited, as the voice of Kitty.
- The sound system on the production record is Western Electric.
Scenes
- Oswald cuts Pete's suspenders during the dance and Pete's trousers fall.
- Oswald stuffs a lit stove into Pete's trousers and Pete bolts.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Snow Use (1929).webm)
