Studio: Walter Lantz Productions
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Produced by: Walter Lantz
Short Synopsis
Oswald is a sailor on the admiral's ship, proudly wearing shoes for the first time. When the day's work is done he heads ashore to a lighthouse to see his sweetheart. Under her window he sings while two sparrows play an accordion, and the girl cat in the lighthouse is charmed. Oswald uses the accordion as a spring to bounce himself up to her window, only to find she is also entertaining the admiral, who orders him straight back to the ship. On board, Oswald is set to scrubbing the deck and polishing the cannon. To liven up the chore he ties scrubbing brushes to his feet and has himself towed across the deck by two runaway cats. He can't steer, strips the paint off the lifeboats and knocks over the admiral. The admiral kicks him off the ship so hard that he flies for miles, landing in a pair of knickers on a washing line, which happens to end at the lighthouse window. His sweetheart is there, happy to see him, and the two kiss.
Why It Matters
- The deck-scrubbing ride, Oswald skating behind two bolting cats with brushes strapped to his feet, is a good example of Lantz's early-1930s gag style: a chore turned into a stunt, each gag growing out of the last until the whole ship is wrecked.
- The film shows Oswald in his Lantz era, when Universal handed the character to Walter Lantz after Disney and then Charles Mintz had lost him. Lantz kept making Oswald cartoons until 1938, and the studio he built on the rabbit later produced Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker.
Notes and Trivia
- See also: Broadway Folly (1930).