Great Guns!

1927 film by Walt Disney

Great Guns!

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Walt Disney
Produced by| Charles Mintz
George Winkler
Animation by| Ub Iwerks
others
Color process| Black and white

Production
companies

Walt Disney Studio
Winkler Productions

Distributed by| Universal Pictures

Release date

* October 17, 1927 (1927-10-17)

Running time

| 6:43
Country| United States
Language| English

Great Guns! is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon produced by the Walt Disney Studio and Winkler Productions. It was re-issued by Walter Lantz Productions in 1932. It was originally released on October 17, 1927.[1] Great Guns! is a parody of war films, a popular film genre during the silent era.

## Plot

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The short film

War is declared and Oswald enlists in the army. He shows off his uniform and weapon to impress his girlfriend. Later he is shown in a trench in a battlefield kissing her photo. A mouse piloting an airplane drops a bomb, destroying the photo. Angered, Oswald boards a plane and engages in a dogfight with the mouse's plane. Both planes crash and they begin hand-to-hand fighting. A large enemy dog approaches, causing Oswald to attempt to flee. He encounters an elephant and uses the elephant's trunk to fire cannonballs at the dog. The dog fires cannonballs back at Oswald from a cannon. Oswald catches most of the balls and throws them back, but one hits Oswald, reducing him to coal. His girlfriend, now a Red Cross nurse, appears and gathers the pieces in a basket and takes them to a hospital. She pours them into a cocktail shaker and after shaking them, pours them out and restores Oswald. They joyously embrace and kiss each other.

## Home media

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The short was released on December 11, 2007, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.[2]

## Legacy

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In the Disney video game Epic Mickey, where Disney shorts starring Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit are used for navigation, Great Guns! is one of the shorts that can be played through.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 40\. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
2. ^ "The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
3. ^ "Great Guns - Epic Mickey Wiki Guide". IGN. Retrieved February 7, 2023.

## External links

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* Media related to Great Guns! at Wikimedia Commons
* The full text of Great Guns! at Wikisource

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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons

The Disney years|

* Trolley Troubles
* Oh Teacher
* The Mechanical Cow
* All Wet
* The Ocean Hop
* Great Guns!
* Empty Socks
* Africa Before Dark
* Bright Lights
* Hungry Hobos
* Oh What a Knight
* Poor Papa
* The Fox Chase
* Tall Timber
* Sleigh Bells

The Winkler years|

* Fiery Firemen
* Yanky Clippers
* Sick Cylinders
* Alpine Antics
* Jungle Jingles
* Weary Willies

The Lantz/Universal years|

* Race Riot
* Oil's Well
* Permanent Wave
* Hurdy Gurdy
* Kounty Fair
* Chilly Con Carmen
* Broadway Folly
* Not So Quiet
* Spooks
* Henpecked
* The Navy
* Mexico
* Africa
* Mars
* The Shipwreck
* The Fireman
* Country School
* The Bandmaster
* The Stone Age
* Radio Rhythm
* The Hunter
* Wonderland
* The Hare Mail
* The Clown
* Grandma's Pet
* Mechanical Man
* Wins Out
* Making Good
* The Winged Horse
* A Wet Knight
* The Busy Barber
* Carnival Capers
* Wild and Woolly
* Teacher's Pests
* The Plumber
* The Shriek
* Going to Blazes
* Ham and Eggs
* Confidence
* Five and Dime
* The Merry Old Soul
* Parking Space
* The Candy House
* The County Fair
* The Toy Shoppe
* The Ginger Bread Boy
* Wax Works
* Chris Columbus, Jr.
* Ye Happy Pilgrims
* Sky Larks
* Springtime Serenade
* The Quail Hunt
* Beach Combers
* Puppet Show
* Lovesick
* The Egg Cracker Suite

Other appearances|

* The Woody Woodpecker Polka
* Get a Horse!
* Once Upon a Studio
* Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Characters|

* Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
* Peg Leg Pete
* Bessie

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