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|title=<center>Poor Papa (1927)</center>
|title=<center>Poor Papa (1927)</center>
|image=Poor-papa-poster.jpeg
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|imagecaption=''Poor Papa'' poster.
|imagecaption=Title card.
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=Jan. 31st, 2017
|datefound=31 Jan 2017
|foundby=[http://www.disney.com/ The Walt Disney Company]
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'''''Poor Papa''''' is the first [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (partially lost series of Walt Disney shorts; 1927-1928)|''Oswald The Lucky Rabbit'']] short, created in 1927 by Walt Disney. In this short, Oswald gets a visit from a stork who continues to drop babies into his chimney at a rapid pace.
'''''Poor Papa''''' is the first [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (partially lost series of Walt Disney shorts; 1927-1928)|''Oswald The Lucky Rabbit'']] short, created in 1927 by Walt Disney. In this short, Oswald gets a visit from a stork who continues to drop babies into his chimney at a rapid pace. Apparently, this was the first-ever Oswald short made, though "Trolley Troubles" was released first. This is because Universal held back on airing it until 1928 in theatres, with it never airing on TV for its mediocre quality. The likely reason why is that Oswald was perceived by executives as "elderly", which contrasted with their concepts of a character more like Charlie Chaplin.  


==Surviving Copies==
==Surviving Copies==
There are were three copies known to exist.  The first copy was sold in 2001 for a decidedly small fee of $100; the second copy was sold for £170, and the third copy was sold in 2014 for $7,500. None of them had been ripped for the Internet, and the cartoon was not aired on television because it, allegedly, "wasn't high-quality enough".  
There were at one point just three copies known to have still existed, all found in the UK.  The first copy was sold in 2001 for a decidedly small fee of $100; the second copy was sold for £170, and the third copy was sold in 2014 for $7,500. Unfortunately, none of these prints had been ripped from the Internet nor shown publicly either. Allegedly these copies were incomplete, however, just having 3 minutes of the short (a bit less than half of it), so the rest of the short was thought to have been permanently gone for good.


It seemed that the copies may include only 3 minutes of the short (a bit less than half of it), so the rest of the short was thought to have been permanently gone.
In 2007, Disney released its ''Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' DVD, with 13 short subjects contained in it. Allegedly, Disney tried to obtain one of the prints of ''Poor Papa'' to put on the disc but failed to do so before the release of the DVD.<ref>[http://ramapithblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/lucky-new-oswald-finds.html?m=1 A blog post from David Gerstein on some ''Oswald'' finds.] Retrieved 13 Dec '19</ref>


On January 31, 2017, Poor Papa was released in full as a bonus feature on the Blu-Ray release of the Disney classic film ''Pinocchio''. It clocks in total at 5 mins and 17 seconds. It was reported that it was restored from a scan of a 16mm silent home print in the UK. It also has a new music score.<ref>[http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2017/01/09/first-oswald-cartoon-appear-pinocchio-blu-ray/ Article that has the info about the short's release]</ref>
==Official Release==
On January 31st, 2017, for Oswald's 90th anniversary, ''Poor Papa'' was released in full as a bonus feature on the ''Pinocchio Signature Collection'' Blu-ray release. The total length of the short is 5 minutes and 17 seconds. It was reported that it was restored from a scan of a 16mm silent home film print from the UK. This release also has a brand new orchestral score to accompany the short.<ref>[http://laughingplace.com/w/news/2017/01/09/first-oswald-cartoon-appear-pinocchio-blu-ray/ An article that has the info about the short's release.] Retrieved 15 Dec '17</ref>


==Surviving Stills==
==Gallery==
These images were taken off of a ''Pinocchio'' Blu-ray.<ref>[http://s16.photobucket.com/user/frappermac/library/Oswald Stills from the blu ray.]</ref>
===Video===
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===Stills===
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==See Also==
*[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (partially lost series of Walt Disney shorts; 1927-1928)]]


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 08:52, 10 November 2022

Poor-papa-title-card.jpg

Title card.

Status: Found

Date found: 31 Jan 2017

Found by: The Walt Disney Company

Poor Papa is the first Oswald The Lucky Rabbit short, created in 1927 by Walt Disney. In this short, Oswald gets a visit from a stork who continues to drop babies into his chimney at a rapid pace. Apparently, this was the first-ever Oswald short made, though "Trolley Troubles" was released first. This is because Universal held back on airing it until 1928 in theatres, with it never airing on TV for its mediocre quality. The likely reason why is that Oswald was perceived by executives as "elderly", which contrasted with their concepts of a character more like Charlie Chaplin.

Surviving Copies

There were at one point just three copies known to have still existed, all found in the UK. The first copy was sold in 2001 for a decidedly small fee of $100; the second copy was sold for £170, and the third copy was sold in 2014 for $7,500. Unfortunately, none of these prints had been ripped from the Internet nor shown publicly either. Allegedly these copies were incomplete, however, just having 3 minutes of the short (a bit less than half of it), so the rest of the short was thought to have been permanently gone for good.

In 2007, Disney released its Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit DVD, with 13 short subjects contained in it. Allegedly, Disney tried to obtain one of the prints of Poor Papa to put on the disc but failed to do so before the release of the DVD.[1]

Official Release

On January 31st, 2017, for Oswald's 90th anniversary, Poor Papa was released in full as a bonus feature on the Pinocchio Signature Collection Blu-ray release. The total length of the short is 5 minutes and 17 seconds. It was reported that it was restored from a scan of a 16mm silent home film print from the UK. This release also has a brand new orchestral score to accompany the short.[2]

Gallery

Video

The full short ripped from the Blu-ray.

Stills

See Also

References