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==Surviving Copies==
==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, hower, 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.
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, hower, 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 their ''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>
In 2007, Disney released their ''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>

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Poor-papa-poster.jpeg

The poster for Poor Papa.

Status: Found

Date found: 31 Jan '17

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. Apperantly, this was the first ever Oswald short made, though "Trolley Troubles" was realesed first. This is because Universal held back on airing it until 1928 in theaters, with it never airing on TV for it's mediocre quality. The likely reason why is that Oswald was percieved by executive 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, hower, 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 their 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, which would make the 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