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==Status==
==Status==
For a time, a rumor circulated that the short was actually produced by Disney employees in 1954, but this was quickly debunked as it contains references to the film ''Perri'', which was released in 1957. ''Uncle Walt'' has not been publicly screened since 1972, and it is unknown if anyone other than Swarthe has a copy of the film.
For a time, a rumor circulated that the short was actually produced by Disney employees in 1954, but this was quickly debunked as it contains references to the film ''Perri'', which was released in 1957. ''Uncle Walt'' has not been publicly screened since 1972.
 
The short has since been preserved by the Academy Film Archive under the Robert Swarthe Collection.<ref>[https://collections.new.oscars.org//Details/FilmWorks/1035877 Listing for ''Uncle Walt'' under the Robert Swarthe Colletion at the Academy Film Archive Website.] Retrieved 28 '24</ref><ref>[https://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/robert-swarthe-collection Main page for the Robert Swarthe Collection.] Retrieved 28 '24</ref>


On January 1, 2024, ''Thunderbean Animation'' announced a limited-time Blu-ray release titled "Public Domain Mouse Adventures!" This release will include all three 1928 Mickey shorts plus "additional mouse adventures from other studios" including Uncle Walt.<ref>[https://thunderbeanshop.com/product/public-domain-mouse-adventures listing for ''Public Domain Mouse Adventures!''.]</ref>
On January 1, 2024, ''Thunderbean Animation'' announced a limited-time Blu-ray release titled "Public Domain Mouse Adventures!" This release will include all three 1928 Mickey shorts plus "additional mouse adventures from other studios" including Uncle Walt.<ref>[https://thunderbeanshop.com/product/public-domain-mouse-adventures listing for ''Public Domain Mouse Adventures!''.]</ref>

Latest revision as of 01:20, 29 June 2024

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Animator and special effects artist, Robert Swarthe.

Status: Lost

Uncle Walt is a short 1964 cartoon by then-student Robert Swarthe as part of The UCLA Animation Workshop.[1] The only known mass public screening of the short took place in June 1972 at the American Film Institute, as part of a presentation titled "50 Years of American Animation".

Plot

The short begins with images of Walt Disney at various ages, followed by a slow pan across a graveyard full of the headstones of Perri the Squirrel and her family (a reference to Disney's 1957 live-action fantasy Perri, a film based on Felix Salten's 1938 novel of the same name), a very early-style Mickey and Minnie Mouse, various racist caricatures, and toilet humor. After this, a sequence featuring the female centaurs from Fantasia working in a red-light district with Goofy as their pimp and another scene in which various disturbing scenes from Disney films (including a scene from Snow White in which the Queen transforms into a hag) are shown, all while a group of rabbit children look on in horror. The final images in the short depict the seven dwarves from Snow White gathering around Mickey Mouse in a "Mouse-ka-mausoleum", worshiping him in a scene reminiscent of one seen in the original 1937 production.[2]

Status

For a time, a rumor circulated that the short was actually produced by Disney employees in 1954, but this was quickly debunked as it contains references to the film Perri, which was released in 1957. Uncle Walt has not been publicly screened since 1972.

The short has since been preserved by the Academy Film Archive under the Robert Swarthe Collection.[3][4]

On January 1, 2024, Thunderbean Animation announced a limited-time Blu-ray release titled "Public Domain Mouse Adventures!" This release will include all three 1928 Mickey shorts plus "additional mouse adventures from other studios" including Uncle Walt.[5]

See Also

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Animation (Pixar)

Audio

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Short Films

References

  1. ↑ The UCLA Animation Workshop webpage. Retrieved 22 Jul '13
  2. ↑ Mouse Planet article on Disney cartoons that aren't Disney which describes the short. Retrieved 22 Jul '13
  3. ↑ Listing for Uncle Walt under the Robert Swarthe Colletion at the Academy Film Archive Website. Retrieved 28 '24
  4. ↑ Main page for the Robert Swarthe Collection. Retrieved 28 '24
  5. ↑ listing for Public Domain Mouse Adventures!.
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