Oswald The Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was created in 1927 by Walt Disney and his team through twenty-six cartoon shorts. Not without fits and starts, the series and its impish title character were an instant hit with audiences. At the end of that initial run, Walt lost the contract to Oswald, which prompted the creation of Mickey Mouse. Over the years, Oswald became a footnote in the Disney story... until 2006, when The Walt Disney Company recovered rights to Walt's twenty-six shorts. Behind-the-scenes, a complex and labour-intensive search developed for the physical film footage of some Oswald cartoons deemed lost to time.

• Revised special edition
• Includes 6 collectible lithographs
• For anyone interested in Disney origins, fascinated by early cinema, or entertained by a feisty little rabbit
• This engaging and accessible volume delivers an in-depth look at Walt's first major animated success
• Exlpores the journey to reclaim the lost Disney films
• Updates on newly discovered film prints

• Hardback
• 176 pages
• H31 x W24cm approx.
• Written by David A. Bossert
• Foreword Disney CEO, Bob Iger
• Published by Disney Book Publishing Inc.

Item No. 978136804207