June 11, 1928 – The Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Short Film Sky Scrappers is Released to Theaters
On June 11, 1928, the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short film Sky Scrappers was released to theaters. This was the twenty-first Oswald short that was done by Disney. There are several similarities between this short and the 1933 Mickey Mouse short Building a Building.
Oswald and many others are hard at work at a construction site, with Oswald using his strength to carry a barrel of water up several stories. When lunch is announced, he drops the bucket, only to have it fall on his head, soaking him and his lunch. Just then, his girlfriend Ortensia rides by with her box lunches, and offers one to Oswald, who blushes and pays her. He then opens the lunch and enjoys a hot dog, while Ortensia is pleased that someone is enjoying her lunches. As she does this, however, a hungry dog begins to eat the contents of her carrier.
As Oswald and Ortensia kiss, the foreman uses a hook to pull Ortensia away
The foreman spots the two lovebirds below, and decides that he wants Ortensia to himself, so he uses a hook to pull Ortensia away and bring her to his perch. Ortensia dismisses his advances, and Oswald quickly climbs the rope to her rescue, only to have the rope be disconnected from the top, sending him falling to the ground. Undeterred, Oswald finds another rope and pulls himself to the top, and fights the foreman for Ortensia’s honor. Ortensia watches from the sidelines, and while it looks like the foreman may have Oswald beat, Oswald manages to win it in the end, and he and Ortensia end the short with a kiss.
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