The Ocean Hop

The Ocean Hop is a 1927 animated short subject film, produced by Charles Mintz and George Winkler and directed by Walt Disney.[2] The film was reissued in 1932 by Walter Lantz Productions with added music and sound effects and is the only known surviving version.[3] The short entered the public domain on January 1, 2023.

The Ocean Hop
Title card
Directed byWalt Disney
Story byWalt Disney
Produced byCharles Mintz
George Winkler
Animation byHugh Harman
Ben Clopton
Rollin "Ham" Hamilton
Ub Iwerks
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
October 31, 1927[1]
Running time
6:39 min.
CountryUnited States

Plot

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit enters into an airplane race across the Atlantic Ocean. While there he encounters a mean rival, Peg Leg Pete, who taunts him and causes his plane to get glued to the ground with chewing gum. As Peg Leg Pete takes a lead, Oswald manages to construct a plane of balloons and a long dachshund dog. While at first managing to put up a good effort, Oswald is eventually shot down by Peg Leg Pete over Paris. After parachuting into Paris, Oswald is welcomed by the local patrons as he ended up winning the race.

Legacy
Peg Leg Pete

This short features Peg Leg Pete, an updated version of the character Bootleg Pete from Alice Solves the Puzzle. Peg Leg Pete would later become a cat as the modern-day Disney character, Pete.

The plot of this short would later be re-purposed in the 1929 Mickey Mouse cartoon, Plane Crazy. Both shorts were directed by Walt Disney and featured characters flying across the Atlantic Ocean.

Home media

The short was released on December 11, 2007, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.[4]

References
  1. "Ocean Hop, The (film)". d23. Disney. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. Bossert, David (2017). Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons. p. 58. ISBN 148478037X.
  3. "Disney Shorts - 1927 - "All Wet"". disneyshorts.org. 2010-12-15. Archived from the original on 2010-12-09.
  4. "The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit DVD Review". DVD Dizzy. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
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