Empty Socks
| Empty Socks | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walt Disney Ub Iwerks |
| Written by | Walt Disney |
| Produced by | Charles Mintz George Winkler |
| Animation by | Hugh Harman Rollin Hamilton |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | December 12, 1927 |
Running time | 5:30 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Empty Socks is a 1927 short animated film made by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks that was considered a lost film until its rediscovery in Norway in 2014.[1] The film stars Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.[2]
Production background[]
The film was directed by Walt Disney while his studio was under contract by Winkler Productions. This short is considered Disney's first Christmas-themed cartoon. Mickey's Orphans (1931) is considered a remake of Empty Socks with a similar story line.[3]
Rediscovery[]
In December 2014, an almost complete copy of the film, missing about 30 seconds, was discovered in Mo i Rana, Norway. Previously, the only known fragment was a 25-second segment housed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[1] The original short ran about 5:30. The print of Empty Socks was found with a copy of the Oswald cartoon Tall Timber (1928).
The print of Empty Socks belonged to a private individual, before being donated to the collection of the Norwegian Film Institute, which handed over its archive to the National Library of Norway. The library stores most of its documents in a high-security bunker in Mo i Rana.[3]
On December 17, 2014, a digitized version of the recovered nitrate film was shown at the National Library of Norway, along with Tall Timber.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Lost 1927 Disney Christmas film found in Norway". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. December 11, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 40. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ a b Koch, Dave (December 12, 2014). "Lost Disney Cartoon Found... In Norway". Big Cartoon News. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
- ^ "Visning av animasjonsfilmene Empty Socks (1927) og Tall Timber (1928)". Retrieved December 18, 2014.
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