Permanent Wave (film)

Permanent Wave
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Directed by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Walter Lantz Bill Nolan
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Starring	Bill Nolan
Music by	Bert Fiske
Animation by	Walter Lantz Bill Nolan Tom Palmer
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 29, 1929 (1929-09-29)
Running time	6:38
Language	English

Permanent Wave is a 1929

, whom he has fallen in love with, from his captain on the ship that Oswald is controlling during the film.

Copyrighted on July 26, 1929,[1] and released on September 30 the same year,^[1] the film was released by Universal Pictures, and thus, is part of Universal series of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit films.

Plot

The film opens with Oswald comically rowing on a

to Oswald, who is originally sleeping, but is woken up by the music note comically dragging him back to the ship by his nose.

The captain then explains to Oswald that he is hungry, so Oswald agrees to go get him food. Oswald then attempts to bring the captain some soup, but a duck flies onto the plate, eats the soup and becomes obese, which means that the duck cannot fly away. The duck tries though, but nevertheless falls off the plate and onto the floor. Once Oswald realises that the duck ate the soup, he comically squeezes it back into the bowl from the duck. After that, the duck bits on Oswald's tail. This makes the bowl fly into the air and back down onto Oswald's head. The duck laughs and then flies off.

After that, Oswald hears some music coming from the

by the waves. The storm destroys the boat, as the waves throws the boat away. Oswald and the mermaid find land on a pole, where they passionately kiss. The captain spots them and tries to grab them, but the waves drag him down and he drowns.

Reception

Permanent Wave was well received by the cinema magazines at that time.

References

External links

• Permanent Wave at
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