Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Series of 26 silent cartoons made by Walt Disney between 1927 and 1928 for Charles Mintz, who contracted with Universal for the distribution. When Walt lost the rights to Oswald, he came up with the character of Mickey Mouse. The Oswald character was later continued by Walter Lantz. Sound was added by Universal, the copyright holder, to some of the Disney Oswalds in the early days of television. Oswald was the first Disney character to generate merchandise there was a candy bar, a stencil set, and a pinback button. Disney acquired the rights to Oswald from Universal in 2006.
The Oswald cartoons were:
1. Poor Papa
2. Trolley Troubles
3. Oh, Teacher
4. Great Guns
5. The Mechanical Cow
6. All Wet
7. The Ocean Hop
8. The Banker’s Daughter
9. Harem Scarem
10. Rickety Gin
11. Neck ‘n Neck
12. Empty Socks
13. The Ol’ Swimmin’ ‘ole
14. Africa Before Dark
15. Rival Romeos
16. Bright Lights
17. Sagebrush Sadie
18. Ride ’em Plowboy
19. Ozzie of the Mounted
20. Hungry Hoboes
21. Oh, What a Knight
22. Sky Scrappers
23. The Fox Chase
24. Tall Timber
25. Sleigh Bells
26. Hot Dog