Cold Turkey (1929)

For the Pluto cartoon, see Cold Turkey (1951).

[[Image:|250px]] Title card Cold Turkey Background information Director: Walter Lantz Writer: Walter Lantz Bill Nolan Tom Palmer Song writer: Bert Fiske Animator(s): Walter Lantz Bill Nolan Tom Palmer Rollin Hamilton Release date(s): October 15, 1929 Running time: Budget: Gross revenue: Country: United States

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Cold Turkey is a 1929 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short.

Plot

Taking time off the job to dance with his "best girl," waiter Oswald is interrupted by an irate customer who wants an order of duck for dinner. Oswald obliges, but the duck resists death by decapitation and hanging. Oswald finally solves the situation by shooting the duck with a cannon, leaving it "done to a turn—and well roasted." Oswald: "Want some?" Girl: "I bite!" Note: If the synopsis is accurate regarding dialogue, this would seem to be the first Lantz cartoon with spoken words (during this period, Lantz and his crew otherwise largely relied on a slide whistle to perform Oswald's voice).

Characters

• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
• Kitty
• Pete
• Cold Turkey

Cast

• Bill Nolan - Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Trivia

• The first cartoon where Oswald speaks.
• Some online sources claim that Bill Nolan provided Oswald's voice for this cartoon. However, such an assertion cannot be verified, given the fact that written records stating this have yet to surface, that a print (or at least a soundtrack) of this particular film has yet to surface, and that an audio recording of Bill Nolan's voice has yet to surface. If at least the latter two of these three were available, only then, through a comparative audio analysis, could this claim be confirmed either way.
• Silent 16mm fragments can be found on YouTube.

Short Films

Trolley Troubles, Oh Teacher, All Wet, Steamboat Willie, The Gallopin' Gaucho, Plane Crazy, The Karnival Kid, Mickey's Follies, Mickey's Choo-Choo, The Haunted House, The Chain Gang, The Birthday Party, The Hunter, Mickey's Orphans, Mickey's Revue, Just Dogs, Mickey's Good Deed, The Mad Doctor, Ye Olden Days, The Mail Pilot, The Wise Little Hen, Mickey's Steamroller, Orphan's Benefit, The Band Concert, Mickey's Service Station, Mickey's Fire Brigade, Pluto's Judgment Day, On Ice, Orphan's Picnic, Mickey's Grand Opera, Thru the Mirror, Mickey's Rival, Donald and Pluto, Mother Pluto, The Worm Turns, Don Donald, Magician Mickey, Moose Hunters, Hawaiian Holiday, Clock Cleaners, Pluto's Quin-Puplets, Lonesome Ghosts, Donald's Nephews, Good Scouts, The Whalers, Brave Little Tailor, Donald's Golf Game, Society Dog Show, Goofy and Wilbur, The Hockey Champ, Donald's Cousin Gus, The Pointer, The Autograph Hound, The Riveter, Tugboat Mickey, Mr. Duck Steps Out, Bone Trouble, Put-Put Troubles, Pluto's Dream House, Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip, The Little Whirlwind, A Good Time for a Dime, How to Ride a Horse, Canine Caddy, The Nifty Nineties, The Art of Skiing, The Art of Self Defense, The Sleepwalker, How to Play Baseball, The Olympic Champ, How to Swim, Pluto at the Zoo, How to Fish, Donald's Tire Trouble, The Flying Jalopy, Private Pluto, How to Play Golf, How to Play Football, First Aiders, Tiger Trouble, The Clock Watcher, Duck Pimples, The Legend of Coyote Rock, Cured Duck, Pluto's Kid Brother, In Dutch, Donald's Double Trouble, Dumbell of the Yukon, Lighthouse Keeping, Bath Day, Double Dribble, Sleepy Time Donald, Figaro and Frankie, Donald's Dilemma, Mickey's Delayed Date, Foul Hunting, Chip an' Dale, Pluto's Blue Note, Drip Dippy Donald, Donald's Dream Voice, Pluto's Fledgling, Soup's On, Three for Breakfast, Mickey and the Seal, Donald's Happy Birthday, Winter Storage, Pluto's Sweater, Bubble Bee, Goofy Gymnastics, Toy Tinkers, Pluto's Heart Throb, Pluto and the Gopher, Crazy Over Daisy, Motor Mania, Hook, Lion and Sinker, Camp Dog, Chicken in the Rough, Dude Duck, Lucky Number, Fathers Are People, Father's Lion, Donald Applecore, Two Chips and a Miss, Two Gun Goofy, Trick or Treat, Two Weeks Vacation, Pluto's Christmas Tree, The Simple Things, Don's Fountain of Youth, Father's Week-End, The New Neighbor, Rugged Bear, Canvas Back Duck, Donald's Diary, The Lone Chipmunks, Dragon Around, Beezy Bear, Up a Tree, Chips Ahoy, Hooked Bear, In the Bag, Donald in Mathmagic Land, Aquamania, Scrooge McDuck and Money, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Sport Goofy in Soccermania, The Prince and the Pauper, Runaway Brain, How to Hook Up Your Home Theater, Get a Horse!