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The Navy
The Navy
	Oswald says to the admiral, "Well, I'll be seeing ya".
Directed by	Walter Lantz; Bill Nolan
Story by	Walter Lantz; Bill Nolan
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Starring	Pinto Colvig; Walter Lantz; Fred Avery
Music by	James Dietrich
Animation by	Clyde Geronimi; Manuel Moreno; Ray Abrams; Fred Avery; Lester Kline; Pinto Colvig
Color process	Black and white
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 3, 1930;
Running time	7 minutes
Language	English

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The Navy is a 1930 short animated film produced by Walter Lantz and as part of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons.^[2]

Plot summary

Oswald is a sailor who works on the ship of the admiral, and is wearing shoes for the first time.^[3] One day when work is done for the day, he looks forward to find a date at a lighthouse.

Minutes afterward, Oswald arrives at the lighthouse. To get the attention of his special someone, Oswald sings while a couple of sparrows play an accordion. Looking out the window of the lighthouse is a girl cat who is entertained by Oswald's performance. To get inside, Oswald springs himself upward using the accordion. Oswald then notices that the girl cat is having an affair with the admiral who orders him to return to the ship.

Back in the vessel, Oswald is assigned to scrub the ship's main floor and polish the cannons. To make his jobs more interesting, he comes up with an eccentric method by riding behind two runaway tabbies and at the same time scrub the floor with brushes attached to his feet as he gets pulled. This strategy turned out to be very difficult to control as it results in Oswald accidentally stripping paint off some life boats as well as knocking down the admiral.

The admiral is most dissatisfied and literally kicks Oswald out of the ship. The kick is so powerful that Oswald is sent airborne for a few miles. The rabbit ends up landing in knickers that are hanged on a clothesline. At the end of the clothesline lies the window of the lighthouse which is right next to Oswald. Once more the girl cat shows up and is happy to see Oswald again. The two trade kisses.

References

^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 192. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 115–116. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
^ "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1930". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2011.

External links

The Navy at the Big Cartoon Database
The Navy on YouTube

[1] Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 192. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 115–116. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.

[3] "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1930". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2011.

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-{{confused|Navy|The Navy (journal)}}
+{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
-{{Infobox Hollywood cartoon|
+{{Infobox film
-| cartoon_name = The Navy
+| name = The Navy
-| series = [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]
 | image = Oswald Navy Scene.jpg
+| caption = Oswald says to the admiral, "Well, I'll be seeing ya".
-| caption = Screenshot
 | director = [[Walter Lantz]]<br>[[Bill Nolan (animator)|Bill Nolan]]
-| story_artist = Walter Lantz<br>[[Bill Nolan (animator)|Bill Nolan]]
+| story = Walter Lantz<br>Bill Nolan
-| animator = Clyde Geronimi<br>Manuel Moreno<br>Ray Abrams<br>Fred Avery<br>Lester Kline<br>Pinto Colvig
+| animator = [[Clyde Geronimi]]<br>Manuel Moreno<br>Ray Abrams<br>Fred Avery<br>Lester Kline<br>Pinto Colvig
+| starring = [[Pinto Colvig]]<br>Walter Lantz<br>[[Tex Avery|Fred Avery]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70 |last=Scott |first=Keith |publisher=BearManor Media |year=2022 |isbn=979-8-88771-010-5 |pages=192}}</ref>
-| voice_actor = Pinto Colvig as Oswald
-| musician = James Dietrich
+| music = James Dietrich
 | producer = Walter Lantz
 | distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
-| release_date = November 3, 1930
+| released = {{Film date|1930|11|03}}
 | color_process = Black and white
-| runtime = 7 min.
+| runtime = 7 minutes
-| movie_language = [[English language|English]]
+| language = [[English language|English]]
-| preceded_by = ''The Fowl Bowl''
-| followed_by = ''Mexico''
 }}
-'''''The Navy''''' is a short [[animated film]] produced by [[Walter Lantz]] and as part of the [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] cartoons.
+'''''The Navy''''' is a 1930 short [[animated film]] produced by [[Walter Lantz]] and as part of the [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]] cartoons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |pages=115–116}}</ref>
 ==Plot summary==
-Oswald is a sailor who works on the ship of the admiral. One day when work was dismissed, he looks forward to find a date at a lighthouse.
+Oswald is a sailor who works on the ship of the admiral, and is wearing shoes for the first time.<ref>{{cite web
+ |url         = http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1930.html
+ |title       = The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1930
+ |accessdate  = April 24, 2011
+ |publisher   = The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia
+ |url-status     = dead
+ |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110514224259/http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1930.html
+ |archivedate = May 14, 2011
+}}</ref> One day when work is done for the day, he looks forward to find a date at a lighthouse.
-Minutes afterward, Oswald arrived at the lighthouse. To get the attention of his special someone, Oswald sings while a couple of [[sparrow]]s played an accordion. Looking out the window of the lighthouse was a girl cat who was entertained by Oswald's performance. To get inside, Oswald springs himself upward using the accordion. Oswald then notices that the girl cat was having an affair with the admiral who orders him to return to the ship.
+Minutes afterward, Oswald arrives at the lighthouse. To get the attention of his special someone, Oswald sings while a couple of [[Old World sparrow|sparrow]]s play an accordion. Looking out the window of the lighthouse is a girl cat who is entertained by Oswald's performance. To get inside, Oswald springs himself upward using the accordion. Oswald then notices that the girl cat is having an affair with the admiral who orders him to return to the ship.
-Back in the vessel, Oswald was assigned to scrub the ship's main floor and polish the cannons. To make his jobs more interesting, he comes up with an eccentric method by riding behind two runaway [[tabby|tabbies]] and at the same time scrub the floor with brushes attached to his feet as he gets pulled. This strategy turned out to be very difficult to control as it resulted in Oswald accidentally stripping paint off of some life boats as well as knocking down the admiral.
+Back in the vessel, Oswald is assigned to scrub the ship's main floor and polish the cannons. To make his jobs more interesting, he comes up with an eccentric method by riding behind two runaway [[tabby|tabbies]] and at the same time scrub the floor with brushes attached to his feet as he gets pulled. This strategy turned out to be very difficult to control as it results in Oswald accidentally stripping paint off some life boats as well as knocking down the admiral.
-The admiral was most dissatisfied and literally kicks Oswald out of the ship. The kick was so powerful that Oswald was sent airborne for a few miles. The rabbit ends up landing in knickers that are hanged on a clothesline. At the end of the clothesline lies the window of the lighthouse which was right next to Oswald. Once more the girl cat shows up and was happy to see Oswald again. The two traded kisses.
+The admiral is most dissatisfied and literally kicks Oswald out of the ship. The kick is so powerful that Oswald is sent airborne for a few miles. The rabbit ends up landing in knickers that are hanged on a clothesline. At the end of the clothesline lies the window of the lighthouse which is right next to Oswald. Once more the girl cat shows up and is happy to see Oswald again. The two trade kisses.
-==Oswald's evolution==
-''The Navy'' marks the beginning of Oswald's eventual evolution in the series. In the preceding cartoons, Oswald never wore anything other than shorts. Here, he is seen in shoes.<ref>{{cite web
-|url=http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1930.html
-|title=The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1930
-|accessdate=2011-04-24
-|publisher=The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia
-}}</ref> A pair of gloves and a shirt would add to his outfit the following year.<ref>{{cite web
-|url=http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1931.html
-|title=The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1931
-|accessdate=2011-05-23
-|publisher=The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia
-}}</ref>
 ==See also==
-*[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit filmography]]
+* [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit filmography]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2881-Navy.html ''The Navy''] at the [[Big Cartoon Database]]
+* [https://archive.today/20130118011237/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2881-Navy.html ''The Navy''] at the [[Big Cartoon Database]]
+* {{YouTube|id=n04vZu4tLJ0|title=''The Navy''}}
+{{Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons}}
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+{{DEFAULTSORT:Navy (film), The}}
 [[Category:1930 films]]
+[[Category:1930s American animated films]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Walter Lantz]]
+[[Category:Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons]]
+[[Category:Universal Pictures animated short films]]
 [[Category:Walter Lantz Productions shorts]]
-[[Category:Black-and-white films]]
+[[Category:Animated films about cats]]
-[[Category:American films]]
+[[Category:American animated black-and-white films]]
-[[Category:Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons]]
+[[Category:1930 animated short films]]
-{{Animation-film-stub}}

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