Great Guns!

{{short description|1927 film by Walt Disney}} {{about|the 1927 animated cartoon by Walt Disney|the 1941 film with Laurel and Hardy|Great Guns}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Great Guns! | image = File:Great Guns (1927) poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Walt Disney | producer = Charles Mintz<br>George Winkler | story = | narrator = | starring = | music = | animator = Ub Iwerks<br>others | layout_artist = | background_artist = | studio = Winkler Pictures | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1927|10|17}} | color_process = Black-and-white | runtime = 6:43 | country = United States | language = English }}

'''''Great Guns!''''' is a 1927 animated comedy short film directed by Walt Disney and produced by Winkler Pictures. It is the fourth film featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. It was re-issued by Universal Pictures in 1932. It was originally released on October 17, 1927.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |page=40}}</ref> ''Great Guns!'' is a parody of war films, a popular film genre during the silent era.

==Plot== thumb|left|220px|The short film War is declared and Oswald enlists in the army. He shows off his uniform and weapon to impress his girlfriend. Later he is shown in a trench in a battlefield kissing her photo. A mouse piloting an airplane drops a bomb, destroying the photo. Angered, Oswald boards a plane and engages in a dogfight with the mouse's plane. Both planes crash and they begin hand-to-hand fighting. A large enemy bear named Pete approaches, causing Oswald to attempt to flee. He encounters an elephant and uses the elephant's trunk to fire cannonballs at Pete. Pete fires cannonballs back at Oswald from a cannon. Oswald catches most of the balls and throws them back, but one hits Oswald, reducing him to dust. His girlfriend, now a Red Cross nurse, appears and gathers the pieces in a basket and takes them to a hospital. She pours them into a cocktail shaker and after shaking them, pours them out and restores Oswald. They joyously embrace and kiss each other.

==Home media== After The Walt Disney Company acquired the film's rights from Universal Pictures in 2005, the film was released on home media on December 11, 2007, on ''Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit DVD Review |url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/oswald.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>

==Legacy== In the Disney video game ''Epic Mickey'', where Disney shorts starring Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit are used for navigation, ''Great Guns!'' is one of the shorts that can be played through.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Great Guns - Epic Mickey Wiki Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/disney-epic-mickey/Great_Guns |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>

==References== <references/>

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Wikisource-inline|single=yes}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Great Guns (Cartoon)}} Category:1927 films Category:1927 animated short films Category:1920s American animated films Category:1920s Disney animated short films Category:1920s war films Category:Animated films about animals Category:Animated films without speech Category:Films directed by Walt Disney Category:Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons Category:American silent comedy short films Category:Surviving American silent films Category:Universal Pictures animated short films Category:American animated black-and-white films