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The Shriek (1933)

The Shriek poster
Directed by
Walter Lantz
Genre
horror, animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
10 min
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit gets into comedic trouble while parodying a desert romance film. He faces absurd situations involving a sheik character.

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What happens

The Shriek is a 1933 animated short film produced by Walter Lantz Productions as part of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series. The cartoon's title is a parody of the 1921 Paramount Pictures film The Sheik. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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