Underplayed Gems

The Egg Cracker Suite (1943)

The Egg Cracker Suite poster
Directed by
Ben Hardaway
Genre
animation, comedy, family
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

An Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon from 1943 set around Easter. The rabbit gets into a series of antics involving eggs and holiday fun.

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What happens

The Egg Cracker Suite is a 1943 Easter-themed animated short produced by Walter Lantz, co-directed by Ben Hardaway and Emery Hawkins (also a character designer) and animated by Les Kline (solely credited as Lester Kline), Laverne Harding and Paul J. Smith (both uncredited) that features a redesigned Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. This is the last animated short to feature Oswald until Get a Horse! in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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