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Is this a Christmas miracle?
A 1927 Disney Christmas cartoon
thought to be lost was discovered in Norway, Agence France reports.
"Empty Socks," Disney's
first Christmas, was found during an inventory of one of the facilities of
Norway's National Library. The film starred Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a
precursor to Mickey Mouse. But the discover nearly wasn't made.
"At the beginning, we didn’t
know it was a lost cinematographic treasure," library archivist Kvale
Soerenssen said in a statement. “The film was in two reels which
weren’t clearly labelled."
"Empty Socks" initially
had a 5 minute, 30 seconds runtime, but approximately 30 seconds are missing
from the discovered footage. Previously, only about 25 seconds was known to
have survived. That footage is held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The newly discovered film once
belonged to a private individual. Norway's National Library has digitized a
copy to send to Disney.
The Hollywood Reporter by Aaron Couch 12/12/2014
10:42pm PDT
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