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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Trade Advertisement (Off Went the Roof)
Oswald bursts through a skyscraper roof.
What
A 1929 page from Universal Weekly of 5 January, promoting the Oswald cartoons with sound.
Why
The copy singles out Sick Cylinders, which it calls Oswald's first sound cartoon.
Notice
The headline reads "Off went the roof!", and a strip along the foot says "Universal Shorts are Super Shorts!"
“The first sound cartoon lands”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1929)
- Country / studio
- United States · Universal
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- U.S. trade advertisement, Universal Weekly, 1929
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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