Elmer the Great Dane(1935)

Name: Elmer the Great Dane
Director: Walter Lantz
Genre: Animation
Released: 1935-01-01
Duration: 9 min

When Universal's then biggest cartoon star Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was declining in popularity, Lantz decided to come up with new characters to keep the shorts running. One of these characters was a great dane which they named Elmer, and was cast as Oswald's pet dog. The inspiration for character came from the fact that Lantz was a fanatic in great danes.