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1930 In Animation
Events in 1930 in animation. Films released *2 January – ''The Cat's Meow'' (United States) *4 January – ''The Iron Man (1930 film), The Iron Man'' (United States) *12 January - ''Marriage Wows'' (United States) *16 January – ''Summer (1930 film), Summer'' (United States) *30 January – ''Spook Easy'' (United States) *10 February - ''Radio Riot'' (United States) *15 February – ''Autumn (1930 film), Autumn'' (United States) *23 February - ''Caviar'' (United States) *27 February – ''Slow Beau'' (United States) *6 March – ''Just Mickey'' (United States) *9 March - ''Pretzels'' (United States) *13 March – ''Cannibal Capers'' (United States) *22 March - ''Hot Dog'' (United States) *23 March - ''Spanish Onions'' (United States) *27 March – ''Desert Sunk'' (United States) *5 April – ''The Barnyard Concert'' (United States) *6 April - ''Indian Pudding'' (United States) *19 April – ''Sinkin' in the Bathtub'' (United States) *20 April - ''Roman Punch'' (United States) *2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Iron Man (1930 Film)
''The Iron Man'' is a 1930 animated film which was directed by John Foster (cartoonist), John Foster and Harry Bailey. It was produced by The Van Beuren Corporation, and released by Pathé, a film distributor which had the newsreel Pathé News. The film was also part of the early sound cartoon series entitled ''Aesop's Sound Fables''. However, although the film is part of that-said series, the film is actually not based on a fable written by Aesop. Another abnormality with this film is that although it was released in 1930, the copyright notice on the actual film reads in roman numerals MCMXXIX, which translates to 1929. Plot The film begins with a male cat walking down the street singing and playing a musicbox. He then descends onto a neighborhood. He plays there until Farmer Al Falfa, a recurring character in the Aesop series, looks out of his window, and describes the music as "rotten". He then gets out of his house, and asks the cat to leave. He compiles, by running off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |