''Burt Gillet's Toddle Tales'' is a theatrical cartoon series which lasted from June 29 to September 7, 1934, and was made by the

Van Beuren Studios The Van Beuren Corporation was a New York City-based animation studio that produced theatrical cartoons as well as live-action short-subjects from the 1920s to 1936. History In 1920, the Keith-Albee organization formed Fables Pictures for the ...

. All of the films combined live-action and animation.

History

''Burt Gillet's Toddle Tales'' was a half animated, half live action film series from Van Beuren Studios. There were only 3 episodes released from the series, ''Grandfather's Clock'', ''Along Came A Duck'', and ''A Little Bird Told Me''.

Grandfather's Clock

''Grandfather's Clock'' is the 1st episode, which was theatrically aired on June 29, 1934. A little girl and her baby brother meet a

grandfather clock A grandfather clock (also a longcase clock, tall-case clock, grandfather's clock, or floor clock) is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are common ...

who introduces them to clock children and show them what they do.

Along Came A Duck

''Along Came A Duck'' was the 2nd episode, and was theatrically released on August 10, 1934. A little boy (live action) chases a poor duck to the pond where he runs into an animated croaking and singing

bullfrog ''Bullfrog'' is a common English language term to refer to large, aggressive frogs, regardless of species. Examples of bullfrogs include: Frog species America * Helmeted water toad (''Calyptocephalella gayi''), endemic to Chile *American bullfr ...

. Then the bullfrog tells the little boy the story of how he and the duck met years ago.

A Little Bird Told Me

''A Little Bird Told Me'' is the 3rd episode, which was theatrically released on September 7, 1934. Little bird reporters and photographers led by "Walter Finchell" published the story of the real life boy that had his hands in the jam in the newspaper which was printed on leaves.

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