''Dinner Time'' (1928) is an American animated

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Amadee J. Van Beuren Amedee J. Van Beuren (born Amedee Vignot; July 10, 1879 – November 12, 1938) was the producer of Frank Buck's first three films, as well as many cartoons and short films. Early years Van Beuren was born in New York, the son of Alfred Vignot ...

, directed by Paul Terry, co-directed by John Foster, and produced at Van Beuren Studios. Josiah Zuro arranged and conducted the "synchronized" music score. The film is part of a series entitled '' Aesop's Fables'' and features the Terry creation Farmer Al Falfa who works as a butcher, fending off a group of pesky dogs. ''Dinner Time'' was one of the first publicly shown sound-on-film cartoons. It premiered at the Strand Theater New York City in August 1928 (according to the August 22 edition ''Film Daily'') and released by Pathé Exchange on October 14, 1928, a month before Walt Disney's sound cartoon, '' Steamboat Willie''. ''Dinner Time'' was not successful with audiences and Disney's film would be widely touted as the first synchronized sound cartoon.

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and Dave Fleischer released 36 cartoons in their ''

Song Car-Tunes '' Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes'', ''Song Car-Tunes'', or (some sources erroneously say) ''Sound Car-Tunes'', is a series of short three-minute animated films produced by Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer between May 1924 and September 1927, pioneering t ...

'' series—with about 19 of those made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film system—between May 1924 and September 1926.

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* 1928 films 1928 animated films 1920s American animated films 1920s animated short films Aesop's Fables (film series) American animated short films American black-and-white films Terrytoons shorts Van Beuren Studios Films directed by Paul Terry {{short-animation-film-stub

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