The World of Yesterday Magazine, No. 8, October, 1976

Title

en_US The World of Yesterday Magazine, No. 8, October, 1976

Description

en_US Linda and Ron Downey, Editors

Creator

en_US Downey, Linda See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T16:49:20Z

en_US 2000-08

en_US 1976

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:20Z

Date Issued

en_US 1976

Abstract

en_US Aesop's Fables, sugar coated pills of wisdom by Jeff Missinne takes up 5-10 in this magazine. It deals with the history of the motion picture cartoon series known as Aesop's Fables. Paul Terry started the series around 1923. [I have two movie advertisements for the series, and they are dated to 1922.] Many of Terry's Aesop cartoons featured farmer Al Falfa as a straight man to the animals. In 1929, the series went all-talking. Terry left the series behind to form his own Terrytoons company. The Aesop series was taken over by its distributor, Amedee J. Van Beuren. The Van Beuren Corporation produced many popular short subjects for Pathe and RKO and the latter's predecessor, FBO. A Close Call occasioned a suit from Disney over two mice that looked too much like Mickey and Minnie. Cubby Bear became Van Beuren's equivalent to Mickey Mouse. For this author, the cartoon series seems to have hit its peak in 1932 with a steady stream of smooth vehicles. In 1933 the Little King was added to the Aesop stars. In 1934, the series was discontinued. Van Beuren died in 1937. In the 1940's, Paul Terry revived Aesop's Fables as part of his Terrytoons series. The article is accompanied by several helpful black-and-white visuals.

Identifier

en_US 3509 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78877

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US L. and R. Downey

en_US North Clearwater, FL

Subject

en_US PN1993.5.A1 W69 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole