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Title
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The World of Yesterday Magazine, No. 8, October, 1976
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Description
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Linda and Ron Downey, Editors
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Creator
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Downey, Linda
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:49:20Z
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2000-08
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1976
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:49:20Z
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Date Issued
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1976
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Abstract
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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.
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Identifier
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3509 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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L. and R. Downey
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North Clearwater, FL
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Subject
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PN1993.5.A1 W69
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole