Kidnapped
- Studio
- Van Beuren Studios
- Distributor
- RKO Radio Pictures
Synopsis
Otto, the organ grinder, kidnaps baby Phyllis, but she is recovered by her father, Old Al, with the assistance of a cop.
Characters
Otto, Phyllis, Old Al
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Harry Bailey, John Foster, Frank Moser, Jerry Shields
Producing
- Producer
- Amadee J. Van Beuren
Animation
- Animator
- Paul Terry, Harry Bailey
Crew
- Synchronization
- Gene Rodemich
- Sound Recording
- RCA Photophone System
Production notes
A series of animated short subjects created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook. Estabrook suggested making a series of cartoons based on Aesop's Fables. Although Terry claimed he had never heard of Aesop, he felt that Estabrook's idea was something worthwhile. Terry immediately began to set up a new studio called Fables Studios and received backing from the Keith-Albee Theatre circuit.
The earliest films were loose adaptations of the actual fables. Later entries usually revolved around cats, mice, and the disgruntled Farmer Al Falfa. Each short concluded with a "moral" that usually had nothing to do with the actual cartoon itself.
In 1929, Terry quit to start his own TerryToons Studios and John Foster took over the series under Amadee J. Van Beuren's brand new Van Beuren Corporation, a renamed Fable Studios. The series finally came to a close in 1933.
The earliest films were loose adaptations of the actual fables. Later entries usually revolved around cats, mice, and the disgruntled Farmer Al Falfa. Each short concluded with a "moral" that usually had nothing to do with the actual cartoon itself.
In 1929, Terry quit to start his own TerryToons Studios and John Foster took over the series under Amadee J. Van Beuren's brand new Van Beuren Corporation, a renamed Fable Studios. The series finally came to a close in 1933.
