Mill Pond
Also known as: The Mill Pond (Reissue Title)
- Studio
- Van Beuren Studios
- Distributor
- RKO Radio Pictures
Synopsis
Farmer Al Falfa wants to go for a swim. He's shy, so he shoos all the animals away. While he's changing clothes, a mouse coats the diving board with glue. The poor farmer never knows what hit him.
Characters
Farmer Al Falfa, Mouse
Credits
Directing
- Director
- John Foster
Producing
- Producer
- Amadee J. Van Beuren
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.
