A Close Call Aesop's Fable 1929 Cartoon Classic

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A Close Call is a 1929 animated short film which is part of the early sound cartoon series entitled Aesop's Sound Fables. It was produced by The Van Beuren Corporation and released by Pathé. The film, like other Aesop Sound Fables at that time, featured Milton and Rita as the main characters.

This print was restored by master animation historian Steve Stanchfield at ThunderbeanAnimation.com. Check the site out to own the entire collection of cartoons and more on DVD.

In 1920, the Keith-Albee organization formed Fables Pictures for the production of the Aesop's Film Fables cartoon series with Paul Terry, who himself owned 10 percent of the studio.

Producer Amedee J. Van Beuren bought out the studio in 1928, retaining Terry and renaming the business after its new owner.

Van Beuren released Terry's first sound cartoon Dinner Time (1928) (a month before Disney's Steamboat Willie) through Pathé Exchange, which later became part of RKO Pictures.
Terry ran the animation studio while Van Beuren focused on other parts of the business. In 1929, Terry quit to start his own Terrytoons studio and John Foster took over the animation department.

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