The Iron Man (1930)
- Directed by
- Harry Bailey, John Foster
- Genre
- comedy, animation
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This animated short from 1930 features a man made of iron who gets into comic situations. It is part of a series of sound cartoons though it is not based on an Aesop fable.
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What happens
The Iron Man is a 1930 animated short film which was directed by John Foster and Harry Bailey. It was produced by The Van Beuren Corporation, and released by Pathé Exchange, a film distributor which had the newsreel Pathé News. The film was also part of the early sound cartoon series entitled Aesop's Sound Fables. Although the film is part of that-said series, the film is actually not based on a fable written by Aesop. Another abnormality with this film is that although it was released in 1930, the copyright notice on the actual film reads in roman numerals MCMXXIX, which translates to 1929. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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