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

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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