College Capers (1931)

Directed by

Harry Bailey, John Foster

Genre

music, comedy, animation

Country

United States of America

Runtime

8 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an animated short from 1931 showing a group of animals causing mischief at college. It is a silly and fast-moving cartoon with no real story, just a series of pranks and gags.

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What happens

College Capers is a 1931 animated short film produced by The Van Beuren Corporation and released by the film distributor Pathé Exchange. The film, directed by John Foster and Harry Bailey, features the doings of a plethora of animals at college. The name of the cartoon means that the events in the cartoon represent mischief, as the informal meaning of Caper is "an ridiculous activity". Released on March 15, 1931, the cartoon is part of the early sound series entitled Aesop's Sound Fables, but is not based on an actual Aesop fable. Like other cartoons Van Beuren produced, the film has fallen into the public domain, because of their age, the studio's collapse, and their inclusion on budget DVDs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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