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
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 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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