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The Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939)

The Fresh Vegetable Mystery poster
Directed by
Dave Fleischer
Genre
animation, mystery, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cartoon vegetable gets into a silly mystery. The short is a colorful animated adventure from the late 1930s.

playfullightheartedwhimsicalfast-pacedcheerfulcolorfulspiritedold-fashioned

What happens

The Fresh Vegetable Mystery is a 1939 American animated short film directed by Dave Fleischer and produced by Fleischer Studios, as part of the Color Classics film series. It was released on September 29, 1939. In 2024, the film was selected as part of an animated short film collection to be restored by Seth MacFarlane and Martin Scorsese. The collection was titled Back From the Ink: Restored Animated Shorts and premiered at the TCM Classics Film Festival on April 20, 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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