Monday, August 26, 2013

I Didn't Know The Van Beuren Studio Made Mickey Mouse Cartoons...

Actually, no.

Here are Mickey and Minnie ripoffs starring in "The Office Boy," an Aesop's Sound Fable entry from New York City's Van Beuren Productions in 1930, originally released theatrically by the Pathe Film Exchanges.

With musical synchroniztion by Gene Rodemich, this cartoon was produced by Amadee J. Van Beuren and directed by John Foster and Harry Bailey.

This was the kind of cartoon that became a little too close for comfort as Walt Disney soon afterward took legal action against the Van Beuren studio.

Check this out!

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