Educated Fish

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Educated Fish
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Produced by Max Fleischer
Music by Sammy Timberg (uncredited)
Lou Fleischer (uncredited)
Animation by Hicks Lokey
Myron Waldman
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • October 29, 1937 (1937-10-29)
Running time
7:30
LanguageEnglish

Educated Fish is a 1937 animated short film that was part of Paramount's Color Classics series. [1] The film was nominated for Best Animated Short at the 10th Academy Awards. [2]

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Plot

In an underwater school for fish, the bad boy, Tommy Cod, would rather play pinball in his desk than recite the daily lesson about hooks, fishing poles, and lines so strong. Tommy is locked out of class by the teacher to study harder. He learns this lesson the hard way when being caught by a fisherman's bait.

Preservation

Educated Fish was preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in conjunction with the UCLA Film and Television Archive, in 2013. [3]

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References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 66–67. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  3. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.