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Dinner Time (1928) is an American animated short subject produced by Amadee J. Van Beuren, directed by Paul Terry, co-directed by John Foster, and produced at Van Beuren Studios. Josiah Zuro arranged and conducted the "synchronized" music score. The film is part of a series entitled Aesop's Fables and features the Terry creation Farmer Al Falfa who works as a butcher, fending off a group of pesky dogs.^[1]

Dinner Time was one of the first publicly shown sound-on-film cartoons. It premiered at the Strand Theater New York City in August 1928 and was released by Pathé Exchange on October 14, a month before Walt Disney's sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie.^[2] Dinner Time was not successful with audiences and Disney's film would be widely touted as the first synchronized sound cartoon.

Commonwealth Reissue

In addition to the stock music cues from Thomas J. Valentino's music library, the 1950s Commonwealth reissue of this cartoon also has a narrator and voice actors. The voice actors spoke the characters' lines, as opposed to the nonsense vocalisations made in the original 1928 version. Some scenes were also reordered.

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 18–20. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ Grob, Gijs (2018). "Steamboat Willie". Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse. Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-1683901235.

External links

Media related to Dinner Time (film) at Wikimedia Commons
The full text of Dinner Time at Wikisource
Dinner Time at IMDb

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 18–20. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

[movies-2] Grob, Gijs (2018). "Steamboat Willie". Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse. Theme Park Press. ISBN 978-1683901235.

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-'''''Dinner Time''''' ([[1928 in film|1928]]) is an [[animation|animated]] [[short subject]] produced and directed by [[Terrytoons|Paul Terry]], co-directed by [[John Foster (cartoonist)|John Foster]], and produced at [[Van Beuren Studios]]. The film is part of a series entitled ''[[Aesop's Fables (film series)|Aesop's Fables]]'' and features the Terry creation [[Farmer Al Falfa]] who works as a butcher, fending off a group of pesky dogs.
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+[[File:Dinner Time (1928).webm|right|thumb|The full film]]
+'''''Dinner Time''''' (1928) is an American [[animation|animated]] [[short subject]] produced by [[Amadee J. Van Beuren]], directed by [[Paul Terry (cartoonist)|Paul Terry]], co-directed by [[John Foster (cartoonist)|John Foster]], and produced at [[Van Beuren Studios]]. [[Josiah Zuro]] arranged and conducted the "synchronized" music score. The film is part of a series entitled ''[[Aesop's Fables (film series)|Aesop's Fables]]'' and features the Terry creation [[Farmer Al Falfa]] who works as a butcher, fending off a group of pesky dogs.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/18/mode/2up |pages=18–20}}</ref>
-''Dinner Time'' was one of the first publicly shown [[sound-on-film]] cartoons. It was premiered in [[New York City]] on 1 September 1928 and released by [[Pathé Exchange]] on 14 October 1928, a month before [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', which premiered on 18 November 1928 at the 79th Street Theater in [[New York City]]. ''Dinner Time'', however, was not successful with audiences and Disney's film would go on to be widely recognized as the first synchronized sound cartoon.
+''Dinner Time'' was one of the first publicly shown [[sound-on-film]] cartoons. It premiered at the Strand Theater [[New York City]] in August 1928 and was released by [[Pathé Exchange]] on October 14, a month before [[Walt Disney]]'s sound cartoon, ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''.<ref name=movies>{{cite book |last1=Grob |first1=Gijs |title=Mickey's Movies: The Theatrical Films of Mickey Mouse |date=2018 |publisher=Theme Park Press |chapter=Steamboat Willie |isbn=978-1683901235}}</ref> ''Dinner Time'' was not successful with audiences and Disney's film would be widely touted as the first synchronized sound cartoon.
+==Commonwealth Reissue==
-[[Max Fleischer|Max]] and [[Dave Fleischer]] released 36 cartoons in their [[Sound Car-Tunes|Song Car-Tunes]] series—with about 19 of those made in the DeForest [[Phonofilm]] [[sound-on-film]] system—between May 1924 and September 1926. Ironically, ''Steamboat Willie'' was released by [[Pat Powers (businessman)|Pat Powers]]' Celebrity Pictures using the Powers Cinephone sound-on-film system, which was cloned from the Phonofilm system without the permission of [[Lee De Forest]].
+In addition to the stock music cues from Thomas J. Valentino's music library, the 1950s Commonwealth reissue of this cartoon also has a narrator and voice actors. The voice actors spoke the characters' lines, as opposed to the nonsense vocalisations made in the original 1928 version. Some scenes were also reordered.
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-*[[Sound film]]
+* [[Sound film]]
+==References==
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+[[Category:1920s American animated films]]
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+[[Category:Aesop's Fables (film series)]]
+[[Category:American animated short films]]
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-[[Category:Aesop's Fables shorts]]
+[[Category:Van Beuren Studios]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Paul Terry (cartoonist)]]
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