Paul Terry — Director (7)
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Happy Polo (1932) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Happy Polo
director: Paul Terry
Sound re-issue of a 1929 Paul Terry cartoon, The Polo Match. A jockey preparing his horse for the day's polo matches. He opens up the neck, pours gasoline in the horse, oils and greases his hoofs, cranks up the tail and the horse is ready to go!
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Wood Choppers (1929) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Wood Choppers
director: Paul Terry
A series of animated short subjects created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook. Estabrook suggested making a series of cartoons based on Aesop's Fables.
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Ball Park (1929) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Ball Park
director: Paul Terry
An animated short film, and part of Paul Terry's Aesop's Film Fables, in which some animals play a game of baseball.
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Farmer Al Falfa's Wayward Pup (1917) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Farmer Al Falfa's Wayward Pup
director: Paul Terry
Farmer Al Falfa's pipe is stolen, smoked and buried by his frisky dog Fido. Some frantic chases ensue, with the farmer after Fido and Fido after various ducks and hens. The pooch's climactic battle with a fierce rooster leads to "fowl play."
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Dinner Time (1928) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dinner Time
director: Paul Terry
other title: 晚餐时间
Dinner Time is noted as the first sound cartoon short made after Warner Bros.' success with The Jazz Singer and produced even before Walt Disney's first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie (though released after).
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The Fable of the Jolly Rounders (1923) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Fable of the Jolly Rounders
director: Paul Terry
An Aesop's Fables cartoon about a hippo who had a few too many to drink, resulting in his wife kicking him out of the house. To win her back, the hippo conjures up a plan to make her jealous.