Educated Fish 1937

5.8 / 10   7 vote(s)
Animation

A small fish doesn’t pay attention in school, and ends up getting caught on a hook. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film and Television Archive in 2013.

Release Date 1937-10-29
Runtime 7m
Directors Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman
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At his underwater school of "A B Sea", a young fish is having a bit of a tantrum. His no-nonsense teacher drags him into class but he's still being a pain so she locks him in the store cupboard to learn his lessons. Immediately spotting a window, out he swims for an exploration. It's when he spots a worm that things get a bit precarious. The worm is a lure - next thing he is on the end of a fisherman's line; in his boat - can he escape? Maybe being in school isn't such a bad thing after all? It's quite an entertaining little animation this but sadly nothing new either in style or message. It's still worth seven minutes of your time - it doesn't hang about.

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