John Foster
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American animator and director who worked at Van Beuren Studios in the early 1930s, directing Aesop's Fables and Tom and Jerry shorts including Wot a Night (1931) and Toy Time (1932).
Directed
Animation, Comedy
A Close Call is a 1929 animated short from the Aesop's Sound Fables series, produced by the Van Beuren Corporation and distributed by Pathé Exchange. Directed by Harry Bailey and John Foster, it features Milton Mouse and Rita in a series of musical and slapstick gags. The cartoon is an early sound-era entry in the long-running Aesop's Fables series, which began as silent shorts in the 1920s. As a 1929 work, the film entered the U.S. public domain on January 1, 2025.
Animation · Comedy
A Close Call
1929 - Animation
Animation, Short
The first Van Beuren Tom and Jerry short, a duo of cab drivers not to be confused with MGM's later cat and mouse. On a dark and stormy night, Tom and Jerry drive two mysterious bearded men to a castle, only for the passengers to vanish without paying. The cabbies follow them inside and find themselves in a haunted castle full of skeletons, ghosts, and ghouls. Directed by John Foster and George Stallings, the short is a clear riff on Disney's The Skeleton Dance, with Jim Tyer's animation lending it a looser, weirder energy. The series was later reissued as Dick and Larry to avoid confusion with the MGM characters. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Short · Comedy · Horror
Wot a Night
1931 - Animation