Down on the Phony Farm
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Why watch it
3 minutes, and what to watch for
Short Paul Terry cartoon distributed by Thanhouser before the Terrytoons studio opened in 1929. Al Falfa grows a pitcher of beer and Clara the cow goes wild!
What the papers said
1 review“An excellent animated cartoon on the last reel of the above, showing what happened when a farmer took undue advantage of the thirst of his cow.”
Cast and crew
No cast or crew is credited in the surviving sources for this film. Bowers records the title and the release; the names did not come with them.
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More about this film
- Bowers’ notes
- A title word appeared as “phoney” in several listings, including in a schedule in The Moving Picture World, October 9, 1915. One wonders what relation, if any, the “phony farm” title has to “funny farm,” the slang term for a mental institution. 2. This film represents a very rare instance of an animated cartoon being released by Thanhouser. Also see Little Herman, released June 18, 1915 under the Falstaff brand. 3. In the British trade publication, The Bioscope, the title of this film was listed as Down on the Chory Farm, “chory” possibly being a misspelling of “phony.”
- Posters and media
From Volume II: Filmography of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. Read the history of 1915 →
Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “Down on the Phony Farm”. thanhouser.org/films/down-on-the-phony-farm/
Where copies are held
- Completeness
- Unknown
- Held by
- Library of Congress
- Completeness
- Unknown
- Restored by
- Library of Congress · 2015
- Scored by
- Robert Israel · piano with percussion
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