''All's Fair at the Fair'' is a seven-minute cartoon released in 1938. A Color Classic produced by

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, it was distributed by

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Reception

The Film Daily ''The Film Daily'' was a daily publication that existed from 1918 to 1970 in the United States. It was the first daily newspaper published solely for the film industry. It covered the latest trade news, film reviews, financial updates, informatio ...

'' called the short a "novelty cartoon" and gave the following review:

"A couple of sticks visit the fair grounds where the
World's Fair A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...
is being held, and find themselves participating in a series of adventures with the ultra-modern mechanism operated by robots. Finally, they reach the dance pavilion, and the wife and husband each are taken in hand by robots and whirled around the floor. Other mechanical gags give them a marvelous meal, beauty and barber treatments, and clinical attention to restore their youth. Very clever and novel. A Max Fleischer cartoon in
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."

References

"Reviews of the New Films," The Film Daily. 9/2/38. Vol. 74, No. 54, p8.

External links

* 1938 short films American comedy short films 1930s English-language films Paramount Pictures short films 1930s animated short films Color Classics cartoons Fleischer Studios short films 1930s American animated films 1938 animated films Short films directed by Dave Fleischer American buddy films Animated buddy films 1930s buddy films American animated short films World's fairs in fiction {{short-animation-film-stub