Small Fry

IMDb link: 0031936
IMDb rating: 6.4 (308 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Animation, Family, Short, Musical
Director: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky
Cast: Jack Mercer, Margie Hines and others

Release date: 21 Apr 1939
Release year: 1939
Runtime: 7 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: pool hall, school, catfish, skipping school, absence, student, teacher, bowler hat, crying, tears

Plot:

Junior Catfish skipped school to hang out at the pool hall. Mama was worried he might have been caught by a fisherman instead. He returns home for dinner, then sneaks back to the pool hall for the meeting of the Big Fry Club. For his initiation, he's sent into a cave full of scary things that ultimately send him running back to mama's arms. Throughout, the title song is sung.

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