Educated Fish

{{Infobox film

| name = Educated Fish

| image =

| caption =

| director = Dave Fleischer

| story =

| animator = Hicks Lokey
Myron Waldman

| music = Sammy Timberg (uncredited)
Lou Fleischer (uncredited)

| producer = Max Fleischer

| studio = Fleischer Studios

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1937|10|29}}

| color_process = Technicolor

| runtime = 7:30

| language = English

}}

Educated Fish is a 1937 animated short film that was part of Paramount's Color Classics series.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/66/mode/2up |pages=66–67}} The film was nominated for Best Animated Short at the 10th Academy Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938 |title=The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners |access-date=March 28, 2014|work=oscars.org}}

Plot

In an underwater school for fish, the bad boy, Tommy Cod, would rather play pinball in his desk than recite the daily lesson about hooks, fishing poles, and lines so strong. Tommy is locked out of class by the teacher to study harder. He learns this lesson the hard way when being caught by a fisherman's bait.

Preservation

Educated Fish was preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in conjunction with the UCLA Film and Television Archive, in 2013.{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=educated+fish&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0028819|Educated Fish}}

Category:1937 films

Category:Fleischer Studios short films

Category:Paramount Pictures short films

Category:Color Classics cartoons

Category:1930s American animated films

Category:Short films directed by Dave Fleischer

Category:1937 animated short films