
Fable of the Fabrics
1942-01-01 · 6 min · Not rated
A particularly vicious Father Time with a hit-list in his Book of Doom seeks to wipe out characters brought to life from fabric patterns. This neat concept for a cartoon washing powder commercial can be credited to Alexander Mackendrick, who worked at the J Walter Thompson advertising agency before making films at Ealing and then Hollywood.
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- Joy Batchelor, John Halas
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- Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films
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- United Kingdom
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- Released
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