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Treasure Jest

1945 · 6 min

A quick, silly cartoon caper with slapstick scheming and a breezy, harmless sense of mischief.

Directed by
Howard Swift
Genres
Animation
Starring
Frank Graham
Overview
The fox is sailing the high seas looking for buried treasure. The crow, eyeing the fox as a sucker, passes his island home off as "Treasure Island", assuring the fox it is loaded with gold (which he proves by showing the fox phoney gold bricks which are really construction bricks painted yellow). However, there is a $2.00 fee for digging on his island which the fox refuses to pay. He tries to extract the "gold" by himself but the crow sabotages his efforts. First, he removes the blade from the fox's pickax.

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Directed by
Howard Swift
Genres
Animation
Starring
Frank Graham
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • greed
    • deception
    Places
    • sea
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    family
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism1
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight1

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    Genres
    animation
    Directed by
    Howard Swift
    Starring
    Frank Graham
    Runtime
    6 min
    Country
    United States of America

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