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The Owl and Fred Jones

1959 short film directed by Denis Gilpin
Movie animated_short_film Q116445745
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Summary

The Owl and Fred Jones is an animated short film[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Denis Gilpin[3]
  • Screenwriter: P. D. Eastman[4]
  • Genre: animated cartoon[5]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[6]
  • Commons category: The Owl and Fred Jones[7]
  • Color: color[8]
  • Country of origin: United States[9]
  • Publication date: 1959[10]
  • Distributed by: Equitable Holdings[11]
  • Title: The Owl and Fred Jones[12]
  • Duration: 14 minutes[13], 858 seconds[14]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[15]
  • Public domain date: January 1, 1988[16]
  • Copyright status: public domain[17]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Jerimee · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → public domain
    Screenwriter → P. D. Eastman
    Publication date → +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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