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Toby the Pup
Toby the Pup character
A Toby the Pup promotional poster
First appearance
  • The Museum
  • August 19, 1930
Last appearance
  • The Bull Thrower
  • June 7, 1931
Created by
Voiced byDick Huemer
In-universe information
SpeciesDog
GenderMale

Toby the Pup is an animated cartoon character created by animators Sid Marcus, Dick Huemer, and Art Davis. He starred in a series of early sound shorts produced by Charles Mintz's Screen Gems for RKO Radio Pictures. The series lasted from 1930 to 1931.[1] Twelve cartoons were produced, though some are still considered to be lost. The character was voiced by Dick Huemer.[2] All of the character's cartoons fell into the public domain in the 1950s due to the copyrights not being renewed.[3]

History

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In 1930, Charles Mintz, while simultaneously producing the Krazy Kat cartoon series for Columbia, decided to create an additional series to be distributed through RKO Radio Pictures. He hired two Fleischer animators, Dick Huemer and Sid Marcus, and assigned them to work with Art Davis to create the new series. Marcus, who worked for the Mintz studio when it was still located in New York City, devised Toby the Pup. Toby was very similar to Fleischer's Bimbo in both personality and character design. He wore a custodian hat and a pair of shoes that looked like dog feet.

Despite the series' success, it concluded after only twelve films; most likely because of RKO's ties with the Van Beuren studio. However, by the time the series ended, Mintz was already negotiating with Columbia for backing on a second cartoon series to be headed again by Huemer, Marcus, and Davis. For this series, Huemer devised a new character, a small boy named Scrappy.

Today, only eight of the Toby cartoons are known to exist.

  • A fragment of The Museum is held by the Library of Congress. Prints of the short have turned up in a few private film collections in the United States and four were discovered in Europe.
  • UCLA currently owns a sound print of Circus Time.
  • Cartoon Factory, a syndicated compilation of public domain cartoons distributed throughout Europe by Lobster Films, features three Toby cartoons: The Milkman, Down South, and Halloween.
  • In 2005, a full 16mm print of The Brown Derby was found in a private collection in San Marcos, Texas, by Toby Heidel. The print is currently housed at UCLA and restoration is being attempted by Jere Guldin.
  • A substantial fragment of The Showman has also surfaced.
  • In 2016, Inkwell Images issued a Blu-Ray release of the five existent Toby cartoons, "The Museum," "The Milkman", "Down South", and "Halloween" through an arrangement with Lobster Films, and "Circus Time" through UCLA Film Archives.
  • In 2024, a French print of "The Fiddler" was discovered by Thunderbean, who unofficially released it on one of their special Blu-Rays, "Thunderbean Sneak Preview Blu-Ray 2024", which was only available for purchase for one week.[4] It was leaked online later that year, but was taken down.

Toby can be seen dancing in one of the scenes of the movie, Cool World.[citation needed]

Filmography

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1930

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No. Title Director Original release date Distributor Film Notes
1 The Museum Authur Davis, Dick Huemer, & Sid Marcus August 19, 1930 RKO Radio Pictures First Toby the Pup cartoon. Exists in several 35mm prints of undetermined completeness and a 17.5mm sound print.
2 The Fiddler September 1, 1930 Currently Unavailable To The Public A French print exists.
3 The Miner October 1, 1930 Lost Media Lost cartoon
4 The Showman November 22, 1930
With Recreated Sound
 Exists in a complete sound print with french titles. A silent print with no opening or ending titles was found in 2010, A nitrate cartoon reel with a sound fragment of the film was found later on by Cartoon98100 which was donated to Thunderbean Animations and was included in the Special Disc "Cartoons Most Wanted".
5 The Bug House December 7, 1930 Lost Media Lost cartoon

1931

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No. Title Director Original release date Distributor Film Notes
6 Circus Time Authur Davis, Dick Huemer, & Sid Marcus January 25, 1931 RKO Radio Pictures A sound unedited print is held by UCLA in 35mm.
7 The Milkman February 25, 1931 A French 35mm release print survives, held by Lobster Films.
8 The Brown Derby March 22, 1931 Currently Unavailable To The Public A full 16mm print was found in 2005 in San Marcos, Texas but as of now it is unavailable to the public.
9 Down South April 15, 1931 A French 16mm release print survives, held by Lobster Films.
10 Hallowe'en May 1, 1931 A French 35mm release print survives, held by Lobster Films.
11 Aces Up May 16, 1931 Lost Media Lost cartoon
12 The Bull Thrower June 7, 1931 Lost Media Last Toby the Pup cartoon. Lost cartoon.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 147–148. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Scott, Keith (3 October 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70 Vol. 1. BearManor Media. p. 272.
  3. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2026-07-28.
  4. ↑ "Scrappy In "Showing Off" (1931) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  • Maltin, Leonard (1987): Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. Penguin Books.
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