Talk:List of animated feature films before 1940

Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons
I added the film Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons to the list. This film does indeed qualify as a feature film according to Academy Award guidelines for animated feature films: its running time is over 40 minutes in length (41 minutes), animation figures into more than 75 percent of the running time (it's 100% animated), the characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique (cel animation), and a significant number of the major characters are animated (all of them). In addition to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, both the British Film Institute as well as the American Film Institute define a feature film as having a running time of at least 40 minutes, so under each of their standards, Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons is a feature film.

It's usually left off lists of animated features because Disney doesn't include it in its official animated feature film canon, and because it's short, and because it's made up almost entirely of previously-released footage. However, none of these facts would preclude it from being nominated in the Best Animated Feature Film category. Corollaries: Disney's own Saludos Amigos clocks in at 42 minutes, and is considered a feature film. Charlie Chaplin's film The Pilgrim clocks in at 40 minutes and is considered a feature film. As for the use of previous footage, the 1963 film released to Japanese theatres Astro Boy: Hero of Space was made up almost entirely of footage from three television episodes, but it is considered a feature film. Likewise, The Puppetoon Movie is made up almost entirely of previously theatrically released footage and is considered a feature film. Further, Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons contains new opening and closing title cards and new narration, so it is not entirely recycled, but does, in fact, contain new elements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayor of awesometown (talk • contribs) 22:42, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Which dates to use?
The Tale of the Fox has been moved from 1937 to 1930 - although the animation was completed in 1930 the poor sound-track, in French, meant it was not released. A German sound-track was added and this was released in 1037, but the film was not released in French until 1941 after a new soundtrack was added.

So, which year should it appear under, 1930 or 1937? and what do we change the lead "All films were theatrically released in their country of origin." to? - Arjayay (talk) 08:36, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

False: "All films were theatrically released in their country of origin"
The article starts with "All films were theatrically released in their country of origin", but than it also lists a film where the "production never completed." So, either we have to delete this sentence or we have to exclude this film. 178.191.179.213 (talk) 17:16, 9 July 2017 (UTC)