Burt Gillett's Toddle Tales was a short-lived theatrical cartoon series by The Van Beuren Corporation that lasted from June 29 to September 7, 1934. The three sole films released in the series â Grandfather's Clock, Along Came A Duck, and A Little Bird Told Me â combined live-action and animation.
Grandfather's Clock was theatrically released on June 29, 1934. In the short, a little girl and her baby brother meet a grandfather clock who introduces them to clock children and show them what they do.
Along Came A Duck was theatrically released on August 10, 1934. In the short, a little boy (live action) chases a poor duck to the pond where he runs into an animated croaking and singing bullfrog. Then the bullfrog tells the little boy the story of how he and the duck met years ago.
A Little Bird Told Me was theatrically released on September 7, 1934. In the short, little bird reporters and photographers led by "Walter Finchell" published the story of the real life boy that had his hands in the jam in the newspaper which was printed on leaves.