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Down on the Farm (1941 film)

1941 film by Tex Avery and Lou Lilly

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ13550645 ↗
Source-derived summary

Down on the Farm is a 1941 American short film directed by Tex Avery as the first entry in the Speaking of Animals short film series which Avery created for Paramount Pictures. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Down on the Farm (1941 film)” as 1941 film by Tex Avery and Lou Lilly. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1941—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1941-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Down, Farm and film can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1941 film by Tex Avery and Lou Lilly. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13550645. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1941.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Down on the Farm (1941 film)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Down on the Farm (1941 film) primary sources, Down on the Farm (1941 film) archive and Down research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Down on the Farm (1941 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.