Circus Capers

Circus Capers is a 1930 animated short film made by The Van Beuren Corporation and distributed by Pathé Exchange.

Released on September 28, 1930,[2] it was one of the last cartoons to feature Milton and Rita before Van Beuren was sued by Disney to their similarity to Mickey and Minnie Mouse in 1931.

[3] The film begins with a circus parade, with a variety of dancing animals, and a trombone band.

[1] The cartoon features Milton and Rita, the main characters in the Aesop shorts made in 1930.

[4] The outcome of the lawsuit was that Van Beuren agreed to no longer use Milton and Rita in his Sound Fables.