in yet another sawmill. This cartoon has less music and dialogue than the previous series; Harry is the only character with dialogue. In 1937, the series was revived again as "Oil Can Harry" in The Villain Still Pursued Her with new character designs, including a dark-haired Fanny. The characters were brought back for one more cartoon in 1937's The Saw Mill Mystery. Reception and legacy The 1933 episodes were deemed a success, with Film Daily writing a glowing review of The Banker's Daughter: "The opera idea combined with the burlesque meller makes this a real laugh number that will appeal to grown-ups with its cleverness and be received with delight by the kids. It is the first of a series of four. If the new technique catches on, it is liable to create a new slant in the animated field." Happy with the results, Paul Terry went on to create a variety of musical and operetta cartoons over the next couple years, including Jealous Lover, Robin Hood, Gypsy Fiddler, The Pirate Ship in 1933, and A Mad House and Holland Days in 1934. Filmography Dates of the eight Fanny Zilch cartoons: The Banker's Daughter (June 25, 1933) The Oil Can Mystery (July 9, 1933) Fanny in the Lion's Den (July 23, 1933) Hypnotic Eyes (August 11, 1933) Fanny's Wedding Day (September 22, 1933) Foiled Again (October 14, 1935) The Villain Still Pursued Her (September 3, 1937) The Saw Mill Mystery (October 29, 1937) Restoration Fanny's first cartoon, The Banker's Daughter, was restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive in 2019. Further reading "Melodramatic Villainy (just) After the Victorians" by Guy Barefoot, in Neo-Victorian Villains: Adaptations and Transformations in Popular Culture, Koninklijke Brill (2017) References Terrytoons characters Film characters introduced in 1933 Female characters in animation