REGRESSION: Animator Applet fails with NPE

Here is the report of the original test executor:

"Failed. Each example<N>.html cannot be loaded with NPE exception thrown,refer to AnimatorTest.jpg."

The NPE mentioned is as following (entered manually from image):
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at Animation.loadAnimationMedia(Animator.java:577)
    at Animation.init(Animator.java:544)
    at Animator.init(Animator.java:296)
    at com.sun.deploy.uitoolkit.impl.awt.AWTAppletAdapter.init(Unknown Source)
    ...