A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)

12/19/1962 (US) • Animation, Comedy, Music • 20m

Sixty Years of Syncopation...FROM "RAGTIME" TO THE "BIG BEAT"

Overview

Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.

A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)

12/19/1962 (US) • 20m

Animation, Comedy, Music

Sixty Years of Syncopation...FROM "RAGTIME" TO THE "BIG BEAT"

Overview

Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.

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Status

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Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords

violin

sun

tomato

spotlight

stop motion

ragtime

yo yo

part animation

strawberry

charleston

short film

teenager

television

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