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A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)

A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)

Comedy Animation Music

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

Release Date: 1962, December 19
Directors: Bill Justice
Countries: United States of America
Production: Walt Disney Productions, Walt Disney Productions
Cast: Paul Frees, Gloria Wood, Billy Storm, Skip Farrell, Ray Bauduc

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.

Keywords:

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