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Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes (some sources erroneously say Sound Car-Tunes) is a series of short three minute animation films produced by Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer between May 1924 and September 1927, pioneering the use of the "Follow the Bouncing Ball" device used to lead audiences in theater sing-alongs. The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Max Fleischer ( July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was an important Austrian American pioneer in the development of the David Fleischer ( July 14 1894 – June 25 1979) was an Austrian-American Animator of Jewish ancestry Film director For the Mac OS program see Bouncing Ball Simulation System. For the extinct computer virus see Bouncing Ball (computer virus. The Song Car-Tunes were also pioneer efforts in the first application of sound and animation, years before the Paul Terry's Dinner Time (released October 1928) and Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie (November 1928). Dinner Time ( 1928) is an animated Short subject produced and directed by Paul Terry, co-directed by John Foster, and produced Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter Steamboat Willie ( 1928) is an Animated cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse released on November 18, 1928.

There were 36 titles in the series, with 19 using the Phonofilm sound-on-film process developed by Dr. In 1919 Lee De Forest, inventor of the Audion tube, filed his first patent on a Sound-on-film process DeForest Phonofilm, which recorded sound directly Lee DeForest beginning with "Oh, Mabel", "Mother Pin a Rose on Me", "Goodbye My Lady Love", and "Come Take a Trip on My Airship" (all May and June 1924). Lee De Forest, ( August 26, 1873 – June 30, 1961) was an American Inventor with over 300 patents to his credit The Fleischer brothers partnered with DeForest, Edwin Miles Fadiman, and Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld in forming Red Seal Pictures Corporation, which owned 36 theaters on the East Coast, extending as far west as Cleveland, Ohio. Hugo Riesenfeld ( &ndash) was a pioneering Austrian-American film composer as well as Violinist and conductor. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state

In September 1926, the U. S. division of DeForest Phonofilm and Red Seal Pictures Corporation filed for bankruptcy, and the Fleischers ended their use of the Phonofilm system, releasing their last sound Song Car-Tune, [By the Light of the Silvery Moon]] (1927), just as the sound era was about to begin. Within a few months, the Fleischers signed a Paramount Pictures contract through Alfred J. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Weiss. Weiss re-released some of the silent Song Car-Tunes between 1929 and 1932 with new soundtracks, new animation, and new main titles that eliminated the names of Max and Dave Fleischer.

With the sound era established, the Fleischers revived the song film series as Screen Songs in February 1929 and continued until 1938. Screen Songs is the name of a series of animated cartoons produced by the Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1929 While Ko-Ko the Clown had been retired, the "Bouncing Ball" was retained. Koko the Clown is an animated character created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer. This new series ran a full seven minutes, with more animation than the early Song Car-Tunes, built around the theme of the featured song. The first used standards such "The Sidewalks of New York" and "Old Black Joe" with new productions of songs previously released in the earlier series such as "Daisy Bell", "Good Bye, My Lady Love", "Mother Pin a Rose On Me", "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning," and "Come Take A Trip in My Airship".

Many of the Screen Songs featured popular stars of stage, radio, and recordings such as Ethel Merman, Rudy Vallee, Lillian Roth, The Mills Brothers, and the Boswell Sisters. Ethel Merman ( January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was an American Actress and Singer for Musical Rudy Vallée ( July 28, 1901 - July 3, 1986) was an American Singer, Actor, Bandleader, and entertainer Lillian Roth ( December 13, 1910 - May 12, 1980) was an American Singer and Actress. The Mills Brothers were a major African-American Jazz and pop vocal Quartet of the 20th century producing more than 2000 recordings that sold The Boswell Sisters were a Close harmony singing group that attained national prominence in the USA in the 1930s Starting in 1934, the Screen Songs series focused on the Big Bands of the "Swing Era", such as Abe Lyman,Shep Fields, Gus Arnheim, Hal Kemp, Jack Denny, Vincent Lopez, Henry King, Jay Freeman, Jerry Baline, Bert Block, Frank Dailey, and Jimmy Dorsey. Abe Lyman (August 4 1897 - October 23 1957 was a popular bandleader from the 1920s to the 1940s Shep Fields ( September 12, 1910 &ndash February 23, 1981) was the band leader for the critically acclaimed "Shep Fields and His Rippling Gus Arnheim ( September 4, 1897 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania – January 1955 in Los Angeles California) was an early popular band leader Hal Kemp ( March 27, 1904 – December 21, 1940) was a Jazz alto saxophonist, Clarinetist bandleader composer Vincent Lopez ( 30 December, 1895 &ndash 20 September, 1975) was a United States Bandleader and Pianist. Henry King may refer to Henry King (poet, (1592-1669 English poet Bishop of Chichester Henry King (MP (1776-1839 Member of Parliament James "Jimmy" Dorsey ( February 29, 1904 &ndash June 12, 1957) was a prominent American Jazz Clarinetist

The Screen Songs concept was revised in a special edition of the Technicolor Noveltoons series in 1945 with "When G. Noveltoons was an Anthology series of animated Cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures ' Famous Studios from 1943 I. Johnny Comes Home Again," and the series officially returned in 1948 with "Base Brawl" and continued until 1951. The concept of the "Bouncing Ball" has become such an established cultural icon, that it has been used in television commercials to sell all sorts of products from sleeping tablets to cat food. Just before retiring in 1968, Dave Fleischer used a form of the "Bouncing Ball" for the ending of Thoroughly Modern Millie where he shot cutout animation to "bounce" the head of Beatrice Lillie over the lyrics to the title song. This article is about the 1967 film For the Broadway musical see Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical.

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List of Song Car-Tunes

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