Cartoon Classics In Color

1961 .CARTOON CLASSICS IN COLOR #8 (1946-1949-USA). COLOR. “SCREEN SONGS,” A SERIES Of ANIMATED SHORT FILMS PRODUCED IN THE POST-WORLD WAR II YEARS, FEATURED AN UNABASHEDLY CHEERFUL AMBIENCE-AND A CLEVER GIMMICK. AT THE END Of EACH, THE AUDIENCE WOULD BE INVITED TO SINS ALONG WITH A SONG THAT WAS SOMEHOW RELATED TO THE STORY’S CONTENT. THE WORDS WOULD APPEAR ON SCREEN, ALONG WITH A BOUNCING BALL INDICATING THE LYRICS.
1. THE BIG DRIP (1949-USA). THE WEATHER BUREAU HAS PREDICTED 40 CONSECUTIVE DAYS Of RAIN, AND SO A BUNCH Of ANIMALS START A JUNGLE ARK PROJECT, COMPLETED JUST BEFORE THE SKY BECOMES A NONÂSTOP RUNNING FAUCET. AS THE CLICHƒ GOES, EVERY CLOUD HAS ITS SILVER LINING, HAPPILY.
2. STROLLING THRU THE PARK (1949-USA). THE TIME IS THE TURN-Of-THE-CENTURY. IT’S A SIMPLER AGE, BEFORE CARS AND POLLUTION ENVELOPED CITIES. A HORSE-DRAWN TROLLEY TRANSPORTS A GROUP Of URBAN FOLK TO A PARK FOR A DAY Of FROLIC AND FUN, AND THE SINGING Of THE TITLE TUNE.
3. SING OR SWIM (1946-U5A). THE SETTING IS CONEY ISLAND, THE FAMOUS BROOKLYN BEACH WHICH IS CRAMMED WITH WALL-TO-WALL BATHERS ENJOYING AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES AND GETTING INTO INNOCENT TROUBLE IN THE SAND. THE FINAL SANG, APPROPRIATELY ENOUGH, IS “BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA.”
4. SNOW FOOLIN’ (1949-USA). IT IS DECEMBER 21ST, THE FIRST DAY Of WINTER, AND THE ANIMALS IN THE FOREST MUST CONTEND WITH A LITERAL AVALANCHE Of SNOW. WINTER IS NOT ALL THAT BAD, THOUGH. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEMSELVES SKIING, SKATING ON A FROZEN LAKE, AND TOSSING SNOWBALLS. IN JUST A FEW DAYS, ONE AND ALL WILL BE SINGING “JINGLE BELLS.”
5. TOYS WILL BE TOYS (1949-USA). A TOY SHOP IS CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT, AT WHICH POINT THE DOLLS, STUFFED ANIMALS AND MINIATURE SOLDIERS COME ALIVE AND FROLIC THE NIGHT AWAY.
6. LITTLE BROWN JUG (1948-USA). AN ENTERPRISING GROUP Of CHIPMUNKS RUN “YE OLD CIDER MILL.” HOWEVER, THE WATER IN THE LAKE ENDS UP BEING REPLACED BY THE MILL’S PRODUCT, RESULTING IN COMICAL COMPLICATIONSÑAND A RENDITION Of THE TITLE TUNE,
7. SPRING SONG (1949-USA). WINTER IS NEARING ITS END. THE SNOWMEN ARE MELTING. SOON IT WILL BE SPRING: A TIME FOR RENEWAL, WITH FLOWERS SPROUTING, TREES GETTING BACK THEIR GREEN, AND VARIOUS ANIMALS SHEDDING THEIR WINTER COATS, COMING OUT Of HIBERNATION, AND SINGING THE “SPRING SONG.”
8. THE BIG FLAME-UP (1949-USA). THE FIRE-PROOf STORAGE COMPANY BUILDING IS ABLAZE AND TIM TURTLE, ON DUTY AT THE FIREHOUSE, AWAKENS HIS CHARGES TO GO ON DULY. THEY DO VALIANT BATTLE AGAINST THE INFERNO; NONETHELESS, ÒTHERE’LL BE A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT” AT THE FINALE. 58 MINUTES TOTAL. CARTOONS