A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)
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- 19min
- Animation, Short
- 19 Dec 1962 (USA)
- Short
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...
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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Paul Frees | ... |
Ludwig Von Drake / Al Jolson (voice)
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Gloria Wood | ... |
The Andrews Sisters singing The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man / Helen Kane (voice)
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Billy Storm | ... |
Man Singing Puppy Love Is Here to Stay (voice)
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Skip Farrell | ... |
Bing Crosby (voice)
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Ray Bauduc | ... |
Musician-Percussion
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Danny Best | ... |
Musician-Trumpet and Cornet
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Nick Fatool | ... |
Musician-Percussion
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Justin Gordon | ... |
Musician-Tenor Sax
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Manny Klein | ... |
Musician-Trumpet
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Abe Lincoln | ... |
Musician-Trombone
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Matty Matlock | ... |
Musician-Clarinet
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Eddie Miller | ... |
Musician-Tenor Sax
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Miff Mole | ... |
Musician-Trombone
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Allan Reuss | ... |
Musician-Banjo and Guitar
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Willie Schwartz | ... |
Musician-Tenor Sax
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Betty Allen | ... |
The Andrews Sisters singing The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man (uncredited) (voice)
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Diane Pendleton | ... |
The Andrews Sisters singing The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
Bill Justice | ||
Wolfgang Reitherman | ... | (uncredited) (earlier cartoon clips) |
Written by
Xavier Atencio | ... | (story) |
Produced by
Walt Disney | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Production Design by
Xavier Atencio |
Camera and Electrical Department
F. Bud Mautino | ... | animation camera (uncredited) |
Animation Department
Dale Barnhart | ... | background artist / layout artist |
Les Clark | ... | animator |
Phyllis Craig | ... | animator |
Fred Hellmich | ... | animator |
Ralph Hulett | ... | animator: title sequence |
Bill Justice | ... | stop motion animator |
Eric Larson | ... | animator |
Cliff Nordberg | ... | animator |
Art Stevens | ... | animator |
Julius Svendsen | ... | animator |
Grace Bailey | ... | ink & paint supervisor (uncredited) |
Wilma Baker | ... | inker (uncredited) |
Violet Bayerl | ... | assistant animator (uncredited) |
Ted Berman | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Bill Brazner | ... | xerox operator (uncredited) |
Becky Fallberg | ... | xerographer (uncredited) |
Eve Fletcher | ... | inker (uncredited) |
Grace Godino | ... | inker (uncredited) |
Ward Kimball | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Bob McCrea | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Lisa Poitevint | ... | checker (uncredited) |
Dodie Roberts | ... | paint lab (uncredited) |
Carmen Sanderson | ... | painter (uncredited) |
Betty Stark | ... | painter (uncredited) |
Norma Swank | ... | xerox (uncredited) |
Mary Tebb | ... | color models supervisor (uncredited) |
Ruth Tompson | ... | scene planner (uncredited) |
Val Vreeland | ... | painter (uncredited) |
Music Department
Camarata | ... | conductor / music arranger |
Richard M. Sherman | ... | songs by |
Robert B. Sherman | ... | songs by |
Ethmer Roten | ... | musician: flute (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Walt Disney | ... | presenter |
Jim Love | ... | technical assistant |
Ed Sekac | ... | technical assistant |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Buena Vista Distribution Company (1962) (United States) (theatrical) (as Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
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.
Written by Jon Reeves |
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Taglines | Sixty Years of Syncopation...FROM "RAGTIME" TO THE "BIG BEAT" (original one-sheet poster) See more » |
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Trivia | The singers caricatured in this short are: Helen Kane (1920s jazz), Harry Richman (1930s jazz), Bing Crosby (romantic ballad), The Andrews Sisters (boogie woogie), and Paul Anka (rock 'n' roll). See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into A Rag, a Bone, a Box of Junk (1964). See more » |
Soundtracks | The Rutabaga Rag See more » |
Quotes |
[zoom in on large mansion with extensive grounds, statuary, and monuments]
Ludwig Von Drake: Hello there! Welcome to my modest home! See more » |