animation-appreciation-education: I Ain’t Got Nobody 59 in 109 of Screen Songsanimated sh
animation-appreciation-education: I Ain’t Got Nobody 59 in 109 of Screen Songsanimated short film historyRelease: June 17th, 1932Country: USADirector: Dave Fleischer, Max Fleischer Please note: This film contains racist caricatures. “The Mills Brothers appear on a television in the living room of a cartoon lion, whose magical powers can bring inanimate objects to life. He performs this trick on various paintings, furniture, and pets, as the Mills Brothers sing ‘Tiger Rag’ and a few rhythmic bars of ‘Some Of These Days.’ Finally, the lion casts a spell on the audience, commanding them to sing along with the Mills Brothers, who sing ‘I Ain’t Got Nobody’ as the bouncing ball dutifully guides the audience through the lyrics. A continuation of their Song Car-Tunes series, Fleischer Studios’ Screen Songs featured popular music set to animation and ‘follow-the-bouncing-ball’ sing-along lyrics (which Max Fleischer invented). The series ran from 1929-1938. The Mills Brothers were an African-American jazz/pop quartet active between 1928-1982, selling over 50 million records. In this short, they sing ‘I Ain’t Got Nobody’, a 1915 song written by composer/singer Spencer Williams (or, possibly, jazz musician Charles Warfield).” (source)(source)(source) I Ain’t Got Nobody is available on YouTube. FIRST POSTED: 6/17/18 -- source link
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