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Line 2: ==History== There were 36 titles in the Song Car-Tune series, with 19 using the [[Phonofilm]] [[sound-on-film]] process developed by [[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). 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]]. In July 1926, the Fleischers released ''[[My Old Kentucky Home (film)\|My Old Kentucky Home]]'', with one of the earliest attempts to synchronize animation with dialogue, as a dog in the film encourages the audience to "sing along with the bouncing ball". On September 15, 1925, the Fleischers released ''[[My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean]]'' which is the first film to use the [[bouncing ball\|follow the bouncing ball]] gimmick. In July 1926, the Fleischers released ''[[My Old Kentucky Home (film)\|My Old Kentucky Home]]'', with one of the earliest attempts to synchronize animation with dialogue, as a dog in the film encourages the audience to "sing along with the bouncing ball". 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 (song)\|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. 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. ▼ ▲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 (song)\|By the Light of the Silvery Moon]]'' (1927), just as the [[sound film\|sound era]] was about to begin. Within a few months, the Fleischers signed a [[Paramount Pictures]] contract through Alfred J. 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. While [[Ko-Ko the Clown]] had been retired, the "Bouncing Ball" was retained. 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 as ''[[The Sidewalks of New York (cartoon)\|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'', all with new soundtracks in the [[RCA Photophone]] system. ▼ With the sound era established, the Fleischers revived the song film series as ''[[Screen Songs]]'' in February 1929 and continued until 1938. While [[Ko-Ko the Clown]] had been retired, the "Bouncing Ball" was retained. 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. 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]]. 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]].▼ ▲~~With~~The ~~the~~first ~~sound era established, the Fleischers revived the song film series as ''[[Screen Songs]]''~~films in ~~February 1929 and continued until 1938. While [[Ko-Ko~~ the ~~Clown]] had been retired, the "Bouncing Ball" was retained. 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 as ''[[The Sidewalks of New York (cartoon)\|The Sidewalks of New York]]'' and ''[[Old Black Joe]]''. The series continued 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 Aa Trip in My Airship'', all with new soundtracks in the [[RCA Photophone]] system. ▲Many of the Screen Songs featured popular stars of stage, radio, and ~~recordings~~records such as [[Ethel Merman]], [[Rudy Vallee]], [[Lillian Roth]], [[The Mills Brothers]], and the [[Boswell Sisters]]. 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]]. The Screen Songs concept was revised in a special edition of the [[Technicolor]] ''[[Noveltoons]]'' series in 1945 with ''When G. I. Johnny Comes Home Again'', and the series officially returned in 1948 with ''Base Brawl'' and continued until 1951. Paramount attempted to revive the series in 1963 after the television success of ''[[Sing Along With Mitch]]'' with the cartoon ''Hobo's Holiday''.