A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)
20m
Running Time
December 19, 1962Release Date
A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)
20m
Running Time
December 19, 1962Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Frees
Ludwig Von Drake / Al Jolson
Gloria Wood
The Andrews Sisters singing The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man / Helen Kane
Billy Storm
Man Singing Puppy Love Is Here to Stay
Skip Farrell
Bing Crosby
Bill Justice
Director
Walt Disney
Producer
Wolfgang Reitherman
Director
Richard M. Sherman
Songs
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 19, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time20m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
A Symposium on Popular Songs is a special cartoon featurette made by Walt Disney Productions in 1962. It features songs that were written by the Sherman Brothers, with music arrangements by Tutti Camarata. The Shermans also co-wrote the screenplay but are not credited for this. Host Ludwig Von Drake invites his audience into his mansion where he tells all about popular music through the years, introducing several songs illustrated with stop-motion photography. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.