Crying for the Carolines (1930)
6m
Running Time
April 22, 1930Release Date
Crying for the Carolines (1930)
6m
Running Time
April 22, 1930Release Date
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Plot.
Spooney Melodies were a series of live-action musical shorts produced by the Leon Schlesinger Studios during the 1930s that capitalized on the popularity of organ music played in Palace-style movie theaters and were intended to be played as the short before the main feature. This short film is the only surviving example of the series, which was something of a precursor to the animated "Merrie Melodies" cartoons that followed later.
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Cast & Crew.
Leon Schlesinger
Producer
Milton Charles
Self / The Singing Organist
Frank Marsales
Composer
Neil E. McGuire
Animation
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Wiki.
Crying for the Carolines is a 1930 short film made by Leon Schlesinger. The theme for this short film is played on the Wurlitzer organ formerly installed at Warner Brothers studios by Milton Charles, a theatre organist during the silent era of film. He is dubbed the 'Singing Organist' in the film.The film, which was recorded on Western Electric apparatus, was the only one made in a planned series called Spooney Melodies. The film is a music video to advertise the song sung by Charles. The organ music was written by Frank Marsales, who would go on to write the musical arrangements for the Merrie Melodies series, including the cartoon Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!