Screen Songs are animated
cartoons featuring the famous “bouncing ball” produced
by Max Fleischer and
distributed by Paramount Pictures between
1929 and 1938. The cartoons are sing-alongs featuring popular song hits of the
day along with the ethnic stereotypes and humor typical of the era in which
they were produced. In the 1930s, the series began to
feature current popular musical guest stars such as Cab Calloway, Rudy
Vallee and Ethel Merman. In the 1950s, the series was syndicated to television
by UM&M/National Telefilm Associates.
