Color_Rhapsody

<i>Color Rhapsody</i>

Color Rhapsody

Series of animated films

Color Rhapsody is a series of usually one-shot animated cartoon shorts produced by Charles Mintz's studio Screen Gems for Columbia Pictures.^[1] They were launched in 1934, following the phenomenal success of Walt Disney's Technicolor Silly Symphonies and Warner Bros.' Merrie Melodies. Because of Disney's exclusive rights to the full three strip Technicolor process, Color Rhapsody were produced in the older two-tone Technicolor process until 1935, when Disney's exclusive contract expired.

The Color Rhapsody series is most notable for introducing the characters of The Fox and the Crow in the 1941 short The Fox and the Grapes. Two Color Rhapsody shorts, Holiday Land (1934) and The Little Match Girl (1937), were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).^[2]

Filmography

1930s

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Title	Release date	Director	Character(s)	Notes
Holiday Land	November 11, 1934	Sid Marcus	Scrappy
Babes at Sea	December 12, 1934	Arthur Davis
The Shoemaker and the Elves	January 19, 1935	Arthur Davis
Make Believe Revue	March 25, 1935	Ben Harrison
A Cat, a Mouse and a Bell	May 14, 1935	Arthur Davis
Little Rover	June 26, 1935	Sid Marcus
Neighbors	August 17, 1935	Arthur Davis and Sid Marcus		Lost cartoon
Monkey Love	September 14, 1935	Arthur Davis		Soundtrack exists
The Bon Bon Parade	October 13, 1935	Ben Harrison
Doctor Bluebird	January 18, 1936	Ben Harrison	Scrappy
Football Bugs	February 17, 1936	Arthur Davis
Glee Worms	April 5, 1936	Ben Harrison
The Untrained Seal	May 28, 1936	Arthur Davis
Two Lazy Crows	June 14, 1936	Ub Iwerks
In My Gondola	July 13, 1936	Sid Marcus	Scrappy
Merry Mutineers	August 13, 1936	Ben Harrison	Scrappy
Birds in Love	September 12, 1936	Ben Harrison
A Boy and His Dog	October 11, 1936	Sid Marcus	Johnny
The Novelty Shop	November 15, 1936	Ben Harrison
Gifts from the Air	December 12, 1936	Ben Harrison
Skeleton Frolics^{[lower-alpha 1]}	January 23, 1937	Ub Iwerks
Merry Mannequins	March 16, 1937	Ub Iwerks
Let's Go	April 17, 1937	Ben Harrison
Mother Hen's Holiday	May 7, 1937	Sid Marcus
The Foxy Pup	May 21, 1937	Ub Iwerks
The Stork Takes a Holiday	June 11, 1937	Sid Marcus		Lost cartoon
Indian Serenade	July 16, 1937	Sid Marcus
Spring Festival	August 6, 1937	Ben Harrison
Scary Crows	August 20, 1937	Sid Marcus	Johnny
Hollywood Picnic	October 17, 1937	Sid Marcus
The Little Match Girl	November 6, 1937	Arthur Davis and Sid Marcus (uncredited)
The Air Hostess	November 22, 1937	Arthur Davis (uncredited)
Swing, Monkey, Swing	December 12, 1937	Ben Harrison
The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round	January 16, 1938	Ub Iwerks
Bluebird's Baby	February 14, 1938	Ben Harrison	Johnny
Snow Time	March 13, 1938	Ub Iwerks
The Foolish Bunny	April 16, 1938	Sid Marcus
The Big Birdcast	May 15, 1938	Ben Harrison
Window Shopping	June 8, 1938	Sid Marcus
Poor Little Butterfly	July 4, 1938	Ben Harrison
Poor Elmer	July 23, 1938	Sid Marcus
The Frog Pond	August 10, 1938	Ub Iwerks
Hollywood Graduation	August 27, 1938	Arthur Davis		Lost cartoon
Animal Cracker Circus	September 26, 1938	Ben Harrison	Johnny
Midnight Frolics	October 12, 1938	Ub Iwerks
Little Moth's Big Flame	November 12, 1938	Sid Marcus
The Kangaroo Kid	December 25, 1938	Ben Harrison
Peaceful Neighbors	January 29, 1939	Sid Marcus
The Gorilla Hunt	February 21, 1939	Ub Iwerks
The Happy Tots	March 25, 1939	Ben Harrison
The House That Jack Built	April 16, 1939	Sid Marcus
Lucky Pigs	May 16, 1939	Ben Harrison
Nell's Yells	June 21, 1939	Ub Iwerks
Hollywood Sweepstakes	July 22, 1939	Ben Harrison
Jitterbug Knights	August 12, 1939	Sid Marcus
Crop Chasers	September 22, 1939	Ub Iwerks
Dreams on Ice	October 20, 1939	Sid Marcus
Mountain Ears	November 12, 1939	Manny Gould
Mother Goose in Swingtime	December 18, 1939	Manny Gould

1940s

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Title	Release date	Director	Character(s)	Notes
A Boy, a Gun, and Birds	January 13, 1940	Ben Harrison
The Happy Tots' Expedition	February 6, 1940	Ben Harrison
Blackboard Revue	March 13, 1940	Ub Iwerks
The Greyhound and the Rabbit	April 13, 1940	Sid Marcus
The Egg Hunt	May 21, 1940	Ub Iwerks
Ye Olde Swap Shoppe	June 22, 1940	Ub Iwerks
The Timid Pup	July 16, 1940	Ben Harrison
Tangled Television	August 14, 1940	Sid Marcus
Mr. Elephant Goes to Town	October 14, 1940	Arthur Davis
The Mad Hatter	November 3, 1940	Sid Marcus
Wise Owl	December 8, 1940	Ub Iwerks
A Helping Paw	January 14, 1941	Sid Marcus
The Way of All Pests	February 22, 1941	Arthur Davis
The Carpenters	March 14, 1941	Paul Fennell
The Land of Fun	April 19, 1941	Sid Marcus
Tom Thumb's Brother	June 16, 1941		Tom Thumb
The Cuckoo I.Q.	July 23, 1941
Who's Zoo in Hollywood	November 17, 1941			Lost cartoon
The Fox and the Grapes	December 6, 1941	Frank Tashlin	The Fox and the Crow
Red Riding Hood Rides Again	December 21, 1941	Sid Marcus
A Hollywood Detour	January 24, 1942	Frank Tashlin
Wacky Wigwams	February 22, 1942	Alec Geiss
Concerto in B Flat Minor	March 24, 1942	Bob Wickersham
Cinderella Goes to a Party	May 17, 1942	Alec Geiss
Woodman, Spare That Tree	July 6, 1942	Bob Wickersham	The Fox and the Crow
Song of Victory	September 8, 1942
Toll Bridge Troubles	October 20, 1942		The Fox and the Crow
Tito's Guitar	November 23, 1942		Tito, Burrito and Rosita
King Midas Junior	December 22, 1942	John Hubley and Paul Sommer
Slay it with Flowers	January 16, 1943	Bob Wickersham	The Fox and the Crow
There's Something About a Soldier	February 26, 1943	Alec Geiss		Lost cartoon
Professor Small and Mr. Tall	March 28, 1943	John Hubley and Paul Sommer	Professor Small and Mr. Tall
Plenty Below Zero	April 19, 1943	Bob Wickersham	The Fox and the Crow
Tree for Two	June 21, 1943	Bob Wickersham	The Fox and the Crow
He Can't Make It Stick	July 25, 1943	John Hubley and Paul Sommer		Partially lost
A-Hunting We Won't Go	August 23, 1943	Bob Wickersham	The Fox and the Crow
The Rocky Road to Ruin^{[lower-alpha 2]}	October 20, 1943	Paul Sommer
Imagination	November 16, 1943	Bob Wickersham
The Herring Murder Mystery	January 23, 1944	Dun Roman
The Disillusioned Bluebird	June 13, 1944	Howard Swift
Dog, Cat and Canary	January 5, 1945	Howard Swift	Flippy
Fiesta Time	April 4, 1945	Bob Wickersham	Tito, Burrito and Rosita
Rippling Romance	June 20, 1945	Bob Wickersham		Soundtrack exists
Hot Foot Lights	August 6, 1945	Howard Swift
Carnival Courage	September 8, 1945	Howard Swift	Willoughby Wren
River Ribber	October 4, 1945	Paul Sommer	Professor Small and Mr. Tall
Polar Playmates	April 25, 1946	Howard Swift
Picnic Panic	June 20, 1946	Bob Wickersham	Tito, Burrito and Rosita
Loco Lobo	January 9, 1947	Howard Swift
Cockatoos for Two	February 1947	Bob Wickersham
Mother Hubba-Hubba-Hubbard	March 29, 1947	Bob Wickersham
Up N' Atom	July 10, 1947	Sid Marcus
Swiss Tease	September 11, 1947
Boston Beanie^[3]	December 4, 1947
Flora	March 18, 1948	Alex Lovy
Pickled Puss	September 2, 1948	Howard Swift
Lo, the Poor Buffal	November 14, 1948	Alex Lovy
The Coo-Coo Bird Dog	February 2, 1949	Sid Marcus
Grape Nutty	April 14, 1949	Alex Lovy	The Fox and the Crow
Cat-Tastrophy	June 30, 1949	Sid Marcus

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[3] Very similar to The Skeleton Dance, also drawn by Iwerks.^{[citation needed]}

[4] This cartoon is notable for its similarities to Chuck Jones' The Dover Boys, a short released by Warner Bros. the previous year.^{[citation needed]}

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Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 170–171. ISBN 9781476672939.

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Maltin, Leonard (1987). Of Mice and Magic (revised edition). p. 418. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.

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"THE 7TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 1935". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

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"THE 10TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 1938". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

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"THE 16TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 1944". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

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"THE 17TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 1945". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

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"THE 18TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 1946". Oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Retrieved March 7, 2023.

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Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
Holiday Land	7th Academy Awards	Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons	Nominated	^[4]
The Little Match Girl	10th Academy Awards	Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons	Nominated	^[5]
Imagination	16th Academy Awards	Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons	Nominated	^[6]
Dog, Cat and Canary	17th Academy Awards	Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons	Nominated	^[7]
Rippling Romance	18th Academy Awards	Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons	Nominated	^[8]

Color_Rhapsody

Color Rhapsody

Filmography

1930s

1940s

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