Congo Jazz
| Congo Jazz | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising |
| Produced by | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger (associate producer) |
| Starring | Bernard B. Brown (unc.) |
| Music by | Frank Marsales |
| Animation by | Carman Maxwell Paul Smith |
| Color process | Black and White |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | August 9, 1930 |
Running time | 6:22 |
| Language | English |
Congo Jazz is a Looney Tunes cartoon starring Warner Bros.' first cartoon star, Bosko.[1] The cartoon was released on August 9, 1930.[2] It was distributed by Warner Bros. and The Vitaphone Corporation. Congo Jazz was the first cartoon to feature Bosko's falsetto voice that he would use for the bulk of the series' run (the previous Bosko short, Sinkin' in the Bathtub, had used a derisive African-American dialect). It has the earliest instance of a "trombone gobble" in animation.
Plot
As Bosko is hunting in the
hyenas
laugh.
Credits
- Supervision by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising
- Musical Score by Frank Marsales
- Animated by Max Maxwelland Paul Smith
Cast
Carman Maxwell: Bosko
Song
"When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for You" arr. Frank Marsales.
References
- ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ISBN 978-1-4696-2280-4, retrieved August 9, 2023
- Schneider, Steve (1990). That's All Folks!: The Art of Warner Bros. Animation. Henry Holt & Co.
External links
- Congo Jazz at IMDb
- Congo Jazz on YouTube
