A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)

Name: A Symposium on Popular Songs
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Released: 1962-12-19
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 5.5

"Sixty Years of Syncopation...FROM "RAGTIME" TO THE "BIG BEAT""

Animation Comedy Music

Overview

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.

Duration

20 min

Rating

⭐ 5.5 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 19, 1962

Languages

English

Production

Walt Disney Productions