Columbia’s Musical “Gems”: 1936
During the 1935-36 film season, Columbia’s cartoons began drawing a number of tunes from the library of Fox musicals.
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Columbia’s Musical “Gems” – 1935-36
One can only wonder what exhibitors thought of the Columbia cartoons, which continued to improve artistically as the years went by.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” – More 1935
Continuing with a run of 1935 titles featuring original song compositions.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1934-35
More from the same season as last time, now with new pieces composed exclusively for use within the cartoons.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1933-34
The Mintz studio began closely paralleling the efforts of Walt Disney, embellishing the motion of both Scrappy and Krazy Kat.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1932-34
The cartoon department didn’t have any stellar successes, but were producing a consistent line of cartoons that pleased exhibitors and audiences alike.
Mintz’ Toby The Pup and Columbia Musical “Gems”
This week we’ll take a brief musical detour into work that Mintz was doing on the side of his Columbia contract.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” 1930-32
Joe De Nat’s music is peppy, without being all that distinctive. But his use of popular tunes continues.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems” (Part 1)
Love him or hate him: Charles Mintz put out a great deal of product, most of which seems to have satisfied movie patrons of the time.
A Musical Up-Roar: The Last Years
After MGM closed their home grown animation department, they chose Gene Deitch, and later Chuck Jones, to keep Tom & Jerry alive on the big screen.
