Max and Dave: 1929-30 Talkartoons – “Hello, Betty!”
The “Talkartoons” featured Bimbo, who went through much tweaking and development, changing his appearance markedly from cartoon to cartoon.
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Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1930 – They Still Want Us at Paramount
Even though many businesses were realizing that times were getting hard, this may not have been the case at the Max Fleischer studio.
Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1929-30: What Crash?
Nobody knew how deep the depression would get – but in keeping spirits up, the Screen Songs continued and the ball kept bouncing.
Max and Dave: Screen Songs of 1929 – All Talking, All Singing
Max’s early talkie efforts concentrated upon a return to the “follow the bouncing ball” format, now referred to as “Screen Songs”.
Max and Dave: 1926-29 – A “Sound” Business Move
Many of the films in today’s post continue to remain silent – until the 1929 output when Walt Disney took a giant leap forward against all of his competitors.
Max and Dave: More Mix From ‘26
Most of the songs in this week’s post are either old standard favorites or popular songs of the ‘aughts or ‘teens, with something of a plurality of Irving Berlin songs.
Max and Dave: Still Trying To Find His Voice
During this period Fleischer was working to develop sound cartoons, which didn’t need to depend on dialogue, but to rely upon music and sound effects.
Max and Dave: You Can See DeForest For the Trees
Commencing in 1926, a monthly schedule of Song Car-Tunes began to be released with sound, re-teaming with the DeForest Phonofilms system.
Max and Dave: The Sounds of Silents (Part 2)
Lots of songs from Irving Berlin and Stephen Foster ruled the day in the silent era Bouncing Ball cartoons.
Max and Dave: That’s the Way the Ball Bounces (Chapter 1)
Max Fleischer had a pioneer’s interest in the burgeoning technology of adding sound to motion pictures. And he added songs to his films before anyone else did.
