Fleischer Screen Song: Dinah (1932)

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15 жыл бұрын

Fleischer Studios Screen Song ("bouncing ball" cartoon) from 1932 featuring "Radio's Greatest Sensation" The Mills Brothers.

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@stuartperry8141 Жыл бұрын

It amazing how much a lost to their group the death of John Jr was . he was their Rhythm section -bass and guitar

@MikeBlitzMag 5 жыл бұрын

Further evidence that the Mills Brothers were so far ahead of the curve that they still set the standard of excellence. Love it.

@madkittyjoey70 9 ай бұрын

Love me some Mills Bros! 😊 My grandma used to play songs by then while driving me to school when I was a kid. This song was one of my favorites.

@roccovitiello7031 8 жыл бұрын

The Mills Brothers as always are great ... The cartoons of the 1930's could not be beaten by any era

@caspence56 5 жыл бұрын

Great music, great cartoon, and what great looking guys they were!

@cynthiapickett7403 5 жыл бұрын

They sure were; a big shock for those recalling them only from later years.

@Parlophonic 6 жыл бұрын

Utterly fantastic! I have been a fan of the Mills Brothers ever since I played one of their records from my dad's 78 collection back in 1962. Superb music and a splendid cartoon which made me chuckle 80 years after it was produced.

@cynthiapickett7403 6 жыл бұрын

Best horn 🎷 section, EVER!!!!!😂

@Magmen67 10 жыл бұрын

The depth of their discography, the untimely death of John Jr. in 1936, which probably altered their style in future years, and the fact that they were a black singing group, which probably did not get much play in certain areas of the country, and the fact that they were the first black to have their own radio show, and their longevity should speak for itself.

@jimroveto1543 6 жыл бұрын

The great Mills Brothers, my favorite group of all time.

@BlindArthurBlake Жыл бұрын

If I may say so, you sir have exquisite taste in music

@rickhinojosa5455 Жыл бұрын

Me too. Discovered them by chance as a ten year old back in '74. Loved their work ever since. Back in '91, Donald Mills held my two year old daughter and sang to her "daddy's little girl" at my request at concert he was part of. All three of my daughters heard that song as their first song after they were born. They all were something else. 😊🙏

@Magmen67 10 жыл бұрын

At that point in time the Mills Brothers were the most popular and best singing group of the period. If you would poll musicologist on this point they would agree with the Mills Brothers.

@MyMy-zi7yv 5 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC!!!!

@scarletweb2106 4 жыл бұрын

The Mills Brothers are so wonderful

@RobertoGinsburg 4 жыл бұрын

The Mills brothers also were *Human beatbox/ instrument mimic pioneers* . They jam a crazy Jazz also on BETTY BOOP's cartoon *"Betty Boop M.D"*

@cynthiapickett7403 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, the record used for that cartoon was done by William Costello (known as "Red Pepper Sam" in vaudeville); he was cast as Popeye the Sailor in the subsequent cartoon series.

@sinistrality7883 3 жыл бұрын

this is technically one of the first music videos.

@JustABowlOfCherries 2 ай бұрын

Nope, that goes to 1930 or earlier..

@thomasbinninger1355 3 жыл бұрын

Great short 👏

@WansbeckBikecam 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic!

@F0nkyNinja 6 жыл бұрын

the little ball going over the lyrics is actually someone sitting and doing that manually with a machine live

@thugravity Жыл бұрын

that’s surprisingly great editing considering the year this took place in

@cynthiapickett7403 4 жыл бұрын

Gotta love these pre-Code cartoons!

@TeamRocket2010 13 жыл бұрын

I Did'nt know this was Public Domain because i just ordered a DVD called Popeye, Betty Boop, & more Fliescher Favorites and this cartoon was included in the collection.

@vincentdesiano4861 5 жыл бұрын

What a rare find!

@wkucatmom 3 жыл бұрын

I love this song!

@cynthiapickett7403 3 жыл бұрын

Not for nothing were the Mills Bros. called the Beatles of jazz (this early incarnation); they had the innovative chops.

@prentissbelton7508 3 жыл бұрын

Great talent.

@nostalgianeverland592 3 жыл бұрын

A rare find. Thank you for posting. Made my day!

@Vinicius-by5gc 3 жыл бұрын

Perfeição.

@sweetaliena 15 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! I've been searching for this for a LONG time!!! I can't thank you enough.

@musclepunched 5 жыл бұрын

This type of animation freaks me out

@curtisdavis8261 Жыл бұрын

Oh, Sweet!

@soulvigilante 5 жыл бұрын

And now we have EDM. Humanity has jumped the shark.

@harryoakley 4 жыл бұрын

The Mills brothers were absolutely great; all the more surprising that they use wrong chords in the bridge of "Dinah"....

@rrgomes 13 жыл бұрын

@lennon1252 AMC broadcast some time in the mid-1990s.

@kdegru 12 жыл бұрын

Even though the UM&MTV prints are really excellent pictorially and sound wise I would love for a restoration that might restore the original title artwork if at all possible as the UM&MTV titles look so crappy. I get my inspiration from the incredible job that was done with the Popeye classic black and white cartoons restoring the beautiful Paramount titles.

@thehernandezmediacorporation 10 ай бұрын

I believe the Fleischer estate is working with Paramount to get these cartoons restored. One of the biggest issues, aside from having to twist Paramount's arm to cooperate, is the fact that the U.M.&M. title alterations were done straight onto the original camera negatives.

@cynthiapickett7403 7 жыл бұрын

Good cartoon; it's too bad it hasn't yet been properly restored. Like everyone else viewing this, it is a bit shocking to see not only young men, but the ill-fated eldest brother who had so much to give.

@cynthiapickett7403 6 жыл бұрын

Most young folk would do well to watch this cartoon (and listen to the soundtrack) to see where beatboxing originated.

@BigSleepyOx 10 жыл бұрын

Very nice. :) Too bad Bing Crosby wasn't in it though. (Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers joined forces to have a huge hit with this song in 1932, the same year this sing-a-long cartoon was made.)

@marioriospinot 6 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@Magmen67 10 жыл бұрын

That's why I said that when John Jr. died, it affected how they sounded. With John Sr. in the group they started to sound like an older group, but before that they were the freshest and most inventive singing group on the scene, and three part harmony is easier, than four or five part harmony.

@cynthiapickett7403 6 жыл бұрын

Not helped by the advent of Swing and big-band music at precisely the same time.

@cynthiapickett7403 6 жыл бұрын

I have heard several post-1935 recordings by the group; there IS a marked difference between father and son John Mills as far as vocals are concerned.

@skullman1880 4 жыл бұрын

For some reason at 1 46 it gives a spongebob background music your nice vibe to it.

@Videographic69 4 жыл бұрын

"My Dinah-might"..

@cynthiapickett7403 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a fashion/action doll of the 1970's actually called "Dinah-mite".

@kdegru 12 жыл бұрын

Are the great Fleischer brothers screen songs from the early sound period finally available on DVD? I have been looking on and off for some time to no avail. Folks it does not get any better than this. I used to discuss close microphone techniques with Les Paul and we could not get through the subject without mentioning the brilliant technique of the Mills Brothers who experiemented in the early days of recorded sound to develop their very unique sound.

@cynthiapickett7403 6 жыл бұрын

Especially as evidenced in his many records with then-wife Mary Ford--albeit with an updated (multi-tracking) technique, like overdubbing electric guitars, for example.