BOTTLES-Happy Harmonies (Harman-Ising, MGM-1936)

From 1936, here's a cartoon entitled "Bottles," part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Happy Harmonies series, produced by Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising.

Time To Swing Out Again, Cats

From 1937, here's a Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising Happy Harmonies cartoon entitled "Swing Wedding."  In this one, Minnie the Moocher loses her patience while waiting for her respective groom, Smokey Joe. 







Like its' Oscar-nominated predecessor "The Old Mill Pond," this cartoon features caricatures of top entertainers such as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Stepin Fetchit [as Smokey Joe!], Fats Waller, the Mills Brothers, and Bill (Bojangles) Robinson.  This cartoon, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, was directed by Hugh Harman.  Roughly 7 1/2 minutes into the cartoon, one of the frog musicians used a trumpet valve for a hyperdermic syringe.

Time For A Classic Cartoon, Lads and Laddies!

From 1936, here's a Hugh Harman-Rudy Ising cartoon (released by Metro-Golwyn-Mayer) entitled "The Old Mill Pond," part of MGM's Happy Harmonies series.  This excellent musical (and Academy Award-nomiated) cartoon, directed by Hugh Harman featured such prominent entertainers such as Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Ethel Waters, Fats Waller, Bill (Bojangles) Robinson, The Mills Brothers, and Stepin Fetchit depicted as frogs.

For God's Sakes, Bosko.....

Please give that goddamned brat an ice cream cone!  That way he would stop bugging you.



From 1934, here's Bosko starring in "Bosko's Parlor Pranks."  This cartoon, produced by Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising and supervised by Hugh Harman, was part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Happy Harmonies series, used virtually no new animation.  The animation in this cartoon was reused from Hugh and Rudy's Warner Brothers efforts (they created the first Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, they left Warners over money and jumped to MGM).  This was due to limitations to fulfill their contractual obligations to MGM during their first year of production.