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| Production company | Harman-Ising Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | August 9, 1930 |
| Run time | 8 minutes |
| Starring | Carman Maxwell Rochelle Hudson |
| Producer(s) | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising Leon Schlesinger (associate producer) |
| Music composed by | Frank Marsales |
| Story by | Isadore Freleng |
| Director(s) | Hugh Harman Rudolf Ising |
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Congo Jazz is the second Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 9, 1930[1]. It was produced and directed by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, the founders of Harman-Ising Productions and creators of the series.
Bosko goes on hunting in the jungle, but ends up playing music with several animals who live there.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Locations
Objects
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Frank Marsales.
Songs
- The nursery rhyme "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" is used when Bosko plays with the tiger.
- "I'm Crazy for Cannibal Love," a song used in the 1930 film Bright Lights, is used during Bosko's musical number with the animals.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: August 9, 1930 in theaters
Behind the scenes
- It is the first cartoon in which Bosko's falsetto voice was used, as opposed to the previous short Sinkin' in the Bathtub, which used a stereotypical African American dialect.
Errors
- Bosko uses his old voice at the end credits when he says "That's all, folks!"
Everlasting Legacy
Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 21, 2008: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 on DVD.
References
- ↑ Simmons, LaKisha Michelle (May 4, 2015), "Introduction", Crescent City Girls, University of North Carolina Press, pp. 1–24, doi:10.5149/northcarolina/9781469622804.003.0001. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
