Congo Jazz

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Congo Jazz
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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
Producer(s) Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Leon Schlesinger
Music composed by Frank Marsales
Animation Carman Maxwell
Paul Smith
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

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Bosko Carman Maxwell


Locations

Objects

Production

The short was animated by Max Maxwell and Paul Smith.

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 as part of 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 racially stereotypical African American dialect.

Errors

Everlasting Legacy

Home availability

References

  1. 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.