Movie
A Symposium on Popular Songs (1962)
Sixty Years of Syncopation...FROM "RAGTIME" TO THE "BIG BEAT"
Animation · Comedy · Music
Story
Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and dancers. Dixieland and more cut-out animation; the crooner/love ballad; 50's doo-wop; and finally, rockabilly.
Director: Bill Justice Starring: Paul Frees, Gloria Wood, Billy Storm, Skip Farrell
A Symposium on Popular Songs Cast
- Paul Frees as Ludwig Von Drake
- Gloria Wood as The Andrews Sisters singing The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man / Helen Kane
- Billy Storm as Man Singing Puppy Love Is Here to Stay
- Skip Farrell as Bing Crosby
- Ray Bauduc as Musician-Percussion