A Symposium on Popular Songs

Sixty Years of Syncopation...FROM "RAGTIME" TO THE "BIG BEAT"

5.519620h 20m

Released

Animation

Comedy

Music

Overview

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1962-12-19

Runtime0h 20m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

Cast & Crew

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Apr 19, 2026

6/10

Arriving at the mansion of acclaimed maestro "Prof Ludwig von Drake", we are shown into his music room where he invites us on a tour of American musical styles through the ages - all of which, of course, were his own original work! With some help from the Sherman brothers - who manage to rhyme synchopate with a surprising number of other words, we …

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