Color Rhapsodies

Color Rhapsodies was a series of usually one-shot animated cartoon shorts produced by Charles Mintz for Columbia Pictures. They were launched in 1934, following the phenomenal success of Walt Disney's Technicolor Silly Symphonies. Because of Disney's exclusive rights to the full three strip Technicolor process, Color Rhapsodies were produced in the older two-tone Technicolor process until 1935, when Disney's exclusive contract expired.

The Color Rhapsodies series is most notable for introducing the characters of The Fox and the Crow in the 1941 short The Fox and the Grapes. The 1937 Color Rhapsodies short The Little Match Girl was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).

Filmography

1930s

Title	Release date	Director	Notes
Holiday Land	November 9, 1934	(unknown)	Academy Award nominee
Babes at Sea	December 12, 1934	Arthur Davis
The Shoemaker and the Elves	January 20, 1935	Arthur Davis
Make Believe Revue	March 22, 1935	(unknown)
A Cat, a Mouse and a Bell	May 10, 1935	(unknown)
Little Rover	June 28, 1935	(unknown)
Neighbors	August 15, 1935	Arthur Davis and Sid Marcus
Monkey Love	September 12, 1935	(unknown)
The Bon Bon Parade	October 4, 1935	(unknown)
Doctor Bluebird	February 5, 1936	(unknown)
Football Bugs	April 29, 1936	(unknown)
Glee Worms	June 24, 1936	(unknown)
The Untrained Seal	July 26, 1936	(unknown)
The Novelty Shop	August 15, 1936	(unknown)
In My Gondola	September 3, 1936	(unknown)
Merry Mutineers	October 2, 1936	(unknown)
Birds in Love	October 28, 1936	(unknown)
Two Lazy Crows	November 26, 1936	Ub Iwerks
A Boy and His Dog	December 23, 1936	(unknown)
Gifts from the Air	January 1, 1937	(unknown)
Skeleton Frolics	January 29, 1937	Ub Iwerks	Very similar to The Skeleton Dance, also drawn by Iwerks.
Merry Mannequins	March 19, 1937	Ub Iwerks
Let's Go	April 16, 1937	Arthur Davis
Mother Hen's Holiday	May 7, 1937	(unknown)
The Foxy Pup	May 21, 1937	Ub Iwerks
The Stork Takes a Holiday	June 11, 1937	(unknown)
Indian Serenade	July 16, 1937	Ben Harrison
Spring Festival	August 6, 1937	(unknown)
Scary Crows	August 20, 1937	(unknown)
Swing, Monkey, Swing	September 10, 1937	Arthur Davis (uncredited)
The Air Hostess	October 22, 1937	Arthur Davis (uncredited)
The Little Match Girl	November 5, 1937	Arthur Davis and Sid Marcus (uncredited)	Academy Award nominee
Hollywood Panic	December 18, 1937	(unknown)
Bluebirds' Baby	January 21, 1938	(unknown)
The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round	February 17, 1938	Ub Iwerks
The Foolish Bunny	March 26, 1938	Arthur Davis
Snow Time	April 13, 1938	Ub Iwerks
The Big Birdcast	May 13, 1938	(unknown)
Window Shopping	June 3, 1938	Sid Marcus
Poor Little Butterfly	July 4, 1938	Ben Harrison
Poor Elmer	July 22, 1938	Sid Marcus
The Frog Pond	August 12, 1938	Ub Iwerks
Hollywood Graduation	August 26, 1938	Arthur Davis
Animal Cracker Circus	September 23, 1938	Ben Harrison
Happy Birthday	October 16, 1938	(unknown)
Midnight Frolics	November 12, 1938	Ub Iwerks
Little Moth's Big Flame	December 10, 1938	Sid Marcus
The Kangaroo Kid	December 31, 1938	Ben Harrison
Peaceful Neighbors	January 29, 1939	Sid Marcus
The Gorilla Hunt	February 24, 1939	Ub Iwerks
Happy Tots	March 31, 1939	Ben Harrison
The House That Jack Built	April 14, 1939	Sid Marcus
Lucky Pigs	May 26, 1939	Ben Harrison
Nell's Yells	June 30, 1939	Ub Iwerks
Hollywood Sweepstakes	July 28, 1939	Ben Harrison
Jitterbug Knights	August 11, 1939	Sid Marcus
Crop Chasers	August 22, 1939	Ub Iwerks
Dreams on Ice	October 20, 1939	Sid Marcus
Mountain Ears	November 3, 1939	Manny Gould
Mother Goose in Swingtime	December 18, 1939	Manny Gould

1940s

Title	Release date	Director	Notes
A Boy, a Gun and Birds	January 12, 1940	Ben Harrison
The Happy Tots' Expedition	February 9, 1940	Ben Harrison
Blackboard Revue	March 15, 1940	Ub Iwerks
The Greyhound and the Rabbit	April 19, 1940	Sid Marcus
The Egg Hunt	May 31, 1940	Ub Iwerks
Ye Olde Swap Shoppe	June 28, 1940	Ub Iwerks
The Timid Pup	August 1, 1940	Ben Harrison
Tangled Television	August 30, 1940	Sid Marcus
Mr. Elephant Goes to Town	October 4, 1940	Arthur Davis
The Mad Hatter	November 3, 1940	Sid Marcus
Wise Owl	December 6, 1940	Ub Iwerks
A Helping Paw	January 7, 1941	Sid Marcus
The Way of All Pests	February 28, 1941	Arthur Davis
The Carpenters	March 14, 1941	Paul Fennell
The Land of Fun	April 18, 1941	Sid Marcus
Tom Thumb's Brother	June 12, 1941	Sid Marcus
The Cuckoo I.Q.	July 24, 1941	Sid Marcus
Who's Zoo in Hollywood	November 13, 1941	Sid Marcus
The Fox and the Grapes	December 5, 1941	Frank Tashlin
Red Riding Hood Rides Again	December 25, 1941	Sid Marcus
A Hollywood Detour	January 23, 1942	Frank Tashlin
Wacky Wigwams	February 22, 1942	Alec Geiss
Concerto in B Flat Minor	March 20, 1942	Bob Wickersham
Cinderella Goes to a Party	June 3, 1942	Alec Geiss
Woodsman, Spare That Tree	July 2, 1942	Arthur Davis
Song of Victory	September 4, 1942	Bob Wickersham
Tito's Guitar	October 30, 1942	Bob Wickersham
Toll Bridge Troubles	November 27, 1942	Bob Wickersham
King Midas, Junior	December 25, 1942	John Hubley and Paul Sommer
Slay It with Flowers	January 29, 1943	Bob Wickersham
There's Something About a Soldier	February 26, 1943	Alec Geiss
Professor Small and Mr. Tall	March 26, 1943	John Hubley and Paul Sommer
Plenty Below Zero	April 23, 1943	Bob Wickersham
Tree for Two	June 21, 1943	Bob Wickersham
He Can't Make It Stick	July 23, 1943	John Hubley and Paul Sommer
A-Hunting We Won't Go	August 23, 1943	Bob Wickersham
The Rocky Road to Ruin	October 22, 1943	Paul Sommer
Imagination	November 19, 1943	Bob Wickersham	Academy Award nominee
The Herring Murder Mystery	January 20, 1944	Dun Roman
The Disillusioned Bluebird	June 15, 1944	Howard Swift
Dog, Cat, and Canary	1944	Howard Swift	Academy Award nominee
Rippling Romance	June 21, 1945	Bob Wickersham	Studio's final Academy Award nominee
Fiesta Time	July 12, 1945	Bob Wickersham
Hot Foot Lights	August 2, 1945	Howard Swift
Carnival Courage	September 6, 1945	Howard Swift
River Ribber	October 4, 1945	Paul Sommer
Polar Playmates	April 25, 1946	Howard Swift
Picnic Panic	June 20, 1946	Bob Wickersham
Loco Lobo	January 9, 1947	Howard Swift
Cockatoos for Two	February 1947	Bob Wickersham
Mother Hubba-Hubba-Hubbard	March 29, 1947	Bob Wickersham
Up N' Atom	July 10, 1947	Sid Marcus
Swiss Tease	September 11, 1947	Sid Marcus
Kitty Caddy	November 6, 1947	Sid Marcus
Boston Beany	December 4, 1947	Sid Marcus
Flora	March 18, 1948	Alex Lovy
Lo, the Poor Buffal	November 14, 1948	Alex Lovy
Grape Nutty	April 14, 1949	Alex Lovy
Cat-Tastrophy	June 30, 1949	Sid Marcus

See also

• Phantasies

External links

• A Color Rhapsody at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Internet Movie Database