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Posté: Lun Nov 12, 2007 3:00 pmPosté: Lun Nov 12, 2007 3:45 pmPosté: Lun Nov 12, 2007 5:58 pmSound Car-Tunes or Song Car-Tunes is a series of short animation films produced by Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer between May 1924 and September 1926, all made in the Lee De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
There were about 30 titles in the series, beginning with "Oh Mabel", "Goodbye My Lady Love", and "Come Take a Trip on My Airship" (all May and June 1924). Beginning with My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (released September 1925), the cartoons featured the "follow the bouncing ball" gimmick, allowing the audience in the theater to sing along.
The Fleischers and De Forest had a falling out in September 1926 over the sound quality of De Forest’s system, and the fact that De Forest Phonofilm Co. was about to file for bankruptcy. The Fleischers re-released some of the Song Car-Tune titles in 1928-1932 with new soundtracks made in the RCA Photophone process, continuing the series until 1938 under the name Screen Songs.
