''Color Rhapsody'' is a series of usually one-shot

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shorts produced by Charles Mintz's studio

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for

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. They were launched in 1934, following the phenomenal success of

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'' Silly Symphonies'' and

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' '' Merrie Melodies''. Because of Disney's exclusive rights to the full three strip Technicolor process, ''Color Rhapsody'' films were produced in the older two-tone Technicolor process until 1935, when Disney's exclusive contract expired. The ''Color Rhapsody'' series is most notable for introducing the characters of The Fox and the Crow in the 1941 short ''The Fox and the Grapes''. Two ''Color Rhapsody'' shorts, '' Holiday Land'' (1934) and ''The Little Match Girl'' (1937), were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).

Filmography

1930s

1940s

Accolades

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