''Color Rhapsody'' is a series of usually one-shot animated cartoon shorts produced by

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'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 ''Silly Symphony'' is an American animated series of 75 musical short films produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1939. As the series name implies, the ''Silly Symphonies'' were originally intended as whimsical accompaniments to pieces ...

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Merrie Melodies ''Merrie Melodies'' is an American animation, animated series of comedy short films produced by Warner Bros. starting in 1931, during the golden age of American animation, and ending in 1969. Then some new cartoons were produced from the late 197 ...

''. Because of Disney's exclusive rights to the full three strip Technicolor process, ''Color Rhapsody'' 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

References

External links

* Columbia cartoons series and characters Film series introduced in 1934 American animation anthology series American animated short films Screen Gems film series {{short-animation-film-stub