For anyone interested the first song is "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and the third song is "Loveless Love" :) Enjoy! The Mills Brothers are one of my favorites
Nowhere in this video is the tune "when Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba" used. It is the Mills Brothers, but you completely missed on the tunes played.
What an engagingly strange look into the past. 2:16 On the right as the four characters parachute, it looks like a stereotypical caricature of a Jewish fellow, in a bowler hat, who looks like the one (doing that same thing with the hands saying “Ya needed it?”) in the Swing You Sinners cartoon. I heard somewhere it was an actual comedian famous back when this toon was made. I can’t recall the name but makes you wonder how many real personalities and cameos are in these old toons. 2:41- Stan but no Ollie.
Unfortunately the live part where the Mills Brothers perform has been edited out and well as numerous other edits within this Screen Song. I was really hoping to see this complete as it is a screen song I have never seen and I love the Mills Brothers in this period of their career particularly.
Kenneth, Are you sure there WAS a live part? I'm aware many Screen Songs have this, but this doesn't necessarily mean "When Yuba Plays The Rumba" originally included footage of The Mills Brothers performing.
The title of the cartoon is "When Yuba Plays The Rumba". And indeed, it's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" The Mills Brothers perform, and some other song I can't recognize.
This poor has been butchered nearly beyond coherence (let along recognition); considering the fact that Warner Brothers had a big hit with the nominal song title later in the 1930's (the Mills Brothers appareently didin't record the song at that time), maybe the Library of Congress could discover a ccomplete copy--barring a lost copy turning up in australia or New Zealand.
As has been pointed out, there is no 'Yuba On The Tuba,' but this is still a cute and clever little cartoon, and I enjoyed it.
For anyone interested the first song is "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and the third song is
"Loveless Love" :) Enjoy! The Mills Brothers are one of my favorites
Thanks so much for this info!
Thank you for this video, I really love the Mills Brothers and the earliest of the Fleischers. :-)
I DO remember "Loveless Love" being listed as an actual recording somewhere.
....my soundtrack would sound mournful too if my cartoon had been edited within an inch of its life!
Nowhere in this video is the tune "when Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba" used. It is the Mills Brothers, but you completely missed on the tunes played.
Yes, I also noticed that The Mills Brothers footage has been cut. This comes from the DVDs made from Jerry Beck's collection.
Happily I discovered this wonder because I was looking for Yuba😂🎉
The first tune here appears to be "Alexander's Ragtime Band." Not sure of the second; Might be "When the Saints Go Marching in." Certainly not "Yuba"!
Ohhh que hermosa caricatura!!!!
Cute cartoon!
What an engagingly strange look into the past. 2:16 On the right as the four characters parachute, it looks like a stereotypical caricature of a Jewish fellow, in a bowler hat, who looks like the one (doing that same thing with the hands saying “Ya needed it?”) in the Swing You Sinners cartoon. I heard somewhere it was an actual comedian famous back when this toon was made. I can’t recall the name but makes you wonder how many real personalities and cameos are in these old toons. 2:41- Stan but no Ollie.
Remember -- these cartoons are pre-Production Code-era; caricatures like these were the order of the day.
Unfortunately the live part where the Mills Brothers perform has been edited out and well as numerous other edits within this Screen Song. I was really hoping to see this complete as it is a screen song I have never seen and I love the Mills Brothers in this period of their career particularly.
Kenneth, Are you sure there WAS a live part? I'm aware many Screen Songs have this, but this doesn't necessarily mean "When Yuba Plays The Rumba" originally included footage of The Mills Brothers performing.
No--this cartoon actually LOOKS like it's been butcherd (including the soundtrack)!
So do I; at least few of the repertoire predates stuff like "Paper Doll".
It's actually "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Loveless Love". In spite of the title they don't play "Yuba".....
The only songs I hear are Alexander's ragtime band and some humming
The title of the cartoon is "When Yuba Plays The Rumba". And indeed, it's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" The Mills Brothers perform, and some other song I can't recognize.
no yuba
Yeah, where is Yuba?
(..is he having a pint in a puba?)
cool
Someone spliced the wrong header onto the film! Good thing it doesn't matter. Much.
Hopefully, the Library of Congress (or some cartoon collector) will find an intact copy/print with the guys actually performing.
Warning that there are flashing lights in the shot at 4:05 when the train hits the camera.
Only one Question: where are the Mills Brothers?
The Mills brothers are singing from start to finish.
So I noticed on the soundtrack; thanks, David,
The editing of this cartoon is a bit too severe to make much sense.
At least the music's good!
This poor has been butchered nearly beyond coherence (let along recognition); considering the fact that Warner Brothers had a big hit with the nominal song title later in the 1930's (the Mills Brothers appareently didin't record the song at that time), maybe the Library of Congress could discover a ccomplete copy--barring a lost copy turning up in australia or New Zealand.