7/10
both animation and popular music
2 September 2023
MGM presents Happy Harmonies, a Harman-Ising cartoon. Frogs have gathered around the old mill pond to sing and dance. It's jazzy and swingy. There's a Cab Calloway frog and his band as well as froggy representations of other performers of the day.

It's definitely of an era. One does have to know who these performers are supposed to be. It's a time capsule blending two art forms; animation and popular black music. Instead of studio musicians, it would be interesting to have the real performers. This seems to have a relatively low score. I can only guess that some find the animation less than flattering for their favorite musical act.
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