I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark (1930)

Original title

I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark

Directed by

Dave Fleischer

Genre

animation

Country

United States of America

Runtime

7 min

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a cartoon from 1930 where a bouncing ball helps viewers sing along to a song from 1907. It features an early version of the character Bimbo. The short was part of a series that got audiences to join in singing during the show.

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What happens

I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark is a 1930 animated short film which is presented by Max Fleischer and was directed by Dave Fleischer. The film, which was originally released by the film company Paramount Pictures, features a sing-along version of the song "I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark", which was written by Egbert Van Alstyne and Harry Williams and was originally published in 1907. The film also features an early prototype of Bimbo, the same that was used in the Fleischer cartoon Hot Dog, which was released in the same year. Copyright on January 30, 1930, and released the same day, the film is part of the "Follow the bouncing ball" series entitled Screen Songs. These films would invite the audience to sing the song featured in them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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