The Stein Song (1930)

Directed by

Rudy Zamora, Dave Fleischer

Genre

music, animation

Country

United States

Runtime

6 min

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a short animated film that invites the audience to sing along with a bouncing ball. It features the song The Stein Song and includes a cameo from singer Rudy Vallee who encourages viewers to join in.

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What happens

The Stein Song is a 1930 animated short film which is presented by Max Fleischer and was directed by Dave Fleischer. The film, which was animated by Rudy Zamora and Jimmie Culhane, features a sing-along version to "The Stein Song", which was written by Lincoln Colcord and was originally published in 1910. The song is also the school song for the University of Maine. The film also features a cameo of Rudy Vallee, who is featured half-way through the film, inviting the audience to also sing-along to the song. Copyrighted on September 5, 1930 and released on the same day, the film is part of the "follow the bouncing ball" series entitled Screen Songs. These films would instruct the audience to sing the title-song. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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