Blackboard Revue – A Color Rhapsody
Directed by: Producers:Ub Iwerks
Music by:Eddie Kilfeather
Joe DeNat
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Release date:15/03/1940
Running time:7 min
Synopsis
In this episode of A Color Rhapsody, the blackboard drawings of a school setting come alive, as the characters on screen gather together for class. This Columbia classroom tale features a jungle sequence, musical segment and a story-within-a-story structure, differentiated by the style of the cartoon world and the ‘blackboard’ world within. Featuring representations of stereotypical ‘natives’ and blackboard-style stick-figure drawings, this cartoon utilizes the ‘blackboard’ concept to create visually dynamic movements and contrasts not normally observed by drawing on white.
References:
IMDb. “Blackboard Revue”. IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140855/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt.