Into Your Dance

Into Your Dance

June 8, 1935 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

Studio
A Vitaphone Production
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

The showboat comes to town, piloted by Captain Benny. The William Tell Overture plays; we see a big steamship with "Show Boat" written on the side of it. A blackface quartet sings the title song (actually called "Go Into Your Dance") "in honor of its originator, Al Jolson."

They introduce the conductor, who is a pig caricature of orchestra leader Paul Whiteman. The audience pelts him with tomatoes. One of the musicians plugs the pig's tail into a light socket so he conducts at super speed. Then Captain Benny announces the start of the amateur hour, with an operatic cow and a tough guy reciting poetry with sound effects. Then comes a stuttering moron doing "g-g-g-go into your d-d-d-ance," who steals the gong and stuffs it down his pants so they can't get rid of him. The jerk is chased down the street by Captain Benny, who smacks him repeatedly on the gong in his pants.

Characters

Captain Benny, Blackface Quartet, Conductor, Cow, Tough Guy, Stutterer, Audience

Credits

Directing

Director
Isadore Freleng (as Friz Freleng)

Producing

Producer
Leon Schlesinger

Writing

Writer
Sid Marcus

Animation

Animator
Cal Dalton, Ben Clopton

Voices

Voice
Tedd Pierce (Tough Guy), Joe Dougherty (Stutterer)

Music

Music
Norman Spencer

Pictures