Swing Social
| Swing Social | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Directed by | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby (uncredited) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley (uncredited) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Swing Social is a 1940 American animated short film directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. It is the first cartoon to be directed by Hanna and Barbera in their own unit after the success of Puss Gets the Boot (1940), which they directed under Rudolf Ising's unit. Barbera disowned the cartoon due to its racist premise.
Plot
A black deacon finds a brother fishing for black bass on Sunday, which he reminds him to be futile due to the bass enjoying their "swing social", much to the bait worm's relief. Underwater, a black catfish sings a jazz song while introducing much of the fish in the form of visual gags.
References
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 53. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ "A Musical Up-Roar 1939-40 |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved November 1, 2026.
- ↑ Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators
- ↑ Barbera, Joseph (1994). My life in 'toons : from Flatbush to Bedrock in under a century (1st ed.). Atlanta, GA: Turner Pub. ISBN 978-1-57036-042-8. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2015.