Max Fleischer and the
IRVING BERLIN SONGBOOK
A TRIBUTE TO IRVING BERLIN
THIS IS THE ARMY   1943
Irving Berlin sings Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning
Irving Berlin has been called the greatest songwriter of all-time. He published his first song in 1907, and in 1911 he had his first major hit with Alexander's Ragtime Band. The song sparked an international dance craze. At the same time, Max Fleischer was an illustrator at Popular Science magazine. Fleischer was also an inventor, and after commercially available cartoons started to appear in theatres around 1914 he was determined to invent advancements in film and animation. And in 1917, Max Fleischer received his patent on his game changing invention the Rotoscope. Also in 1917 America was drawn into World War I, and Berlin, who had written 100's of songs by then, was drafted into the Army. After the war he returned to Tin Pan Alley, and in 1921 he partnered with Phil Harris to build the Music Box Theatre on Broadway at West 45th Street. That same year, Max Fleischer and his brother Dave moved production of their novelty Out of The Inkwell series and their own studio - Out Of The Inkwell Studios -  just across Broadway on East 45th Street. In 1924, the Fleischer's began producing the song cartoon series Ko Ko Song Car-Tunes, which began as silent films with accompanying music. The music cartoon theme continued with the succeeding Screen Songs series. The early Fleischer cartoons were full of popular music of the day, particularly in the Screen Songs and Talkartoons series. The Irving Berlin songbook was a common source of music and inspiration on these Fleischer films. Berlin lived to be 101 years old, and in his 60-year career he wrote over 1,500 songs. Among the songs that appeared in Fleischer's films are:
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND  (Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes, 1926) silent
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND  (Screen Songs, 1931)
EVERYBODY'S DOIN' IT  (Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes, 1926) silent?
IN MY HAREM  (Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes, 1926) silent?
I'M PLAYING WITH FIRE  (Boilesk, Screen Songs, 1933)
JUST TRY TO PICTURE ME BACK HOME IN TENNESSEE
(Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes, 1926) silent?
MY SWEETIE  (Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes, 1926) silent?
MY WIFE'S GONE TO THE COUNTRY  (Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes, 1926) silent?
MY WIFE'S GONE TO THE COUNTRY  (Screen Songs, 1931)
OH, HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING  (Ko-Ko Sound Car-Tunes, 1926)
OH, HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING  (Screen Songs, 1932)
REACHING FOR THE MOON  (Screen Songs, 1933)
RUSSIAN LULLABY  (Screen Songs, 1931)
THAT OLD GANG OF MINE  (Screen Songs, 1931)
YOU'D BE SURPRISED  (Betty Boop, 1933)
WHEN I LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND  (Song Car-Tunes, 1926)
WHEN I LOST YOU  (Song Car-Tunes, 1926) silent?
WHEN THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN LEAVES TO ALABAM'  (Song Car-Tunes, 1926)
IRVING BERLIN ON TV
Played during the opening credits
Also played in the opening scene
IRVING BERLIN DOCUMENTARY
Hollywood Walk of Fame
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
from the film, 1938
PUTTING ON THE RITZ
from the film, 1930
SINATRA SINGS BERLIN
IRVING BERLIN SONGBOOK
MUSIC OF IRVING BERLIN
Lawrence Welk Show, 1978
MANTOVANI
songs of Irving Berlin
IRVING BERLIN
singing God Bless America
​on The Ed Sullivan Show
IRVING BERLIN HONORED
News of the Day, 1963
IRVING BERLIN'S 100th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
from Carnegie Hall on May 11th, 1988
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