Comin' Round the Mountain
About Comin' Round the Mountain
The Catfields of the Catskill Mountains and the McHounds of the Adirondacks are already in round 362 of a gunfight. Word arrives that a new schoolteacher is comin' round the mountain, and both sides hold their fire. The pause is the cue for a sing-along of the folk song the cartoon is named after.
Cast & crew
More about Comin' Round the Mountain
A 1949 Screen Song, directed by Isadore Sparber and Tom Johnson. Bill Turner wrote it. Tom Johnson, Frank Endres, John Gentilella, William Henning, and George Rufle animated. Paramount released it on March 11, 1949.
Themes
Making
Famous built Screen Songs around one chorus the audience was meant to sing. Here the feud is only the setup for "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain."
Music
Winston Sharples arranged the music around the folk song "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain."
Preservation
It went out on television through the NTA library. The copyright was not renewed.
Notes
- Catfields live in the Cat-Skill Mountains. McHounds live in the Adir-Hound-Ack Mountains.
- Jack Mercer voices a rooster.
- Last Screen Song to put every technical credit on a single card.
- The song is not named on the titles. The cartoon already uses the song's name.
- This 1949 Screen Song left the NTA library with no renewal on file.
Scenes
- The two clans stop a numbered gunfight because a schoolteacher is on the road.
- The picture opens into the sing-along of the title song.
Influenced by
- She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
Also available
- DVD: 200 Classic Cartoons (2008, Mill Creek Home Entertainment)
- DVD: 300 Cartoon Classics (2011, Image Entertainment)
