Jean Paul Ladouceur

Extravagantly gowned marionettes pantomime this old French folksong, sung by the Trio Lyrique. The song describes the traffic over the bridge at Avignon--the beautiful ladies and gallant gentlemen, the musicians and singers, learned professors, uniformed soldiers, comedians, acrobats, and village pranksters.

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A sing-song film, with the popular Four Gentlemen Quartet leading in four old favorites: Camptown Races, Bury Me Out on the Lone Prairie, Grandfather's Clock and Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay.

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Cartoons that illustrate four popular Christmas and New Year time songs.

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We illustrated "Envoions d'l'avant nos gens" with a set of puppets dressed in local fabric and "Auprès de ma blonde" with gouache drawings.

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In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.

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