Across the ends of the Sea of Discord are two lands, Land of Symphony and Isle of Jazz, and the inhabitants of each land are actually living musical instruments who only “speak” by using the natural sounds of their instruments in the Silly Symphony Music Land, which played its way into theaters on this day in 1935. An instrumental part of the story tells of a young saxophone, which has fallen for a beautiful violin on the opposite land, but things hit a bad note when the heads of the feuding lands discover the instruments’ intentions to make beautiful music together. After the courageous young sax saves the life of the young violin, both lands learning to live in harmony. Here’s an interesting “note” about the film: The head of the isle of jazz, by no coincidence, resembles bandleader Paul Whiteman, who was often referred to as the “King of Jazz.”
