Spooney Melodies

"Spooney Melodies" was a series of live action musical shorts produced Warner Brothers aimed to showcase popular tunes of the day.

Only five are believed to have been made in 1929 and 1930. [http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/showpost.php?p=76522&postcount=11] The only short known to have survived is entitled 1929's "Cryin' for the Carolines", and features a performance by Milton Charles, the "singing organist". The short is only 55 seconds long and features art deco style animations combined with film of the performer. As sound films were an innovation in 1929, this could conceivably be the earliest music video. All the other shorts are thought to be lost. This series was replaced with an animated series called "Merrie Melodies" in 1931, also produced by Leon Schlesinger.

Cryin' for the carolines featured Milton Charles, a crooner of the day. And features on the features section of the Looney Tunes Collection volume 1. EAN 93253360167.