"The Incredible Art of Animation: A Living Art Form" is a 19 minute promotional short for the 1970 feature film "Shinbone Alley," narrated by John Carradine, who starred in the role of Shakespearean alley cat Tyrone T. Tattersall. Behind the scenes footage is shown of directors John David Wilson and David Detiege, producer/presenter Preston M. Fleet, and writers Dick Kenney and Marty Murphy, based on the original Evening Sun drawings by Don Marquis and the Broadway adaptation of 1957 composed by none other than Mel Brooks. Carradine's fellow performers, namely Carol Channing, Eddie Bracken, and Alan Reed, are present acting out their animated counterparts in exaggerated fashion for the soundtrack recording (John cheekily refers to himself as "a rather handsome and debonair young actor, who I might add, shows a great deal of promise!"). George Kleinsinger conducts the musical score with Joe Darion's lyrics, plus brief appearances for background artists Rosemary O'Connor and Gary Lund, animator Bob Bransford, production coordinator Christine Decker, ink and paint artist Connie Crawley, and music editor Sam Horta. A fascinating artifact that has survived the many decades, though its source material remains sadly obscure.
