Happy Harmonies

Happy Harmonies is a series of animated short films produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1934 to 1938. Unlike the Harman-Ising cartoon universe (with the exception of Moran and Mack and most notably Popeye the Sailor who made his first appearance in the 1938 short Pipe Dreams), Happy Harmonies didn't have recurring characters and each one was depicted as a standalone MGM production.

A total of 38 Happy Harmonies cartoons were made and the series is mostly remembered as being a platform in which MGM used to experiment with different processes, techniques, characters, stories, and technologies for which the then fledging company could use to refine and perfect its animation style; making the series a key part in aiding MGM's efforts to expand into feature-length animated and live-action musical films.

As an imitator, Happy Harmonies would compete with Walt Disney's musical series Silly Symphonies for creating intricate animated short films.