The original 1936 version of this film made by Oskar Fischinger for Paramount Studios was shot but never printed, until restored decades later. The version that is well known in distribution now is a remake completed in1943, made after Fischinger paid Paramount to buy back the rights to his material, using some of the original animation cells, with others repainted by Fischinger for the remake. The original film was shot in Technicolor but the remake used Gasparcolor because that was the process Fischinger preferred. Please note, official date for this title should be changed to 1936-43.
While still in Berlin, Germany, Oskar Fischinger was contracted by Paramount Pictures to create an animated sequence for the upcoming release The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936). The film was scored to a jazz piece "Radio Dynamics" by studio musician Ralph Rainger. Unfortunately, Paramount was only shooting the film in black-and-white, and Fischinger could not execute his original vision. A black and white version of some of his animation became a sequence within the film, showing consumer products emanating from a radio broadcasting tower, rather than pure abstract imagery. This version is often referred to as "Paragretto."