Final answer:
The statement about Frank Tashlin is false; he did work at Screen Gems but did not create their most successful cartoons. The first successful talking motion picture is The Jazz Singer.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement that Frank Tashlin, a former Disney animator, joined Screen Gems in the 1940s and was responsible for the most successful cartoons to come out of the studio is false. Frank Tashlin did work for Screen Gems, the animation division of Columbia Pictures, but the most renowned period of success for the studio is often attributed to the later work of animators like Hanna-Barbera, who created series like The Flintstones and Tom and Jerry, which were not affiliated with Screen Gems during Tashlin's time.
Regarding the multiple-choice question included in the query, the first successful talking motion picture released in 1927 was C. The Jazz Singer.