Betty boop s mother and father are never seen again throughout the whole betty boop. Betty boop and bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song. They end up in a cave where a walrus, with cab calloways voice, sings minnie the moocher and dances to the melancholy song. Betty s parents are all over her case, hassling her because she will not eat her sauerbaten, so betty runs away from home with bimbo to get away from her parents only to return spooked by minnie the moocher. The animated short was also influential, not only because betty boop. Betty boop minnie the moocher original version 1932. The 1932 cartoon minnie the moocher has betty boop as a tenager at odds with her parents who runs away from home.
Calloway hit the big time with minnie the moocher 1931 a number one song that sold more than a million copies. Creation chips restored version in beautiful color. They stumble upon a cave populated by surreal, nightmarish musical apparitions, and betty decides that home isnt so bad after all. Betty boop s strict jewish parents make only one appearance, in the cartoon minnie the moocher. However what it actually claims is that a number of the betty boop films failed to reregister the.
Cab calloway appears with betty boop in the talkartoon minnie the moocher, betty s 17th cartoon appearance. In 1933 another betty boopcab calloway cartoon with minnie the moocher was the. Partners opens in a new window plays in flash player plays in media player. Who was the composer of minnie the moocher answers.
The oogie boogie song is a direct reference to the cab calloway song minnie the moocher, and the situation in which sandy claws is during the song is similar to the betty boop movie. Minnie the moocher is a betty boop cartoon produced by fleischer studios and released by paramount pictures. The old man of the mountain untitled only in the 1972 redrawn color edition with liveaction footage and credits cut is a 1933 animated short in the betty boop series, produced by fleischer studios. Public domain movies cartoons public domain movies. Edit of fleischer brothers 1932 cartoon minnie the moocher with middle. Betty boop snow white 1933 hd fletcher studios greatest cartoons of all time duration. Guide, download movies, tv shows, free videos, watch. Betty boop s bamboo isle is an absolute classic from 1932.
Cab calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the united states most popular africanamerican big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Her popularity was drawn largely from adult audiences, and the cartoons, while seemingly surreal, contained many sexual and psychological elements, particularly in the 1932 talkartoon minnie. This is the popular animation featuring cab calloway and. Minnie the moocher betty decides to run away from her harsh parents, mr. Minnie the moocher 1932 fleischer studios talkartoon musical short, famously featuring cab calloway and his rendition of minnie the moocher, a performer and song which audiences from the early 80s would recognize from his show stopping number from the blues brothers 1980.
The outofprint betty boop confidential features plenty of freewheeling surrealism and precode humor from betty, bimbo and koko. A classic max and dave fleischer betty boop short from 1932, this short has betty running away from a description of tropes appearing in minnie the moocher. We hope you enjoy it now, as the animators did then, and audiences did way back in 1932. Cab calloway minnie the moocher the blues brothers 1980 duration. A great early bety boop, with a real life intro by cab calloway and his orchestra, with cab cutting some mean steps as the band plays. Cab calloway was one of the most colorful and popular entertainers of the 30s and 40s. These unique new type of films are all called michaelangelos and more can be found at.
Cab calloway and his orchestra, from the opening credits of max fleischer s minnie the moocher, which included a recording of the titular calloway song. This is justifiably one of the most famous cartoons ever made. In 1932 calloways music and dance steps were used in a talkartoon short cartoon with betty boop entitled minnie the moocher, where his movements were transformed into those of a ghostly singing walrus through the technique of rotoscoping. The tunes famous callandresponse hidehideho chorus was first improvised when cab couldnt remember a lyric and it became his signature phrase for the rest. A stray kitten called myron wanders into betty boops house. Cab calloway st james infirmary blues extended betty. Boop to the tune of mean to me, accompanied by bimbo. Betty runs away from home with bimbo and winds up in a haunted cave where a spectral walrus sings minnie the moocher. This is minnie the moocher with cab calloway and betty boop by king king on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. At the beginning of the short, he is filmed dancing to the introduction of the song, and this is the earliest existing recorded footage.
Before and after these messages recommended for you. Minnie the moocher betty boop art, betty boop, betty. She decides to run away from home with her wacky friend, bimbo. In 1931, he recorded his most famous song, minnie the moocher. A ghost walrus, whose gyrations were rotoscoped from footage of cab calloway dancing appears to them, and begins to sing minnie the moocher. Minnie the moocher is probably the most famous episode you will find on this dvd. Minnie the moocher 1932 minnie the moocher defined betty s character as a teenager of a modern era, at odds with the old world ways of her parents. Minnie the moocher is most famous for its nonsensical ad libbed. In the cartoon, after a disagreement with her parents, betty runs away from home, accompanied by her boyfriend bimbo, only to find themselves in a haunted cave. Betty boop is regarded as one of the first and best known sex symbols on the animated screen. There are still some jewels on hand in volume 3 minnie the moocher, ill be glad when youre dead you rascal you, although the quality of the source material varies from short to short. Minnie the moocher is a jazz song first recorded in 1931 by cab calloway and his orchestra.
Minnie the moocher 1932 and i heard 1933 remain animation classics, featuring terrific music by cab calloway and don redman. Betty boop minnie the moocher 1931 banned cartoons. Betty boop minnie the moocher 1932 restored titles cartoons. While walking away from home, betty and bimbo wind up in a spooky area, and hide in a hollow tree. Danny elfman, who wrote all the the songs for nightmare, is a rabid calloway fan. Minnie the moocher with cab calloway and betty boop on vimeo. If anybody is a fan, minnie the moocher is a must watch, and perhaps even people not so hot on her might get a lot of value out of it. Cab calloway minnie the moocher the blues brothers 1980 by outandaboutnycmag april 10, 2017 april 10, 2017 comedy, dance, entertainment, hollywood monday, jazz, music. In the bum bandit she is married and has several children. It has 23 cartoons of which ten are not on the other sets. This cartoon features a short appearance by cab calloway and his orchestra as real people and in toon land, as ghosts. With cab calloway and his cotton club orchestra, cab calloway, billy murray, mae questel. Tv logo in place of the original paramount card on some of these, to create a more complete restoration.
Minnie the moocher is a jazz song first recorded in 1931 by cab calloway and his orchestra, selling over a million. Minnie the moocher title taken from the famous cab calloway song is quintessential betty boop. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file. This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. Minnie the moocher 1932 is a betty boop cartoon produced by fleischer studios and released by paramount pictures. Betty boop minnie the moocher 1932 hd betty boop hd. James infirmary blues and the old man of the mountain, was performed for the betty boop animated shorts minnie the moocher. There is also a great little bonus feature in betty s rise to fame. For the betty boop cartoon, see minnie the moocher betty boop cartoon. Hd transfer of the classic max fleischer betty boop cartoon minnie the moocher featuring the legendary cab calloway. Betty boop in minnie the moocher by megaera and brenna lorenz. Heres minnie the moocher max and dave fleischer, 1932. May 28, 2019 this pin was discovered by johannah cox.
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