A Language All My Own is a 1935 Fleischer Studio animated short film atarring Betty Boop. Betty Boop from the opening title sequence of the earliest entries in the Betty Boop Cartoons Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. ... David Fleischer ( July 14, 1894 - June 25, 1979) was a German-American animator, film director, and film producer, best known as a co-owner of Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer. ... Myron Waldman (born 1908) is an animator, perhaps best known for his work on Betty Boop and Popeye. ... Mae Questel (September 13, 1908 - January 4, 1998) was an American actress and voice artist. ... Sammy Timberg (1903-1992) was an American musician and composer who was perhaps most famous for the music he wrote for the cartoons of the Fleischer_Studios, such as Popeye, Betty Boop, and Superman. ... Max Fleischer (July 19, 1883–September 11, 1972) was an important pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used from 1988 to 1989. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Black-and-white or black and white) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fleischer Studios is an American New York animation company founded by the brothers, Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer who ran the company from 1921-1942. ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... Betty Boop from the opening title sequence of the earliest entries in the Betty Boop Cartoons Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. ...

Synopsis

Betty flies to Japan to do a show, and sings the title number. She then dons a kimono, and sings it again in Japanese. A traditional wedding kimono Japanese woman in a kimono, ca. ...

Notes and comments

The studio produced this short after discovering that Betty was very popular in Japan.^[1] Animator Myron Waldman, worried that Betty's gestures might offend the conservative Japanese audience, asked a group of Japanese college students to review his work.^[2] Having Betty sing in Japanese also allowed her to slip a racy comment past the Hays Office: one of the lyrics in the Japanese song translates to "Come to bed with me and we'll boop-oop-a-doop!"^[3] The Production Code (also known as the Hays Code) was a set of guidelines governing the production of motion pictures. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2006_02.html
2. ^ http://www.animationarchive.org/bio/2005/12/waldman-myron.html
3. ^ http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2006_02.html

External links

• A Language All My Own at the Big Cartoon Database