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Betty Boop - Minnie the Moocher - Movie Review |
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Cab Calloway appears with Betty Boop in Minnie the Moocher, Betty's 17th cartoon appearance. Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song. This is justifiably one of the most famous cartoons ever made. The cartoon begins with actual film footage of Cab Calloway dancing a slow and sensuous dance in front of his orchestra, the former Missourians, while they perform the Prohibition Blues. This is the oldest known film footage of Cab. His attire is uncharacteristically casual, and we never get a good look at his face. We suspect that Cab wasn't aware that the Fleischers were going to use the actual footage. Cab was well-known for his love of good clothes and his high standards for professional dress. Certainly in his next appearance in a Betty Boop cartoon (Old Man of the Mountain) he is dressed in his more usual immaculate formal attire, and we get to see his face very well!
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Betty Boop - Minnie the Moocher - Cast & Crew |
| Produced by: Max Fleischer Starring: Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra Copyright: Public Domain Format: Black + White, Animation Duration: 8 mins Year: 1932 Tags: Betty Boop, black + white, Cab Calloway, Jazz, Max Fleischer |
Betty Boop - Minnie the Moocher Trivia - Did You Know?The early Betty Boop cartoons were also full of torrid jazz, performed by artists such as Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, and Don Redman. The cartoons with jazz-performing guest stars often contained references to drug use; the one with Don Redman had "Chant of The Weed" performed at the beginning of it, and Cab Calloway sang about "kicking the gong" (smoking opium) in most of the cartoons that he was in. Related FilmsBetty Boop - Morning Noon and Night | Superman - Electric Earthquake | Reefer Madness | Superman - Japoteurs | Bride of the Monster | |
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