// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did "Making Stars" say to its date? You're a stellar match.
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| Making Stars | |
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| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Mae Questel |
| Animation by | Edward Nolan Herman Cohen Myron Waldman Hicks Lokey Lillian Friedman Frank Endres Ted Vosk Sam Stimson (uncredited) |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Making Stars is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop.[1] The short contains one of the earliest clear examples of the oriental riff that would become popular as a leitmotif for Asian culture following the release of the 1974 song Kung Fu Fighting.
Synopsis
[edit]Betty is the MC of "Making Stars", a stage revue introducing the "stars of tomorrow", a series of performing babies. Acts include the Colorful 3 (a trio of stereotyped Black babies singing "Hi De Ho"), an Asian baby marksman, and a bouncing Russian baby named "Little Miss Trotsky."
References
[edit]- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Making Stars on YouTube.
- Making Stars at the Big Cartoon Database.
- Making Stars at IMDb.
Categories:
- 1935 films
- Betty Boop cartoons
- 1935 American animated films
- 1935 animated short films
- Paramount Pictures short films
- Fleischer Studios short films
- Short films directed by Dave Fleischer
- Ethnic humour
- Stereotypes of African-American people
- Stereotypes of Asian Americans
- Stereotypes of East Asian people
- Animated film controversies
- African-American-related controversies in film
- Asian-American-related controversies
- Race-related controversies in animation
- Race-related controversies in film
- American animated black-and-white films
- Betty Boop cartoon stubs