A Language All My Own
| A Language All My Own | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Story by | Jack Ward Thomas Johnson (all uncredited)[1] |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Mae Questel[2] |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg (uncredited) |
| Animation by | Hicks Lokey Myron Waldman Edward Nolan (unc.) Lillian Friedman (unc.) Herman Cohen (unc.) Sam Stimson (unc.)[1] |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Japanese |
A Language All My Own is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]Betty flies to Japan to do a show, and sings the title number. She then dons a kimono, and sings it again in Japanese.
Production
[edit]The studio produced this short after discovering that Betty was very popular in Japan.[4] 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.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fleischer's Animated News. July 1935.
- ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 339. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ MYRON WALDMAN 1908-2006
- ↑ ASIFA-Hollywood Cartoon Hall Of Fame: WALDMAN, Myron Archived October 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- A Language All My Own is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- A Language All My Own on Youtube
- A Language All My Own at the Big Cartoon Database
- Internet Movie Database entry for A Language All My Own