A Language All My Own

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A Language All My Own
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Produced by Max Fleischer
Starring Mae Questel [1]
Music by Sammy Timberg (uncredited)
Animation by Hicks Lokey
Myron Waldman
Color process Black-and-white
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • July 19, 1935 (1935-07-19)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese

A Language All My Own is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. [2]

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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.

Production

The studio produced this short after discovering that Betty was very popular in Japan. [3] 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. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 339. ISBN   979-8-88771-010-5.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ↑ MYRON WALDMAN 1908-2006
  4. ↑ ASIFA-Hollywood Cartoon Hall Of Fame: WALDMAN, Myron Archived October 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine


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