Buzzy Boop at the Concert

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Buzzy Boop at the Concert
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Starring Margie Hines [1]
Animation by Lillian Friedman
Thomas Johnson
Myron Waldman
Harold Walker
Color process Black-and-white
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • September 16, 1938 (1938-09-16)
Running time
7 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Buzzy Boop at the Concert is a 1938 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop's young tomboy cousin Buzzy Boop. [2]

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For years, it was considered a lost film, until a copy resurfaced in Russia in 2019. [3] The film was subsequently restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive and uploaded to their official YouTube channel. [4]

Notes

Preservation

Buzzy Boop at the Concert was preserved and restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. The restoration's funding was provided by ASIFA-Hollywood in collaboration with the Packard Humanities Institute. The restoration premiered at the UCLA Festival of Preservation in 2022. [5]

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References

  1. Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 345. 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. "Frequently Asked Questions |".
  4. "Buzzy Boop at the Concert (1938)". YouTube .
  5. "Buzzy Boop at the Concert / Inner Sanctum | UCLA Film & Television Archive". cinema.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2023-03-07.