My Friend the Monkey

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My Friend the Monkey
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Produced by Max Fleischer
Starring Margie Hines [1]
Music by Sammy Timberg (uncredited)
Animation by Thomas Johnson
Frank Endres
Lod Rossner (uncr.)
Otto Feuer (uncr.)
Harold Walker (uncr.) [2]
Color process Black-and-white
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • January 27, 1939 (1939-01-27)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

My Friend the Monkey is a 1939 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. [3]

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Synopsis

A hurdy-gurdy man comes by Betty Boop's house. She wants to buy his cute baby monkey. While Betty is outside haggling over the price, the monkey is inside causing plenty of trouble for Pudgy the Pup.

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References

  1. Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 346. ISBN   979-8-88771-010-5.
  2. «Betty Boop and Pudgy in My Friend the Monkey» at cartoonresearch.com.
  3. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.