Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow

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Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Produced by Max Fleischer
Starring Mae Questel
Frank Reynolds [1]
Animation by Lillian Friedman
Myron Waldman
Color process Black-and-white
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • April 9, 1937 (1937-04-09)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and Pudgy the Pup. [2] It was directed by Dave Fleischer and produced by Max Fleischer. [3]

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Synopsis

A marquee advertises "Betty Boop in Person" (and gives her 4 and 7/8 stars) at the theatre. Betty leaves Pudgy in her dressing room while she goes to perform her stage show. Her show involves singing a song, then impersonating a Chinese man and an Italian organ grinder. While she's singing, a kitten comes to the dressing room and Pudgy gets out and begins chasing it. They get onto the stage, and in the orchestra pit, and become part of the act, upstaging Betty.

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References

  1. ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 342. 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. ↑ Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow at IMDb.


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