Stopping the Show

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Stopping the Show
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Produced by Max Fleischer
Starring Mae Questel (uncredited)
Gus Wickie
Music by Sammy Timberg
Animation by Roland Crandall
Rudolph Eggeman
Al Eugster (uncredited)
Color process Black-and-white
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • August 12, 1932 (1932-08-12)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Stopping the Show is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short, directed by Dave Fleischer. While it is not the first appearance of Betty Boop, it is the first short to be credited as "A Betty Boop Cartoon". [1]

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Synopsis

Betty Boop appears on stage in a vaudeville theater. Her act consists of imitations of real-life singers, including Helen Kane, Fanny Brice and Maurice Chevalier. The cartoon audience enthusiastically cheers and applauds.

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References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.