So Does an Automobile
| So Does an Automobile | |
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| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Margie Hines[1] |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg |
| Animation by | Roland Crandall Frank Kelling |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
So Does an Automobile is a 1939 Fleischer Studios animated short film directed by Dave Fleischer and starring Margie Hines as Betty Boop.[2]
Synopsis
[edit]Betty operates an auto repair garage for sick and injured automobiles. Betty sings as she restores broken-down taxicabs, high-price limousines and restores a police car with sore and flat feet (tires) back to perfect condition again.
Notes
[edit]Instrumental versions of the theme song for this cartoon were later used in Betty's next film, Musical Mountaineers, and later in the 1940 Popeye cartoon, Wimmin Hadn't Oughta Drive.
References
[edit]- ^ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 346. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
External links
[edit]- So Does an Automobile on Youtube.
- So Does an Automobile at IMDb.
- So Does an Automobile at the Big Cartoon Database[dead link].