Minnie the Moocher (1932)

Director:

Dave Fleischer

Release Date:

11 March 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family | Music

Plot:

Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.

Plot Keywords:

Betty Boop | Bimbo The Dog | Walrus | Dog | Surrealism

Cast

Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra

...

Themselves (as Cab Calloway and His Orchestra)

Runtime:

8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Company:

Fleischer Studios

Trivia:

The ghost walrus's dancing is rotoscoped (traced) from live-action footage of Cab Calloway dancing.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Look Who's Talking Too (1990)

Soundtrack:

MINNIE THE MOOCHER

Wow

The best cartoon I've seen in half a lifetime. Doesn't say much since I'm still rather young. Point is though this seems like a visual (and also audio) symphony of swing.

I only knew the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy version of Minnie The Moocher and only through coincidence did I find this and hear Cab Calloway's version... all I can say nice.

What else is there to say, you almost get nostalgia to the days when you'd sit at home on the Saturday mornings and watch cartoons till noon. Back in the worry-less days.

Perfect collaboration between the Boop and the Swing.