Rudy Vallee Melodies (1932)

Betty Boop, trying to keep a party lively, is aided by Rudy Vallee, who comes to live-action life from a sheet music cover and sings several songs with the Bouncing Ball.

Director:

Dave Fleischer

Stars:

Rudy Vallee, Mae Questel

Cast

Credited cast:
Rudy Vallee	...	Himself

Storyline

Betty Boop, trying to keep a party lively, is aided by Rudy Vallee, who comes to live-action life from a sheet music cover and sings several songs with the Bouncing Ball.

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Plot Keywords:

song | betty boop | surrealism | screen song | sing along | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 1932 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fleischer Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

11 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title refers to Rudy Vallee who was a popular singer beginning in the 1920's and was the first of the "crooners" who later included Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.

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Soundtracks

"ONE HOUR WITH YOU"
Written by Richard A. Whiting
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Used instrumentally

User Reviews

This one would have been better if they'd dropped the live-action and the sing along and added more animation, but it wouldn't have been a Screen Song then, now would it?

The songs that Rudy Vallee sings in this are not terribly well known almost 70 years later. This is understandable, because there isn't anything special or memorable about them. The cartoon is first-rate, but the rest is a boring waste of time. There is a cute interaction between Betty Boop and Rudy Vallee, but the rest is a total loss except for the animation. In print and available on a tape worth getting for everything else on it but this. Watch the animation here, but when the ball starts bouncing, watch only if you are suffering insomnia, as this will cure you of that fairly swiftly. For Betty Boop/Fleischer diehards.