Morning, Noon and Night (1933)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Dave Fleischer

Release Date:

6 October 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Short

Plot:

To the tune of Rubinoff and his orchestra, Betty Boop and feathered friends try to save a baby bird from the booze-swilling Tom Kats Club. |

Plot Keywords:

Betty Boop | Part Live Action

Cast

Mae Questel	...	Betty Boop (voice)
David Rubinoff	...	Himself

Runtime:

8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Fleischer Studios

Soundtrack:

Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna (Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien)

Birds Vs. Cats

Rubinoff and his orchestra provide the classical violin music early on for this Betty Boop animated short which begins with the sun rising. The sun has a block of ice on his head and says, "I don't feel so hot today."

We then see a very clever sight gag: a hen laying eggs. When she gets up, each egg is lying in a small bed before it hatches. Following that are other sights and sounds of the morning as flowers and birds awaken. One bird, a goose, is the milk-man who delivers tiny bottles to bird houses.

As everyone is waking up and starting the morning, the villains enter in the form of the Tom- Cat Social Club, four big cats who go chasing all the little birds. That's the bulk of this cartoon, that chase and the fowl all coming together to chase away the bad cats. In all, nothing super but definitely entertaining.