A flapper girl sings and dances, which stimulates lazy farm animals back to work.A flapper girl sings and dances, which stimulates lazy farm animals back to work.A flapper girl sings and dances, which stimulates lazy farm animals back to work.
- Directors
- Star
Photos
Margie Hines
- Miss Kitty
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (after They've Seen Paree)? was published 1919. It was composed by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Joe Young and Sam Lewis.
- GoofsOne of the dogs in the kennel loses his entire body for a few frames, leaving his head floating in mid-air.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Farmerette: Here I am, big boy.
- SoundtracksThe Old Grey Mare
(uncredited)
Traditional
Played during the opening credits
Featured review
An odd (and crappy) little curio.
While I am usually quite hesitant to watch any of the Van Beuren Studio cartoons (since they are usually pretty awful), I decided to give "The Farmerette" a look. Why? Because from what I'd read, it was a deliberate ripoff of the Betty Boop cartoons and even featured one* of the voice actors (Margie Hines) who voiced Betty! So is this a ripoff? Well, yes. I think it's pretty obvious. The voice clearly is Betty and the character is rather similar. Interestingly, the character is a cat--and originally, Betty was a dog (yes, she really was a b---- in a few of the original cartoons).
More importantly, is this cartoon any good? Well, no. It's absolute crap. The animation quality is so bad that Van Beuren really should have hired some professional artists instead of letting a precocious monkey do the animation! Well, at least it LOOKED that quality. And, additionally, the cartoon just isn't funny or worth your time. Of interest only for animation freaks like myself who are curious about these things. Not the worst cartoon ever made but certainly one I'd have been ashamed to have been associated with in any way!
*Margie Hines, Ann Little, Mae Questel and Bonnie Poe all did the voice for Betty in the original Fleischer Brothers cartoons. Interestingly, the Fleischers didn't appear angry that Hines did "The Farmerette" and used her quite a few times after 1932 for more Betty Boop cartoons. I have never understood, however, why so many ladies did the voices--especially since Questel (who did the most Betty cartoons) also was working for them doing the voice of Olive Oyl for MOST of these Popeye cartoons (145). Who did the rest? A few were done by Bonnie Poe (6) and Margie Hines (33)!
More importantly, is this cartoon any good? Well, no. It's absolute crap. The animation quality is so bad that Van Beuren really should have hired some professional artists instead of letting a precocious monkey do the animation! Well, at least it LOOKED that quality. And, additionally, the cartoon just isn't funny or worth your time. Of interest only for animation freaks like myself who are curious about these things. Not the worst cartoon ever made but certainly one I'd have been ashamed to have been associated with in any way!
*Margie Hines, Ann Little, Mae Questel and Bonnie Poe all did the voice for Betty in the original Fleischer Brothers cartoons. Interestingly, the Fleischers didn't appear angry that Hines did "The Farmerette" and used her quite a few times after 1932 for more Betty Boop cartoons. I have never understood, however, why so many ladies did the voices--especially since Questel (who did the most Betty cartoons) also was working for them doing the voice of Olive Oyl for MOST of these Popeye cartoons (145). Who did the rest? A few were done by Bonnie Poe (6) and Margie Hines (33)!
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- planktonrules
- Sep 22, 2013
Details
- Runtime6 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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