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Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home, but that night they are scared by a chorus of ghosts singing the title song.
Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra
- Themselves
- (as Cab Calloway and His Orchestra)
Cab Calloway
- Self - Bandleader
- (uncredited)
Billy Murray
- Bimbo
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
William Pennell
- Father
- (uncredited)
Mae Questel
- Betty Boop
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Willard Bowsky(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe opening live-action clip of Cab Calloway and his orchestra is said to be the earliest known film footage of Calloway.
- Quotes
Betty Boop: [singing] They always, always pick on me They never, never let me be. I'm so very lonely, awfully sad. But I know what I'll do. By and by I'll eat some worms and then I'll die. When I die, you'll wait and see. They will all be sorry they picked on me.
Handkerchief: It's been a long time since you've been glad.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a re-traced colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Betty Boop Confidential (1998)
- SoundtracksProhibition Blues
(uncredited)
Written by Walter Thomas
Played during the opening credits
Performed by Cab Calloway and his orchestra
Featured review
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho.
Minnie the Moocher is essentially a music video for Cab Calloway's titular song, the '30s equivalent of Michael Jackson's Thriller, a featurette with a story to go with the song. It begins with live action footage of Calloway strutting his stuff in front of his Cotton Club Orchestra, but quickly turns into an animated tale featuring sexy cartoon babe Betty Boop, who runs away from home with her lover Bimbo, only to be haunted by singing ghosts in a spooky forest.
While perhaps not quite as demented as Bimbo's Initiation (1931), this cartoon still features its fair share of freaky visuals, from Betty's father's head turning into a gramophone, to Max Fleischer's regular character Koko the clown emerging from an inkwell, to the walrus ghost who mimics Calloway's dance moves, to the bizarre skeleton cat and its kittens, and so much more in-between. The animation is top notch for the day, with lots of lovely detail (check out the backgrounds, which feature fang like stalactites and skulls), while the music, it goes without saying, is superb. If you love animation, then you simply must check this out (and Bimbo's Initiation, which I think is even better).
While perhaps not quite as demented as Bimbo's Initiation (1931), this cartoon still features its fair share of freaky visuals, from Betty's father's head turning into a gramophone, to Max Fleischer's regular character Koko the clown emerging from an inkwell, to the walrus ghost who mimics Calloway's dance moves, to the bizarre skeleton cat and its kittens, and so much more in-between. The animation is top notch for the day, with lots of lovely detail (check out the backgrounds, which feature fang like stalactites and skulls), while the music, it goes without saying, is superb. If you love animation, then you simply must check this out (and Bimbo's Initiation, which I think is even better).
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- Aug 10, 2020
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- Runtime8 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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