A Language All My Own

A Language All My Own
Directed byDave Fleischer
Story byJack Ward
Thomas Johnson
(all uncredited)
Produced byMax Fleischer
StarringMae Questel
Music bySammy Timberg (uncredited)
Animation byHicks Lokey
Myron Waldman
Edward Nolan (unc.)
Lillian Friedman (unc.)
Herman Cohen (unc.)
Sam Stimson (unc.)
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 19, 1935 (1935-07-19)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese

A Language All My Own is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop.

Synopsis

Betty flies to Japan to do a show, and sings the title number. She then dons a kimono, and sings it again in Japanese.

Production

The studio produced this short after discovering that Betty was very popular in Japan. Animator Myron Waldman, worried that Betty's gestures might offend the conservative Japanese audience, asked a group of Japanese college students to review his work.

References

  1. 1 2 Fleischer's Animated News. July 1935.
  2. ↑ Scott, Keith (2022). Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70. BearManor Media. p. 339. ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
  3. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ MYRON WALDMAN 1908-2006
  5. ↑ ASIFA-Hollywood Cartoon Hall Of Fame: WALDMAN, Myron Archived October 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine