A Song a Day

Grampy in "A Song a Day"
Directed byDave Fleischer
Story byDave Fleischer (uncredited)
Isadore Sparber (uncredited)
Produced byMax Fleischer
StarringMae Questel
(Betty Boop)
Everett Clark (Grampy)
Jack Mercer
(additional voices)
Music bySammy Timberg
Animation byDavid Tendlar
Nick Tafuri
Joseph Oriolo
Additional - uncredited:
Eli Brucker
Abner Kneitel
Graham Place
Dick Marion
William Sturm
Color processBlack-and-white
Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 22, 1936 (1936-05-22)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Song a Day (originally as Grampy in "A Song a Day") is a 1936 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and featuring Grampy.

Synopsis

At Betty Boop's Animal Hospital, various animals have appropriate ailments - a giraffe has a pain in the neck, a herring is pickled, etc. Morale becomes a problem until Professor Grampy comes to the rescue with a song and dance to cure the blues.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 330. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
  2. ↑ Komorowski, Thad (September 15, 2014). "Fleischer Promo Art #16: "Betty Slays 'Em!"". Cartoon Research. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Jack Mercer Interview - Voice Actor of Popeye". YouTube: Lost Coconut Archive. June 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.