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A Language All My Own

A Language All My Own
Directed byDave Fleischer
Story byJack Ward
Thomas Johnson
(all uncredited)[1]
Produced byMax Fleischer
StarringMae Questel[2]
Music bySammy Timberg (uncredited)
Animation byHicks Lokey
Myron Waldman
Edward Nolan (unc.)
Lillian Friedman (unc.)
Herman Cohen (unc.)
Sam Stimson (unc.)[1]
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.[3]

Synopsis

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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

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The studio produced this short after discovering that Betty was very popular in Japan.[4] 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.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ MYRON WALDMAN 1908-2006
  5. ^ ASIFA-Hollywood Cartoon Hall Of Fame: WALDMAN, Myron Archived October 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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