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A Song a Day

Grampy in "A Song a Day"
Directed byDave Fleischer[1]
Story byDave Fleischer (uncredited)
Isadore Sparber (uncredited)
Produced byMax Fleischer
StarringMae Questel
(Betty Boop)
Everett Clark (Grampy)[2]
Jack Mercer
(additional voices)[3]
Music bySammy Timberg
Animation byDavid Tendlar
Nick Tafuri
Joseph Oriolo[1]
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[1]
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.[4]

Synopsis

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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

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  1. ^ a b c 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 (15 September 2014). "Fleischer Promo Art #16: "Betty Slays 'Em!"". Cartoon Research. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Jack Mercer Interview - Voice Actor of Popeye". YouTube: Lost Coconut Archive. 14 June 2024.
  4. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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