BETTY BOOP'S PENTHOUSE, Fleischer 1933
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Published 2013-06-28
Betty is voiced by Mae Questal. Jack Mercer does the cat, canary, and the monster in this,his first film. He went on to be the most famous voice of Popeye, as well as Grampy. It is a general consensus among jazz collectors that the soundtrack is provided by Don Redman's band (McKinney's Cotton Pickers) or members of such, which is likely since, as well as "I Heard" for Fleischer, they also did session work for Van Beuren.
SONG: "When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade)"
All Comments (21)
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Why am I watching Betty Boop all day?
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The music for when that monster shows up is just fantastic
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1:23 Gee that’s good stuff
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My man continued walking even when the cables were cut. This dude needs to be on x men
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I have a test tomorrow and I have no idea why I’m watching this cartoon instead of studying
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Koko and Bimbo: created potion that can turn you white and black Betty: created potion that can make flowers arise instantly, make them able to talk and turn wrecked sadist monster into nice giant flower Maybe Betty should join their lab, she could help a lot
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"It's alive!" I'm sure I'm not the only one who caught that reference. And I didn't even read the book personally.
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I've come back a hundred times just so I could hear Betty Boop's rendition of Penthouse Serenade. She was voiced by Mae Questal, but that doesn't necessarily mean that Mae also did the singing. The song When We're Alone as they called it more often in its early days, starts at 2:22. Consistent with the 78 recordings of the time, the orchestra would play the entire song through before the vocals began. EDIT: I just watched Mae on a 1978 Mike Douglas show (Janet from Three's Company was there) and Betty Boop's singing was CLEARLY also Mae Q. Look up the clip...it's fascinating. She sings as Boop in the clip. They actually made a caricature out of Mae to use for Betty Boop's looks.
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When I was a kid I thought the monster music was done by Duke Ellington, then later I changed it to Don Redman who did another Betty Boop cartoon soundtrack. The one about the coalmine.
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Pre-code episodes are better, not only for many beautiful views but also much more action
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You are.watching it because she's the best. I love her too ❤❤❤❤ because she's my favorite girl 😍
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The way the flower faints is kind of realistic And I never thought about it, but it is kinda gruesome how the other two flowers have actual skeletons inside them that remain lol
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A favorite female cartoon singing one of my favorite songs in homage to great Manhattan!
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One of fave B.B toons
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Lovely, thank you
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Don Redman was a great musician and band leader.
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the soundtrack in the second half of the 'toon is actually the Mills Blue Rhythm Band playing "Heat Waves" http://garylucas.com/www/fleischerei/fleischerei.shtml
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Hooray!!!
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this one traumatized me as a kid lol
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The creature became a lovely pansy! Cute and funny ending.
