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Making Stars

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Making Stars
Directed byDave Fleischer
Produced byMax Fleischer
StarringMae Questel
Animation byEdward Nolan
Herman Cohen
Myron Waldman
Hicks Lokey
Lillian Friedman
Frank Endres
Ted Vosk
Sam Stimson (uncredited)
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 18, 1935 (1935-10-18)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Making Stars is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop.[1] The short contains one of the earliest clear examples of the oriental riff that would become popular as a leitmotif for Asian culture following the release of the 1974 song Kung Fu Fighting.

Synopsis

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Betty is the MC of "Making Stars", a stage revue introducing the "stars of tomorrow": a series of performing babies. Acts include the Colorful 3 (a trio of stereotyped Black babies singing "Hi De Ho"), an Asian baby marksman, and a bouncing Russian baby named "Little Miss Trotsky."

References

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  1. ^ 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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