Minnie the Moocher (1932)

Directed by

Dave Fleischer

Genre

horror film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

7 min

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Betty Boop and Bimbo run away from home and encounter a spooky house. Cab Calloway sings the title song while a ghostly walrus dances.

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What happens

Minnie the Moocher is a 1932 cartoon starring Betty Boop and Bimbo, and featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra, singing the namesake hit song. Part of the Talkartoon series produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures, it premiered in New York City on January 1, 1932 at the Rivoli Theatre (being shown alongside Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), going into general release on February 26 of that year. The short is considered to be one of the most significant cartoons ever, playing an important part on building up the popularity of Betty Boop, as well as reinventing the rotoscope process, which had been invented by Fleischer almost two decades before, but had fallen in disuse from the mid-1920s onwards. In 1994, Minnie the Moocher was voted #20 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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