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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.
Making Stars | |
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Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
Produced by | Max Fleischer |
Starring | Mae Questel |
Animation by | Edward Nolan Herman Cohen Myron Waldman Hicks Lokey Lillian Friedman Frank Endres Ted Vosk Sam Stimson (uncredited) |
Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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."
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