Making Stars

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
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	Fleischer Studios
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 18, 1935 (1935-10-18)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

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."