Making Stars

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Making Stars

Betty Boop series

Directed by Dave Fleischer
Produced by Max Fleischer
Voices by Mae Questel
Animation by Edward Nolan
Herman Cohen
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) October 18, 1935
Color process Black-and-white
Running time 7 mins
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Making Stars is a 1935 Fleischer Studio animated short film, starring Betty Boop.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Production notes

This short is seldom screened, due to its use of racial stereotypes.

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