Betty Boop and Grampy
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| Betty Boop and Grampy | |
| Betty Boop series | |
| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
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| Animation by | David Tendlar Charles Hastings |
| Voices by | Mae Questel |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Distributed by | Paramount Studios |
| Release date | August 16, 1935 |
| Format | Black-and-white, 7 mins |
| Language | English |
| IMDb page | |
Betty Boop and Grampy is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Grampy.
[edit] Synopsis
Betty receives an invitation to a party from her elderly relative, Grampy. As she strolls along singing "I'm on my way to Grampy's", she is joined by two moving men, a fireman and a traffic cop - all who irresponsibly drop everything (including a piano, a burning house and a traffic jam) to go to Grampy's party.
Grampy is an eccentric inventor, whose labor-saving devices often resemble Rube Goldberg devices. For example, he has a device that moves his entire house to the front entrance whenever the doorbell is rung. The glass shade of his ceiling light is rigged to double as a punch bowl and he has modified an old umbrella to slice a cake into wedges.
Grampy entertains his guests by building self-playing musical instruments out of household gadgets (which then play "Hold That Tiger"). Everyone dances until they drop from exhaustion, the exception being the exuberent Grampy.
[edit] Production notes
This is the first appearance of Grampy, the character that would eventually replace Betty.
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