2022年11月17日 · In this odd pairing, legendary singer, dancer and bandleader Cab Calloway starred in these surreal Betty Boop cartoons to promote his music, “Minnie the Moocher” and “The Old Man of the...

2021年8月21日 · From 1932 to 1933, jazz musician, songwriter, and bandleader Cab Calloway was featured in three pre-Code Betty Boop cartoons as a singer and dancer: Minnie the Moocher (1932), Snow-White (1933), and The Old Man of the Mountain (1933).

Cab Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African-American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. In 1931, he recorded his most famous song, "Minnie the Moocher".

BETTY BOOP: SNOW-WHITE by Max Fleischer. Featuring Cab Calloway as Koko the Clown (1933) Snow-White, also known as Betty Boop in Snow-White, is a film in the...

Calloway performed the song and two others, "St. James Infirmary Blues" and "The Old Man of the Mountain", in the Betty Boop cartoons Minnie the Moocher (1932), Snow-White (1933), and The Old Man of the Mountain (1933).

A magic mirror resembling Cab Calloway proclaims Betty Boop to be "the fairest in the land", much to the anger of the Queen. The Queen orders her guards Bimbo and Koko to execute Betty. With tears in their eyes, they take Betty into the forest; as they prepare to execute her, they spare her by destroying their weapons, but fall into a pit ...

The Old Man of the Mountain is a 1933 American pre-Code live-action/animated short in the Betty Boop series, produced by Fleischer Studios. [1] Featuring music by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra (as with Minnie the Moocher), the short was originally released to theaters on August 4, 1933, by Paramount Pictures.

Betty Boop's speaking voice seems to be provided by Bonnie Poe, whereas her singing voice is provided by Mae Questel together with Cab Calloway, which means that the song "You Got To Hi-De-Hi" was pre-recorded before or after the voice-acting, and or both Questel and Poe did separate recordings for this cartoon.

Throughout his 65-year-long career, Cab was featured in many productions, the list of which is extensive. Here are some highlights of his storied legacy: Cab was Cartoonized in the old classic “Betty Boop” cartoons of the 1930s, singing with his orchestra playing “Minnie the Moocher.”

2005年3月11日 · Cab Calloway and His Orchestra performed their music for two other Betty Boop cartoons (both of which are also available here on IA). In Snow White , Cab sings St. James Infirmary Blues. He sings the first four verses of Minnie the Moocher for the film of the same title.