Be Human is a 1936 American animated short film starring Betty Boop and Grampy.[4] It is now in the public domain.
| Be Human | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Mae Questel (Betty Boop) Everett Clark (Grampy)[1][2] Gus Wickie (Abusive Farmer) Jack Mercer (Horse, Pig)[3] |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg[2] |
| Animation by | Lillian Friedman Myron Waldman |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editBetty Boop is incensed at her farmer neighbor's cruelty to his animals. But the inventive Grampy knows how to teach him a lesson.
The abusive farmer has been compared to Billy Joe Gregg, who abused numerous cows and calves at the Conklin Dairy Farms in Ohio in 2010.[5]
Song
editThe cartoon features the song Be Human sung by Betty Boop accompanying herself on piano. Instrumental renditions of the song are also prominent throughout the cartoon. When the animal-abusing farmer winds up on Grampy's punishment treadmill, a phonograph recording of Grampy's voice is heard singing the song.
See also
edit- Cruelty to animals
- Animal welfare
- Vigilantism
- A Song a Day - The animated short with Betty Boop and Grampy in a humane animal hospital
- Animal rights
Notes
edit- ^ Komorowski, Thad (September 15, 2014). "Fleischer Promo Art #16: "Betty Slays 'Em!"". Cartoon Research. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ a b c Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
- ^ "Be Human (1936)…Betty Boop Cartoon Video". YouTube: Hollywood Classics. April 28, 2021.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ Hunt, Andrew (August 26, 2010). "Betty Boop & Grampy: Two Pioneering Animal Rights Activists!". Retrieved June 28, 2011.
... Betty Boop and her partner in crime, Grampy, as a couple of Depression-era animal rights activists who relentlessly go after a mean goon of a farmer who's abusing his animals.
External links
edit- Downloadable cartoon at archive.org (public domain, MPEG4, 7.6MB)
- Be Human at IMDb
- Be Human on YouTube