The Old Man of the Mountain is a 1933 animated short in the Betty Boop series, produced by Fleischer Studios. Featuring special guests Cab C...
The Old Man of the Mountain is a 1933 animated short in the Betty Boop series, produced by Fleischer Studios. Featuring special guests Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, the short was originally released to theaters on August 4, 1933 by Paramount Productions. Calloway voices all of the characters in the cartoon save for Betty herself (talking voice provided by Bonnie Poe and singing voice provided by Mae Questel). Calloway, along with his orchestra, also perform all of the music in the cartoon, including two songs Calloway co-wrote.nnControversynAccording to film historian Christopher Lehman, the sexually suggestive nature of this film caused "some Americans at the time, especially Catholics," to complain to exhibitors who then pressured Paramount Studios (distributor of the Betty Boop series) to tone down the Betty Boop character, which subsequently pressured Fleischer Studios to do the same thing. This can be seen when an old man sees Betty and acts crazy, a fish starts to follow her before getting hit by his wife, and Betty's dress even is removed in one scene. According to Lehman, "In dispensing with the African-American entertainers and their music after limiting the 'Betty Boop' series' sexual references, [Max] Fleischer thus acknowledged the widely assumed connection between raciness and blackness." After 1934, African-American jazz music would no longer appear in Betty Boop cartoons, and she metamorphosized into a more conservative, mature, domestic character who often played only a supporting role.nnThe Old Man of the MountainnBetty Boop seriesnnDirected by Dave FleischernProduced by Max FleischernnVoices by nMae Questel (Betty Boop-singing voice)nCab Calloway (Old Man & All Other)nBonnie Poe (Betty Boop-talking voice)nnMusic by Cab Calloway and his orchestrannAnimation by nBernard WolfnThomas JohnsonnnStudio Fleischer StudiosnnDistributed by Paramount ProductionsnRelease date(s) August 4, 1933nColor process Black-and-whitennNotesnThe Old Man of the Mountain was the third and last of the Fleischer cartoons pairing Betty Boop and Cab Calloway; the others are Minnie the Moocher and Snow-White. As in the other two cartoons, film footage of Cab Calloway was rotoscoped, or traced into animation, to provide the dance steps for the Old Man during the duet of "You Gotta Ho-De-Ho (To Get Along with Me)". As with many other Boop shorts, The Old Man of the Mountain is now in the public domain.nnThe dialogue between Betty and the Old Man ("Whatcha gonna do now?" "Gonna do the best I can!") is mirrored almost exactly in a scene between Santa Claus and Oogie Boogie in the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. The scene also features music very similar to Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" and dance steps close to Calloway's own.n_____________nGOON CARTOONS is a creator and curator of funny, cartoon and basically sick-ass videos! WE make Cartoons, Shorts, Skits and wacky crap! We also find and upload Vintage public domain commercials, sex Ed videos and strange vids that can't be seen anywhere else.nnStop by every week for new crap!!!nnGOON CARTOONS is a proud member of CHANNEL FREDERATORnnSUBSCRIBE for updates, we upload a new cartoon every Monday.nhttp://www.youtube.com/user/GoonCartoons?sub_confirmation=1nnTwitternhttps://twitter.com/gooncartoonsnnVinenhttps://vine.co/frankfortennBloggernhttp://frankforte.blogspot.comnnWebnhttp://www.frankforte.comnnAsylum Press (comics)nhttp://www.asylumpress.comnnNewgroundsnhttp://gooncartoons.newgrounds.comnnGoon Cartoons is an Original Animation Channel! We feature original short films, animation, cartoons, pencil tests and experimental crap from creators Frank Forte, Gene McGuckin, Jim Smith and friends.nnFrank Forte is currently a storyboard artist on Bob's Burgers (Sundays on FOX). He has worked in animation for feature films, TV and gaming. Some of the shows/films Frank has worked on include: Despicable Me 2, Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, The Super Hero Squad Show, Marvel Heroes 4D, Lego Hero Factory, Lego Bionicle: The Legend Reborn, HI HI PUFFY AMI YUMI, Re-Animated Pilot (Out of Jimmy’s Head), The Mr. Men Show, Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (DVD-2009), Lego Clutch Powers 4D ride at Legoland and Lego Atlantis. He co-created The Cletus and Floyd Show with Gene McGuckin, a tribute to animation directors Tex Avery, Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones. Robert S. Rhine and Frank Forte created the pilot episode of Sickcom the Animated Series which was sold to Spike and Mike. Less