A Language All My Own
About A Language All My Own
Betty Boop flies to Japan for a stage show and sings the title song. She then puts on a kimono and sings it again in Japanese.
Cast & crew
More about A Language All My Own
Dave Fleischer directed. Mae Questel voices Betty. Sammy Timberg wrote the music. The studio made the short after finding that Betty was popular in Japan. Animator Myron Waldman, worried that her gestures might offend a conservative audience, had a group of Japanese college students look at the work.
Themes
Making
Myron Waldman showed the animation to Japanese college students because he was unsure how Betty's gestures would read in Japan.
Music
Sammy Timberg wrote the score. Betty sings the title number twice, the second time in Japanese.
Notes
- The second chorus is sung in Japanese after Betty changes into a kimono.
- Waldman asked Japanese students to review the gestures before the short was finished.
Scenes
- Betty flies to Japan and opens her act.
- She repeats the song in Japanese in a kimono.
Also available
- Internet Archive (Betty_Boop_a_Language_All_My_Own_1935)
