A Little Soap and Water

1935 AnimationComedy 5 minutes Directed by Dave Fleischer

About A Little Soap and Water

Pudgy the Pup leaves his bone on the coal bucket. Betty Boop fills a washtub for his bath. He bolts. She chases him through the house, including several laps under the living-room rug, sings the title song, and gets him into the tub. Clean again, he knocks the coal bucket over to reach the bone.

Cast & crew

More about A Little Soap and Water

Dave Fleischer directed. Mae Questel voices Betty. Sammy Timberg wrote the music. Parts of the opening song are missing from most surviving prints.

Themes

  • a dog who will not be bathed
  • a chase under the rug
  • a clean dog and a coal bucket
  • Betty Boop
  • Pudgy
  • bath
  • coal bucket
  • bone

Music

Sammy Timberg wrote the score. Betty sings the title song while she washes Pudgy.

Preservation

Most prints lack some of the opening song.

Notes

  • Home-video editions include BCI (2003 and 2004), Genius Entertainment (2004), GT Media (2004), Mill Creek (2007), and Echo Bridge (2007 and 2010).
  • The opening bars of the song are rare on circulating prints.

Scenes

  • Pudgy runs laps under the rug while Betty chases him.
  • He tips the coal bucket onto himself to get the bone.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (ALittleSoapAndWater)
  • BCI Entertainment DVD
  • Mill Creek Entertainment DVD
  • Echo Bridge Home Entertainment DVD