Kitty from Kansas City
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About Kitty from Kansas City
Betty Boop, in a sunbonnet, plays Kitty and boards a train for "Rudy Valley," a pun on Rudy Vallee. She puts on weight on the way. Halfway through, Vallee appears and, in a disguise, asks the audience to sing "Kitty from Kansas City" with the bouncing ball. The lyric says Kitty is neither bright nor a beauty, and that she is loved anyway.
Cast & crew
More about Kitty from Kansas City
Dave Fleischer directed. Max Fleischer presented it. Mae Questel is the voice of Betty Boop. Lou Fleischer is credited for the music. Paramount released the Screen Song in the United States on November 1, 1931. The copyright date is November 3, 1931. It runs 8 minutes. Vallee had already issued the song on Victor.
Themes
Making
Fleischer put a live Vallee cameo in the middle of a Betty Boop sing-along two days before the copyright date.
Music
Rudy Vallee sings "Kitty from Kansas City," which he had recorded for Victor. Lou Fleischer is the music credit. Mae Questel voices Betty Boop.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons. The short is also on the laserdisc Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection, Set One.
Notes
- Kitty travels with a cat and a parrot.
- The short is a Screen Song, so the cartoon stops for a lyric.
- A laserdisc edition, Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection, Set One, includes it.
Scenes
- Vallee steps in, disguised, and starts the sing-along.
Influenced by
- Kitty from Kansas City (song)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Kitty From Kansas City (1931).webm)
- Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection, Set One (laserdisc)
