No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
About No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
Betty Boop and her boyfriend Freddy are on stage in an old melodrama. The villain, Phillip the Fiend, ties Freddy up and offers Betty diamonds and fur. She answers by singing the title song. Phillip kidnaps her and escapes in a balloon. Freddy catches him and forces him to let Betty go.
Cast & crew
More about No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
Dave Fleischer directed and Max Fleischer produced the short for Fleischer Studios. Mae Questel voices Betty. Story credit went, uncredited, to William Turner, Jack Ward, and Thomas Johnson. Animation is credited to Edward Nolan and Myron Waldman, with Hicks Lokey, Lillian Friedman, Herman Cohen, and Paul Fennell uncredited. Released 24 May 1935.
Themes
Music
Mae Questel sings "No! No! A Thousand Times No!!," written by Al Sherman, Al Lewis, and Abner Silver.
Notes
- It is the third Betty Boop melodrama spoof, after She Wronged Him Right (1934). Betty Boop's Prize Show (1935) and Honest Love and True (1938) continue the series.
- The title song was written in 1934 by Al Sherman, Al Lewis, and Abner Silver.
- Percival Mackey and his Orchestra recorded the song in October 1934 with Bobbie Comber. Beatrice Kay recorded it again in the 1960s.
- Some gags recall the 1934 Merrie Melodies short Those Were Wonderful Days.
- The film is black and white.
Scenes
- Phillip offers diamonds and fur, and Betty sings the title song.
- The villain escapes with Betty in a balloon, and Freddy brings her back.
