Stop That Noise
About Stop That Noise
Betty Boop cannot sleep through the noise of her city apartment. She leaves for the country. Ducks and insects there are louder and meaner than the street. She goes home and falls asleep in the middle of the city racket.
Cast & crew
More about Stop That Noise
Dave Fleischer directed and Max Fleischer produced this Betty Boop short for Paramount. Mae Questel voices Betty. Edward Nolan and Myron Waldman animated. Paramount released it on 15 March 1935.
Themes
Music
Sammy Timberg wrote 'Sweet Betty,' heard under the titles. The rest of the track is built from traffic, ducks, and insects.
Preservation
A print survives and was issued by Olive Films in Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 3.
Notes
- Sammy Timberg's 'Sweet Betty' plays under the opening credits.
- A 'Katy did, Katy didn't' insect gag in the country sequence was later worked into a song in the Fleischer feature Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941).
- Olive Films included the short in Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 3.
Scenes
- Insects in the country hammock drive Betty back to the apartment, where she drops off to the sound of traffic.
Influenced
- Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)
Also available
- Olive Films, Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 3
- Wikimedia Commons (Betty Boop - Stop That Noise (1935).webm)
