Snow-White (1933)
1933 · Animation · 7 min · dir. Dave Fleischer
- Animation
- Fantasy
- Comedy
Synopsis
The evil, long-nosed queen asks the magic mirror in her hand who's the fairest in the land, and the mirror replies that she is. But into the queen's cave walks Betty Boop, singing that she wants to see her stepmama. Now Betty is the fairest in the land and the queen orders her beheaded. Koko and Bimbo can't bring themselves to do it. Later, Betty ends up encased in a block of ice. The Seven Dwarfs, thinking she's dead, bring her into the Mystery Cave, her final resting place. Bimbo and Koko…
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Dave Fleischer
- Composer
- George Steiner
- Studio
- Fleischer Studios, Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 1933-08-01
- Running time
- 7 minutes
Cast & crew
Dave Fleischer Director
Mae Questel
Cab Calloway
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Ahh, Now THIS Is Classic Animation! · Furbish Lousewort, Ph.D · 2007-04-12
It doesn't get any better... Betty, Bimbo, Koko the Clown (voiced by Cab Calloway), in a nightmarishly funny, "weird" atmosphere. Walt Disney probabaly didn't even understand this Surrealistic Betty Boop cartoon, and his later, full-length version of "Snow White" shows absolutely no Fleischer Brothers influence at all. But it was the Fleischers who came closest to the disturbing psychological undercurrents of the original Brothers Grimm story... A nightmare that's completely nightmarish, but is also hilarious at the same time. Don't ask me how they accomplished that feat, but they did!
★★★★★ · Who needs Disney??! · judeblack, bbc · 2005-05-16
We've got Betty, Koko, Bimbo, enough surrealism to satisfy Salvadore Dali and best of all, we have the great Cab Calloway! I joined this website just so I could hear Cab Calloway and I don't understand why he isn't as highly praised as Ellington and Armstrong. Don't let Cab go, bless him! Scat sing his praises or better yet, recommend this site to all your friends and relations.
★★★★★ · Incredible · linseed · 2006-02-19
I just saw this for the first time the other day and must have watched it a dozen times. Cab Calloway is beyond impressive. His musical number is so haunting and the rotoscoped animation sequence with the song is amazing. it is just so inventive and surreal. I'm just stunned by how hip these pre-code cartoons are.
★★★★★ · WTF? · Rod-Iron · 2009-08-31
What was that I just watched? I've never seen a Betty Boop cartoon before and after seeing that I can't imagine why I or anyone else would want to see another one! Man they must have really been desparate for entertainment back in those days.
★★★★ · music i also looking for · guszti · 2012-12-10
There is an old army song, called "Ugye gondolsz néha rám" which is maybe the same like that one, before "St James Infirmary". It is not sure to be the same, but it's nice. It is also performed by diva Karády Katalin.
★★★ · Fab · Justin Tai · 2018-08-12
Great little old clasdic cartoon. I enjoyed watching it.
