Buzzy Boop at the Concert (1938)

Year Published: 1938

Description:

Restoration funding provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics, DJ Audio, Inc., FotoKem. Special thanks to Gosfilmofond, Stanislav Dedinsky, Natalie Ryabchikova, Paramount Pictures Archives.

About the film: Eight years after Betty Boop first appeared on-screen to become an era-defining animated icon, the Fleischer Brothers extended her on-screen family with the intention of freshening up the brand. Introduced in 1938 as Betty’s country cousin, Buzzy Boop was Betty’s comic opposite in every way. Where Betty was frequently the fetching victim of unwanted mischievousness, the gum-smacking, marble-shooting, pig-tailed dynamo Buzzy initiated chaos wherever she went. Unseen for 85 years, Buzzy Boop at the Concert is one of only two shorts she appeared in and was thought lost until a print was discovered in Russia in 2019.

Production: Fleischer Studios. Distribution: Paramount Pictures. Producer: Max Fleischer. Director: Dave Fleischer. With: Mae Questel, Jack Mercer.

Learn more about its rediscovery on our blog, written by animation historian Jerry Beck: ucla.in/3zatbaT

Complete Record: Buzzy Boop at the Concert (1938) Restoration funding provided by ASIFA-Hollywood. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics, DJ Audio, Inc., FotoKem. Special thanks to Gosfilmofond, Stanislav Dedinsky, Natalie Ryabchikova, Paramount Pictures Archives. About the film: Eight years after Betty Boop first appeared on-screen to become an era-defining animated icon, the Fleischer Brothers extended her on-screen family with the intention of freshening up the brand. Introduced in 1938 as Betty’s country cousin, Buzzy Boop was Betty’s comic opposite in every way. Where Betty was frequently the fetching victim of unwanted mischievousness, the gum-smacking, marble-shooting, pig-tailed dynamo Buzzy initiated chaos wherever she went. Unseen for 85 years, Buzzy Boop at the Concert is one of only two shorts she appeared in and was thought lost until a print was discovered in Russia in 2019. Production: Fleischer Studios. Distribution: Paramount Pictures. Producer: Max Fleischer. Director: Dave Fleischer. With: Mae Questel, Jack Mercer. Learn more about its rediscovery on our blog, written by animation historian Jerry Beck: ucla.in/3zatbaT

Transcription

[upbeat jazzy music] [stately classical music] Betty Boop: Buzzy! Sit up straight! What's the matter with you? Buzzy Boop: Oh I want to go to the movies. I hate concerts. [Audience member shushing] Betty Boop: Shhh! [classical music ends] [music begins again] [audience applauses] Pianist: Thank you, thank you. [clears throat] Pianist: Oh... [virtuostic piano playing] [piano playing] [crashing sound] [piano playing] [applause] Madame Shrill: Okay, professor. [operatic singing] [singing continues] Buzzy Boop: Mmm-hmm. [chuckles] [snoring] [snoring] Buzzy Boop: Ha ha ha... oooh weee [singing and piano conclude] Madame Shrill: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. [gasps] [snaps] [loud gasp] [snoring] Madame Shrill: Ah, I'll fix it. [virtuosic piano music] [operatic singing] [groaning] [chuckles] [snoring] [Buzzy Boop scats] [operatic singing continues] Madame Shrill: Scram! [singing continues] [Buzzy Boop makes jazz drum beats with her hands] [singing notes go up and down] [piano music ends] [Madame Shrill singing off tune] Madame Shrill: Oooh! [Buzzy Boop tap dancing, clapping and singing to a jazz beat] Madame Shrill: Oh my career! [Buzzy Boop tap dancing and singing to a jazz beat] [whistling] [jazzy piano music] [wind instruments join the jazz music] [tap dancing and scatting] [applause] [singing] Buzzy Boop: Swing it! Audience members: Hey hey! Hey hey! Hey hey! Hey hey! [tap dancing solo] Buzzy Boop: Watch this one! [tap dancing solo] Buzzy Boop: Take it away! [piano playing] [Madame Shrill and Buzzy Boop singing rapidly] [whistles] [singing] [Cheering and applause] [Madame Shrill singing and music ends on a high note] [outro music]

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