Irene Bordoni sings with the Bouncing Ball; plus cartoon segments.Irene Bordoni sings with the Bouncing Ball; plus cartoon segments.Irene Bordoni sings with the Bouncing Ball; plus cartoon segments.
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- Stars
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Mae Questel
- Betty Boop
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Shamus Culhane(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe title refers to the 1929 song "Just a Gigolo" adapted by Irving Caesar from the Austrian song "Schöner Gigolo", written in 1928 by Leonello Casucci (music) and Julius Brammer (lyrics).
- ConnectionsReferenced in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- SoundtracksJust a Gigolo
(Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo)
Music by Leonello Casucci
German lyrics by Julius Brammer
English lyrics by Irving Caesar
Sung by Irène Bordoni
Featured review
More live-action than animation and Betty Boop has basically a walk-on here
This short is on a Betty Boop compilation tape, but it's really part of a series Fleischer did that were called Screen Songs. Singalongs were a very popular feature at the movies in the 1930s and somewhat into the 1940s. The words to a song would come up on the screen and a bouncing ball would move in time with the music and cue the audience. The animation is secondary here to the music, which is too bad, because what animation there is present here is quite good. Betty Boop barely registers here and the short could easily be made without her. If the singer were more memorable, the short would be better, but as it is, it's so-so at best. For Betty Boop completists.
helpful•10
- llltdesq
- Jul 20, 2002
Details
- Runtime8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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