An old-fashioned 'Burlesk' variety show, partly animated.An old-fashioned 'Burlesk' variety show, partly animated.An old-fashioned 'Burlesk' variety show, partly animated.
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Kitty Watson
- Self
- (as The Watson Sisters)
Fanny Watson
- Self
- (as The Watson Sisters)
William Costello
- Cop
- (uncredited)
- …
Jack Mercer
- Cop
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Bonnie Poe
- Various
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Willard Bowsky(uncredited)
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Storyline
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- SoundtracksI'm Playing with Fire
Written by Irving Berlin
Played during the opening credits
Performed by Kitty Watson and Fanny Watson (as the Watson Sisters)
Also danced by the chorus girls after the Watson Sisters performance
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Someone Did Their Research For This One
A year before the Production Code enforcement really began, there were lots of sexy movies being produced and the Fleischer Brothers, working for Paramount, did a lot of cartoons with overt sexual content: just think of Betty Boop. So this Screen Song, showing an abbreviated cartoon burlesque show, is right in there, with its black-out gags, its pneumatic chorines -- typified as hippopotami -- and even a stripper. The gags are spot on and the cartoon variations are spot on. There is, of course, a stripper, even though she never gets much nakeder than her Merry Widows.
The live section is the Watson Sisters -- I'm unfamiliar with them outside this effort. They sing the title song, the pretty one as a ballad, the older one as a burlesque in which she is rescued from a literal fire by a fireman named MacGuire.
All in all, a hoot. If you have any interest in cartoons, burlesque or pre-code movies, this is a wonderful short.
The live section is the Watson Sisters -- I'm unfamiliar with them outside this effort. They sing the title song, the pretty one as a ballad, the older one as a burlesque in which she is rescued from a literal fire by a fireman named MacGuire.
All in all, a hoot. If you have any interest in cartoons, burlesque or pre-code movies, this is a wonderful short.
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- boblipton
- Sep 11, 2009
Details
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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