| Be Human | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Mae Questel (Betty Boop) Everett Clark (Grampy) Gus Wickie (Abusive Farmer) Jack Mercer (Horse, Pig) |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg |
| Animation by | Lillian Friedman Myron Waldman |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
| Production company | Fleischer Studios |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Be Human is a 1936 American animated short film starring Betty Boop and Grampy. It is now in the public domain.
Plot
Betty Boop is incensed at her farmer neighbor's cruelty to his animals. But the inventive Grampy knows how to teach him a lesson.
The abusive farmer has been compared to Billy Joe Gregg, who abused numerous cows and calves at the Conklin Dairy Farms in Ohio in 2010.
Song
The cartoon features the song Be Human sung by Betty Boop accompanying herself on piano. Instrumental renditions of the song are also prominent throughout the cartoon. When the animal-abusing farmer winds up on Grampy's punishment treadmill, a phonograph recording of Grampy's voice is heard singing the song.
See also
- Cruelty to animals
- Animal welfare
- Vigilantism
- A Song a Day - The animated short with Betty Boop and Grampy in a humane animal hospital
- Animal rights
Notes
- Komorowski, Thad (September 15, 2014). "Fleischer Promo Art #16: "Betty Slays 'Em!"". Cartoon Research. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
- ^ Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
- "Be Human (1936)…Betty Boop Cartoon Video". YouTube: Hollywood Classics. April 28, 2021.
- Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- Hunt, Andrew (August 26, 2010). "Betty Boop & Grampy: Two Pioneering Animal Rights Activists!". Retrieved June 28, 2011.
... Betty Boop and her partner in crime, Grampy, as a couple of Depression-era animal rights activists who relentlessly go after a mean goon of a farmer who's abusing his animals.
External links
- Downloadable cartoon at archive.org (public domain, MPEG4, 7.6MB)
- Be Human at IMDb
- Be Human on YouTube
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- 1936 films
- 1930s English-language films
- Films about animal rights
- 1930s American animated films
- American animated black-and-white films
- Betty Boop cartoons
- 1936 animated short films
- Paramount Pictures short films
- Fleischer Studios short films
- Short films directed by Dave Fleischer
- American comedy short films
- American animated short films
- Animated films about animals
- Films about old age
- Animated films set on farms
- English-language short films
- Betty Boop cartoon stubs