![]() (4) It has an ending that’s a bit shocking for a cartoon. But in this clip, you see how charming her vocals were before her voice (and style) changed. This stage legend is perhaps best known to Baby Boomers as an elderly lady belting out a song with a killer vibrato. (3) The musical portions feature a 22-year-old Ethel Merman. ![]() (2) It features Betty Boop, a cartoon character who was actually censored in the early ’30s. (1) It highlights the super-smooth and surrealistic animation of Fleischer who was Disney’s closest rival until his studio went under. It’ll be fascinating viewing for people of all ages because: Join Arthur, possibly the worlds most famous eight-year-old Aardvark, his sisters DW and Kate, and some of their many friends Buster, Francine, the Brain, Muffy, Sue Ellen, Fern, Prunella and Binky as they encounter the joys and difficulties that all children experience in their adventures through life. Now, step back into the time machine (way before I was born) to see Disney-rival Max Fleischer’s short cartoon/live action “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” from 1930. There was a time in America when audiences would savor hand-drawn, supremely-smooth- moving animated cartoons - and even sing in the theater as they “followed the bouncing ball” that gave them the lyrics to a then-popular song.
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