No! No! A Thousand Times No!!

1935 film

Edward Nolan
Myron Waldman

Color processBlack-and-white

Production
company

Fleischer Studios

Distributed byParamount Pictures

Release date

May 24, 1935 (1935-05-24)

Running time

7 minutesLanguageEnglish

No! No! A Thousand Times No!! is a 1935 Fleischer Studio animated short film, starring Betty Boop.^[1]

This is the third of a series of Betty Boop melodrama spoofs, which also included She Wronged Him Right (1934), Betty Boop's Prize Show (1935) and Honest Love and True (1938).^[2]

Synopsis

Betty is performing on-stage with her boyfriend, Freddy, in an old-fashioned melodrama, complete with mustachioed villain. The vile fiend, after tying up the hero, tempts Betty with diamonds and fur, but she replies by singing the title song. The villain kidnaps Betty and escapes in his balloon, but is eventually caught by Freddy and forced to release Betty.

Song

The title song was written by Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Abner Silver in 1934, and sung by Mae Questel. The song was covered by Percival Mackey and his Orchestra featuring a vocal by Bobbie Comber in October of the same year. It was again covered in the 1960s by Beatrice Kay.

References

^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54-56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ Pointer, Ray (2017). The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer: American Animation Pioneer. McFarland & Co. p. 106. ISBN 978-1476663678. Retrieved February 9, 2020.