Barnacle Bill (1930 film)
| Barnacle Bill | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Margie Hines Billy Murray[1] |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg |
| Animation by | Seymour Kneitel Rudy Zamora |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Publix Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Barnacle Bill is a 1930
Bimbo
(as "Barnacle Bill").
Plot
Barnacle Bill (Bimbo) is a sailor on a ship that has just come into port. As soon as he can get off the ship, he heads for Nancy Lee's (Betty Boop) house. When he gets there he begins knocking on her door. Bimbo and Betty begin singing the lyrics to a tame version of
"Barnacle Bill the Sailor". The actions of the film follow along the song's storyline
, with Barnacle Bimbo romancing Betty and then leaving her to go back to sea.
Production notes
Like many early Fleischer Studios films, this film was inspired by a
California Gold Rush character known as "Barnacle Bill". Ironically, Fleischer Studios also produced a Popeye cartoon, Beware of Barnacle Bill in 1935, using the same song as aforementioned, almost 5 years after Betty Boop cartoon Barnacle Bill was released, with Bluto as Barnacle Bill the Sailor portraying the character after Bimbo.[3]
In this cartoon, Betty Boop still retains some of the canine physical characteristics that she had in her first screen appearance, Dizzy Dishes.
References
- ISBN 979-8-88771-010-5.
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ Boyes, Marcia Edwards (1936). The Legend of Yerba Buena Island. Berkeley: The Professional Press.
External links
- Barnacle Bill on YouTube