Making Stars is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. The short contains one of the earliest clear examples of the oriental riff that would become popular as a leitmotif for Asian culture following the release of the 1974 song Kung Fu Fighting.

Synopsis

Betty is the MC of "Making Stars", a stage revue introducing the "stars of tomorrow": a series of performing babies. Acts include the Colorful 3 (a trio of stereotyped Black babies singing "Hi De Ho"), an Asian baby marksman, and a bouncing Russian baby named "Little Miss Trotsky."

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References

External links

Making Stars on YouTube. Making Stars at the Big Cartoon Database. Making Stars at IMDb.

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1935 films

Betty Boop cartoons

1930s American animated films

African-American–Asian-American relations

American black-and-white films

Articles containing video clips

1935 animated films

Paramount Pictures short films

Fleischer Studios short films

Short films directed by Dave Fleischer

Ethnic humour

Stereotypes of African Americans

Stereotypes of Asian Americans

Stereotypes of East Asian people

Film controversies

African-American-related controversies in film

Asian-American-related controversies

Race-related controversies in animation

Race-related controversies in film

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