Minding the Baby

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| name = Minding the Baby

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| starring = Margie Hines{{Cite book |title=Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70 |last=Scott |first=Keith |publisher=BearManor Media |year=2022 |isbn=979-8-88771-010-5 |page=331}}

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| studio = Fleischer Studios

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1931|09|28}}

| runtime = 7 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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Minding the Baby is a 1931 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short film starring Betty Boop and Bimbo.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |page=142}}

Synopsis

Bimbo's mom has fallen out with her husband and has had an affair with the ice man. Bimbo's mother goes shopping and leaves Bimbo in charge of his baby brother, Aloysius. Betty Boop wants Bimbo to come over to her house to play. Bimbo then sneaks over to Betty's. Aloysius misbehaves while Bimbo is over at Betty's apartment. Aloysius then uses a vacuum cleaner and vacuums Betty and Bimbo from next door and his mother from off the street. Bimbo's mother is furious, as Betty, Bimbo and Aloysius hide behind a chair in Bimbo's apartment. Aloysius starts to cry, Bimbo then zips his brother's mouth shut.

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0022152}}
[https://archive.today/20130118015725/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1660-Minding_The_Baby.html Minding the Baby at the Cartoon Database]

Category:1931 films

Category:Betty Boop cartoons

Category:1930s American animated films

Category:1931 animated short films

Category:Paramount Pictures short films

Category:Fleischer Studios short films

Category:Short films directed by Dave Fleischer

Category:1931 comedy films

Category:American comedy short films

Category:American animated black-and-white films