Morning, Noon and Night (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Morning, Noon and Night
| image =
| caption =
| director = Dave Fleischer
| story =
| animator = David Tendlar
Thomas Johnson
| starring = Bonnie Poe (as Betty Boop)
| music = David Rubinoff and his Orchestra
| producer = Max Fleischer
| studio = Fleischer Studios
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1933|10|06}}
| country = United States
| color_process = Black and white
| runtime = 7 minutes
| language = English
}}
Morning, Noon and Night is a 1933 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop,{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/54/mode/2up |pages=54–56}} and featuring the overture Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna) by Franz von Suppé.
Plot
The short opens with a brief live-action segment featuring David Rubinoff and his orchestra. A badly hung-over sun (complete with ice-pack on his head) slowly rises over Betty Boop's farm. Betty's farm is a sanctuary for birds, but the sanctuary is soon threatened by the arrival of the Tom Kat's Social Club, a group of hungry cats looking for an easy meal.
They chase a helpless chick back to Betty's farm, who alerts Betty to the danger. The cats initially wreak destruction on the farm, and easily overpower Betty. When the sickly rooster finds out what's happening, he quickly turns into a fighter (boxing gloves and all), and pummels the cats. The other birds join in on the beating, and chase away the hapless cats. The rooster defeats the cat's leader and Betty declares him the winner.
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0024354}}
- [https://archive.today/20130117195946/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1647-Morning,_Noon_And_Night.html Morning, Noon and Night at the Big Cartoon Database]
- [https://archive.org/details/bb_morning_noon_and_night Downloadable cartoon at archive.org] (public domain, MPEG4, 8.9MB)
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb1ixMqYCN4 Morning, Noon and Night] on YouTube
{{Betty Boop films}}
Category:1930s American animated films
Category:1933 animated short films
Category:Paramount Pictures short films
Category:Fleischer Studios short films
Category:Short films directed by Dave Fleischer
Category:American animated black-and-white films
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