When My Ship Comes In
{{Short description|1934 short film by Dave Fleischer}}
{{for|the Clint Black song|When My Ship Comes In (song)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = When My Ship Comes In
| image =
| caption =
| director = Dave Fleischer
| story =
| animator = Hicks Lokey
Myron Waldman
| starring = Mae Questel
| music =
| producer = Max Fleischer
| studio = Fleischer Studios
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1934|12|21}}
| color_process = Black-and-white
| runtime = 7 minutes
| language = English
}}
When My Ship Comes In is a 1934 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 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/56/mode/2up |pages=54–56}}
Plot
After Betty wins $1 million from a horse race/sweepstakes, she daydreams how to best use her funds. She spends it on free servants for the city's people, a huge ice cream mountain for the children of the city, a milk company which delivers milk by attaching milk bottles to balloons, releasing them in the air and onto the doorsteps of the town's citizens, complex gadgets for the animals at her animal farm, a trolley line with recliners and a maids' home next to a bachelors' home. Betty also spends her money to combat the effects of the Great Depression by starting department stores, clothing stores, and reopening factories. By the time she has spent most of her sweepstakes money, the whole country has overcome the Depression.
References
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External links
- When My Ship Comes In on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-nYRF6P57U YouTube]
- When My Ship Comes In at [https://archive.today/20130121003547/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4580-When_My_Ship_Comes_In.html the Big Cartoon Database]
- {{IMDb title|0025979}}
{{Betty Boop films}}
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Category:1930s American animated films
Category:1934 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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