A Language All My Own (1935)

[plymouthbelvedere]

Mae Questel's pronunciation is very good. She comes through clearly in Japanese.

[Shef0808]

kesha!!

[Dragon1813]

I wonder what this song would sound like in spanish.

[sheeroxs]

tell me im not imagining this.... when shes singing in the middle at 3:20, it sounds just like the tune "take it off" by Kesha!

[TheBigBuzzBee]

@sheeroxs that's snake charmer music kesha used, she didn't make it up

[Extratexture4]

@TheBigBuzzBee , the "snake charmer music" is an old American song, called, The Streets of Cairo.

[TheBigBuzzBee]

@Extratexture4 thanks now I know how to find it :)

[GekkoKamen]

Then I realize how sadly cruel war is. Then there was nothing but fondness of Japan and it was reciprocal, there was good will and desires to learn from each other. Six years later everything changed, the smiles were wiped out, and the good will was changed for a will to kill each other. What a tragedy.

[MattHatter]

I've been looking all over the web for a picture of Hicks Lokey and I can't find ONE DANG PICTURE OF THE GUY ANYWHERE! Not only that but I can't find any pics of Howard Swift and I only found one of Norman Ferguson. Why isn't there a place where you can see pictures of these legends? Disney should have a special website that contains tons of photos of these guys working in the Disney studios.

[turbannedruffian]

Why is the "Chestnut" logo on this classic cartoon? I find it very distracting.

[19flipped]

@turbannedruffian They are plugging their company...

[goddess098]

when she says "whether your near or far etc" whats the name of the song that plays?

[TheBigBuzzBee]

@goddess098 snake charmer music

[cinema901]

soredeiidesho pupupido

its japanese　words.

「それでいいでしょ、ププピドウ」

ありがと　ありがと

arigato arigato

thank you thank you.

[DjosueD]

Have to love the way the airplane lands!!

[sudakiwashi]

I went and found the video with Japanese subtitles. The risque lyric seems to be a myth. Quick rough translation of the Japanese lyrics:

There's one important word I treasure

That's my boop-boop-a-doop...

If you're feeling down, it's all the more important

Sing and dance, boop-boop-a-doop...

Even when we're apart, our hearts are one

It echoes in your ear, boop-boop-a-doop

Dear friends, the truth is in your heart

Isn't that enough? Boopie-doopie-etc.

[sudakiwashi]

Can anybody confirm the claim that the Japanese lyrics contain this risque line about "let's go to bed together"? I can't hear anything at all of that nature, but admittedly my Japanese isn't top-notch and the sound quality is iffy.

[bebepopsr]

i heard her say lets go to your house and boop op a doop

[fromthesidelines]

This was Betty's last appearance on screen in her famous short skirt and garter. At 2:01, Max Fleischer's "3-D" tabletop images of a "Japanese island coast" appear...animator Hicks Lokey later worked for Hanna-Barbera in the early '60s.

[steviej634]

I remember this cartoon as a kid. Of course that was before he learned of the huge war Japan and USA had as part of World War II. Sad. Did they made one of Betty Boop in Nazi Germany? I wonder?

[shortyblackwell]

Cartoons were drawn so much better then...not like the crap now.

[Katchoo84]

an impressive display of multiculturalism... 10 years later and the USA bombed the shit out of em

[JA268]

Betty Boop in Japan SWEET! and she sang in Japanese too