Be Human (film)
1936 American film
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Be Human is a 1936 American animated short film starring Betty Boop and Grampy.[4] It is now in the public domain.
(Betty Boop)
Everett Clark
(Grampy)[1][2]
Gus Wickie
(Abusive Farmer)
Jack Mercer
(Horse, Pig)[3]
| Be Human | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Mae Questel (Betty Boop) Everett Clark (Grampy)[1][2] Gus Wickie (Abusive Farmer) Jack Mercer (Horse, Pig)[3] |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg[2] |
| Animation by | Lillian Friedman Myron Waldman |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Betty Boop is incensed at her farmer neighbor's cruelty to his animals. But the inventive Grampy knows how to teach him a lesson.
The abusive farmer has been compared to Billy Joe Gregg, who abused numerous cows and calves at the Conklin Dairy Farms in Ohio in 2010.[5]
Song
The cartoon features the song Be Human sung by Betty Boop accompanying herself on piano. Instrumental renditions of the song are also prominent throughout the cartoon. When the animal-abusing farmer winds up on Grampy's punishment treadmill, a phonograph recording of Grampy's voice is heard singing the song.
See also
- Cruelty to animals
- Animal welfare
- Vigilantism
- A Song a Day - The animated short with Betty Boop and Grampy in a humane animal hospital
- Animal rights