Zula Hula
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Zula Hula
Betty Boop series |
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Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
Produced by | Max Fleischer |
Voices by | Mae Questel |
Animation by | Thomas Johnson Frank Endres |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date(s) | December 24, 1937 |
Color process | Black-and-white |
Running time | 7 mins |
IMDb profile |
Zula Hula is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Grampy.
[edit] Synopsis
Betty and Grampy are on an around-the-world flight when they are forced to crash-land on an apparently deserted island. Betty's upset with their situation, but Grampy quickly invents a number of gadgets that allow them all the comforts of home. Things again take a turn for the worse when a group of cannibals show up. Quick thinking Grampy charms the savages by creating a calliope out of the crashed plane's parts. While the natives are distracted by the music, Grampy and Betty repair their plane and make a hasty escape.
[edit] Notes and comments
Due to the use of negative racial stereotypes, this short is seldom screened today.