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OLIVE: Betty Boop, Vol. 3 & Paul Muni in Stranger on the Prowl in April
Betty Boop keeps rolling along onto DVD & Blu-Ray courtesy of Olive Films as they have announced Betty Boop - The Essential Collection, Vol. 3 for release on April 29th.
Out a week earlier on April 22nd is the Paul Muni drama Stranger on the Prowl (1952). An Italian co-production, this release is the original English language version.
The queen of the animated screen returns to allure and entice audiences all over again in this fantastic compilation featuring many of her greatest adventures.
A symbol of the Depression era and a reminder of the more carefree days of the Roaring Twenties, Betty Boop's popularity was drawn largely from adult audiences; and the cartoons, while seemingly surreal, contained many risque and psychological elements.
All 12 shorts were produced by Max Fleischer and directed by his brother Dave Fleischer. Featuring the voices of Mae Questel, Bonnie Poe, Ann Little and Margie Hines as Betty Boop. Also featuring guest voices of Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Jack Mercer and William Pennell with music by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra and Don Redman and His Orchestra.
SHORTS:
Upon its initial American release, Stranger on the Prowl's credits read: written and directed by Andrea Forzano. In truth Forzano was two people: screenwriter Ben Barzman (Back to Bataan) and director Joseph Losey (The Servant, The Lawless), both of whom had been blacklisted by Hollywood and were forced to work under pseudonyms.
The film stars screen legend Paul Muni (Scarface) as a disillusioned vagrant who accidentally kills a shop owner. While on the lam he befriends a young street urchin (Vittorio Manunta) who suspects the police are after him for stealing milk from the same shop owner. The police pursue the two lost souls through the war-torn streets and buildings of an Italian port city. This neorealist film noir was based on a story by novelist Noël Calef (Elevator to the Gallows).
Out a week earlier on April 22nd is the Paul Muni drama Stranger on the Prowl (1952). An Italian co-production, this release is the original English language version.
The queen of the animated screen returns to allure and entice audiences all over again in this fantastic compilation featuring many of her greatest adventures.
A symbol of the Depression era and a reminder of the more carefree days of the Roaring Twenties, Betty Boop's popularity was drawn largely from adult audiences; and the cartoons, while seemingly surreal, contained many risque and psychological elements.
All 12 shorts were produced by Max Fleischer and directed by his brother Dave Fleischer. Featuring the voices of Mae Questel, Bonnie Poe, Ann Little and Margie Hines as Betty Boop. Also featuring guest voices of Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Jack Mercer and William Pennell with music by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra and Don Redman and His Orchestra.
SHORTS:
- Minnie the Moocher (1932)
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932)
- Mother Goose Land (1933)
- The Old Man of the Mountain (1933)
- I Heard (1933)
- Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934)
- Stop That Noise (1935)
- Service With a Smile (1937)
- The New Deal Show (1937)
- Be Up to Date (1938)
- Out of the Inkwell (1938)
- Pudgy in Thrills and Chills (1938)
Upon its initial American release, Stranger on the Prowl's credits read: written and directed by Andrea Forzano. In truth Forzano was two people: screenwriter Ben Barzman (Back to Bataan) and director Joseph Losey (The Servant, The Lawless), both of whom had been blacklisted by Hollywood and were forced to work under pseudonyms.
The film stars screen legend Paul Muni (Scarface) as a disillusioned vagrant who accidentally kills a shop owner. While on the lam he befriends a young street urchin (Vittorio Manunta) who suspects the police are after him for stealing milk from the same shop owner. The police pursue the two lost souls through the war-torn streets and buildings of an Italian port city. This neorealist film noir was based on a story by novelist Noël Calef (Elevator to the Gallows).