This is an early Screen Song produced by the Fleischer studio. There will be spoilers ahead:
The Fleischer studio had a series of shorts called Screen Songs, which consisted of a relatively short animated sequence at the start, then a singalong for the movie theater audience, with the words projected on the screen and accompanied by a "bouncing ball" as a cue to the lyrics being sung. The title of the short would generally be the song title. As the series progressed, the Fleischers would add live action footage of an artist performing the song to the mix, but the early ones had only the animation in front, the singalong and a brief bit of animation closing out the short. The series concept was carried over to Famous Studios when Paramount made the break with Fleischer.
Bedelia has some engaging and humorous animation at the start, with a guy driving to pick up his sweetheart, Bedelia. He drives a rather helpful car, as it helps him blow his nose at one point. He gets to Bedelia's home and he calls up to the sleeping Bedelia, who awakens, puts on a wig and puts in her teeth and runs for the window. Between the teeth falling out and the wig and dress falling off, Bedelia is having trouble keeping everything together.
She looks out upon her suitor and becomes annoyed, probably because he's belly dancing. She throws something at him, hitting him and squashing him. Then comes the song cue and the singalong begins. Bedelia is largely forgotten today, which is understandable, because there isn't much to engage the listener for terribly long. The animated antics of the guy during the second go-round of the singalong are good, but the song is mediocre.
This short can be seen online and is recommended for the animation.
The Fleischer studio had a series of shorts called Screen Songs, which consisted of a relatively short animated sequence at the start, then a singalong for the movie theater audience, with the words projected on the screen and accompanied by a "bouncing ball" as a cue to the lyrics being sung. The title of the short would generally be the song title. As the series progressed, the Fleischers would add live action footage of an artist performing the song to the mix, but the early ones had only the animation in front, the singalong and a brief bit of animation closing out the short. The series concept was carried over to Famous Studios when Paramount made the break with Fleischer.
Bedelia has some engaging and humorous animation at the start, with a guy driving to pick up his sweetheart, Bedelia. He drives a rather helpful car, as it helps him blow his nose at one point. He gets to Bedelia's home and he calls up to the sleeping Bedelia, who awakens, puts on a wig and puts in her teeth and runs for the window. Between the teeth falling out and the wig and dress falling off, Bedelia is having trouble keeping everything together.
She looks out upon her suitor and becomes annoyed, probably because he's belly dancing. She throws something at him, hitting him and squashing him. Then comes the song cue and the singalong begins. Bedelia is largely forgotten today, which is understandable, because there isn't much to engage the listener for terribly long. The animated antics of the guy during the second go-round of the singalong are good, but the song is mediocre.
This short can be seen online and is recommended for the animation.
