The Candid Candidate

The Candid Candidate
Directed byDave Fleischer
Produced byMax Fleischer
StarringMae Questel (Betty Boop)
Everett Clark
(Grampy)[1][2]
Jack Mercer
(additional voices)[3]
Music bySammy Timberg
Animation byLillian Friedman[2]
Myron Waldman
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 27, 1937 (1937-08-27)
Running time
7 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Candid Candidate is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop and Grampy.[4]

Synopsis

Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy for Mayor, and wins by one vote (despite the fact the town's paper says it's a landslide). However, he later finds out the job isn't as glamorous as he thought. Nonetheless, he helps solve some of the city's issues, such as building a free bridge on the river, creating a public automatic root beer stand, etc., and the townspeople love him.

References

  1. ^ Komorowski, Thad (September 15, 2014). "Fleischer Promo Art #16: "Betty Slays 'Em!"". Cartoon Research. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
  3. ^ "Jack Mercer Interview - Voice Actor of Popeye". YouTube: Lost Coconut Archive. June 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  • The Candid Candidate on Youtube.
  • The Candid Candidate at IMDb.


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