Betty Boop - 1930 - Mysterious Mose - Fleischer Studios -

Mysterious Mose : December 26, 1930 (Fleischer Studios) Mysterious Mose is a 1930 Fleischer Studios Talkartoon animated short released through Paramount Pictures. It was released in late December the same year. This film contains an early version of Betty Boop and the studio’s star, Bimbo. Mysterious Mose was a song from early 1930, first performed by Walter Doyle and his Orchestra. There are numerous recordings of the song, including Cliff Perrine and his Orchestra. It was written by Walter Doyle and recorded for Columbia in April 1930 by Rube Bloom and His Bayou Boys. Betty is startled awake in her bed on a stormy night. She searches for the cause of the shock while she sings the song. Then, unexplainable phenomena start happening in the house. Mysterious Mose (Bimbo) appears, and sings part of the song. Bizarre cartoon creatures appear and, at first, sing and enhance Mose’s “mysterious“ image. Quickly, however, the antics become frightful even to Mose. The film escala