| Admission Free | |
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| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Starring | Billy Murray Mae Questel |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg |
| Animation by | Rudolph Eggeman Thomas Johnson Shamus Culhane (uncredited) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Publix Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Admission Free is a 1932Pre-CodeFleischer StudiosTalkartoonanimated short film starringBetty Boop and featuringBimbo andKoko the Clown.[1]
Betty Boop works at apenny arcade. While singing "Change! Come get your pennies! Change! Your ten and twenties!", she givesKoko the Clown change and thenBimbo who flirts with Betty. While Bimbo contemplates images on a machine, a visual and gestural relationship is established between them.
Then Bimbo goes to ashooting gallery, where he will test his aim. When Betty is questioned by arabbit, Bimbo chases after him, moving the action to a totally different setting: a forest. There, the forest happens to have very curious situations. Betty and Bimbo then ride into the sky on a fireworkrocket.
Tunes on the soundtrack include "The Bowery" (which is heard at the beginning and at the end), "Shine" (sung by Betty with alternative lyrics), "Oh, You Beautiful Doll", "Where Do You Work-a, John?", "You're Driving Me Crazy", "The Sidewalks of New York", "A-Hunting We Will Go", "Goodnight, Ladies", "Anvil Chorus" fromIl trovatore and "A Hot Time in the Old Town".
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