House Cleaning Blues
| House Cleaning Blues | |
|---|---|
| Betty Boop series | |
 | |
| Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
| Produced by | Max Fleischer |
| Voices by |
Mae Questel (as Betty Boop-uncredited) Jack Mercer (as Grampy-uncredited) |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg |
| Animation by |
Eli Brucker David Tendlar |
| Studio | Fleischner Studios |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 15, 1937 |
| Color process | Black-and-white |
| Running time | 6mins |
| Language | English |
House Cleaning Blues is a 1937 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Grampy.
Synopsis
Betty wakes up in the morning after her birthday party. The house is a shamble, and Betty is not looking forward to cleaning up. She sings the title song while struggling with her chores. Grampy shows up to take Betty out for a drive, but Betty can't leave until everything is tidy.
Grampy literally puts on his thinking cap (a mortarboard with a lightbulb on top), and invents a host of labor-saving devices: a cuckoo clock powered dishwasher, a combination bicycle and floor scrubber, and a player piano that folds laundry. In no time at all, the dancing inventor has the house spic and span, just in time to take Betty for a spin in his automobile (which features a built-in soda fountain).
Notes
- This is the first episode in which Betty doesn't have a separated layer of her hair shown.