''I Heard'' is a 1933 Pre-Code

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film starring

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, and featuring Koko the Clown and Bimbo. The cartoon features music by and a special guest appearance from

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Don Redman and his Orchestra.

Plot

Workers from the Never Mine wash up before eating lunch at Betty Boop's Tavern, where Betty sings and dances while they dine. After lunch is over, the miners all return to work (and reapply their dirt and grime before entering the mine). An excited Bimbo runs around, singing "I Heard", and calls Betty to come down into the mine. She takes the dumbwaiter down, but the cable snaps and plunges to the bottom. The crash leaves her unhurt, but clad only in her lingerie (Bimbo obligingly returns her dress). The two discover a team of ghosts playing a game of

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, with a cartoon bomb as the ball. Bimbo and Betty head to the surface in the elevator, unwittingly carrying the bomb with them. They send it back down, and the resultant explosion fills all the railroad cars with

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. The ghosts are also blown into the air, and land in graves opened by a laughing Bimbo.

Notes and comments

*Songs in this short include the title track, "How'm I Doin'?", and "I Know a Girl Named Betty Boop," all sung by Don Redman and Mae Questel. *This short was the last appearance of Bimbo.

References

External links

Watch ''I Heard (uncensored)'' in fully restored HD at Laugh Bureau VintageI Heard on YouTube
1933 films Betty Boop cartoons Animated musical films American musical films 1930s American animated films American black-and-white films 1933 animated films Paramount Pictures short films Fleischer Studios short films Short films directed by Dave Fleischer {{BettyBoop-animation-film-stub