''Musical Justice'' is a 1931

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

musical short starring

Betty Boop Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick.Pointer (2017) She originally appeared in the ''Talkartoon'' and ''Betty Boop'' film series, which were produced by Fleischer ...

and Rudy Vallée.

Plot summary

''Musical Justice'' stars Rudy Vallée as judge and His Connecticut Yankees as jury presiding over the Court of Musical Justice. The judge hears three separate cases. The final case is the ''State vs.

'', in which the judge tells Betty Boop ( Mae Questel) that "she has broken every law of music". Boop's rendition of "

Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away "Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away" is a song, written by Sammy Timberg. It was first recorded for the short film '' Musical Justice'', with a vocal by Mae Questel. It was then used in the 1932 Betty Boop Talkartoons cartoon '' Boop-Oop-a-Doop' ...

" results in a verdict of not guilty.

Cast

* Rudy Vallée as Judge * Victor Young as Judicial Bandleader * Mae Questel as

Soundtrack

" music by

Sammy Timberg Samuel Timberg (May 21, 1903 – August 26, 1992) was an American musician and composer for the stage, film studios, and television. Biography Timberg was born in New York City to a Jewish family originating in Austria, youngest son of Israel and ...

:Sung by Mae Questel

Production background

*This is one of only two movies to portray a live-action Betty Boop. The other is a 1932 episode of the Paramount series ''

Hollywood on Parade ''Hollywood on Parade'' (1932–1934) is a series of short subjects released by Paramount Pictures. Production background One short (# B-9) is frequently misidentified as future Stooge Curly Howard's first appearance on film, as cited by histor ...

'', in which Bonnie Poe portrays Betty Boop. *According to a draft of the script, Betty Boop was originally to be played in ''Musical Justice'' by Margie Hines.

External links

* Paramount Pictures short films 1931 musical films Betty Boop 1931 films American short films American black-and-white films American musical films 1931 short films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{musical-film-stub