Accordion Joe

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Name	(Betty Boop in Accordion Joe, sketch by Grim Natwick.)

Accordion Joe
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Name	Accordion Joe

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Accordion Joe

Accordion Joe^[1]

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Bimbo, a long-distance accordion champion's plane drops in Indian country. There, Bimbo makes violent and reciprocated love to an Indian maid. The tribe turns sour and plans a tomahawking party, but Bimbo's music turns them into jazz steppers instead.

Quotes

Betty Boop: "I love you, and you love me, funny little pale face boy."

Bimbo: "I play songs, the whole day long, with Indian baby by my side."

Betty Boop: "We make love, with stars above, making whoopie when moonshine."

Bimbo: "Catch a Broadway squaw I guess?"

Betty Boop: "Goodbye!"

Characters

Betty Boop
Bimbo
Accordion
Indian Tribe
Cactus

Cast & Crew

Margie Hines as Betty Boop
Billy Murray as Bimbo
Max Fleischer (Producer)
Dave Fleischer (Director)
Grim Natwick (Animator)
Ted Sears (Animator)

Music

"Accordion Joe"
"Pale Face Boy"

Gallery

Trivia

Betty Boop is said to be that of an Indian princess in this cartoon, she is depicted as Native American. Whereas in the official review for the Talkartoon she is referred to as a maid, which could be short for maiden.

In some scenes, Betty's moccasin shoes switch from flat slippers to high heels.

An archival copy exists at the University of California's Southern Regional Library Facility.

A hint that the cartoon was released in 1930 is that Betty debuted in the 1930 cartoon Dizzy Dishes. Betty's character design resembles her slimmer designs from the two Talkartoon film shorts Mysterious Mose and The Bum Bandit, cartoons that were released after Dizzy Dishes and Barnacle Bill.

The release date has been given as December 12, 1929 by several sources. However, December 12, 1930 is the copyright date.

Max Fleischer stated that the singing was provided by Margie Hines in this cartoon in the $250,000 Infringement Lawsuit documents.

The cartoon features outdated, offensive lyrics towards Indigenous North American women, which today is considered derogatory, racist and misogynist, the "pale" references by Betty towards Bimbo, can also be considered offensive.

Betty's pigtails, seem to replace her long floppy dog ears in this short.

The lost cartoon was ripped from a 16mm print and uploaded to social media by Cartoon Research, and was shared on the 26th of January, 2023.^[2]

Grim Natwick's early color concept for Betty Boop, has vivid red hair and blue eyes.^[3]