Ultimately the mirror saves Betty and her friends and turns the queen into a hideous monster. After a series of mishaps the end up in a cave, Betty in what appears to be an 'ice coffin' the evil queen turns up and uses the mirror to turn Koko into a strange apparition that sings 'St, James Infirmary Blues'. It looks like she is doomed but they don't harm her. Betty Boop appears as the eponymous Snow White and her regular sidekicks Bimbo and Koko appear as a pair of Knights who are ordered to chop of her head when the queen's magic mirror says that Snow White is the fairest in the land. as one would expect from the Fleischer Brothers. Mention Snow White and everybody will immediately think of the Disney masterpiece this version made four years earlier is much more surreal though. The tape is worth it for this one short alone (although it's excellent and there are other great shorts here as well) and is most highly recommended!!!!!! A shot from the other end of the court at the buzzer and nothing but net!! You have got to see this if you love cartoons! In print and available. That's hard to do under any circumstance. Anyone who is a fan of both Koko and Cab Calloway (I may be the only one, although I hope not) will see both characters in one place at one time, a perfect blend without either dominating. The character is Koko, but the walk is Calloway and it works completely. Cab Calloway is caricatured in cartoons frequently in cartoons from others studios and is quite easily recognizable as Cab Calloway in them, but this is something completely different. The animators captured Cab Calloway's movements perfectly here. James Infirmary Blues", watch his movements. ![]() When Koko (voiced by Cab Calloway) sings "St. ![]() Everything about this short is fantastic! The music is perfect, the animation is superb and quite darkly creepy in spots, the story is excellent and everything fits together like a seamless jigsaw puzzle.
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