Amorous hunters Bimbo and Koko set out to bag some furs for coat-loving Betty Boop, but things don't turn out the way they'd planned...Amorous hunters Bimbo and Koko set out to bag some furs for coat-loving Betty Boop, but things don't turn out the way they'd planned...Amorous hunters Bimbo and Koko set out to bag some furs for coat-loving Betty Boop, but things don't turn out the way they'd planned...
- Directors
- Stars
Ann Little
- Betty Boop
- (voice)
Billy Murray
- Bimbo
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Al Eugster(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe title is based upon the child's nursery rhyme A Hunting We Will Go.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Betty Boop: [singing] I want to have a fur coat, have a fur coat. / Not until then will I be happy.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
- SoundtracksA-Hunting We Will Go
Traditional
[Sung during the opening credits, played occasionally throughout the picture]
Featured review
Fleischer goes hunting
Fleischer were responsible for some brilliant cartoons, some of them still among my favourites. Their visual style was often stunning and some of the most imaginative and ahead of its time in animation.
The character of Betty Boop, one of their most famous and prolific characters, may not be for all tastes and sadly not as popular now, but her sex appeal was quite daring for the time and to me there is an adorable sensual charm about her. That charm, sensuality and adorable factor is not lost anywhere here, nor her comic timing. This is more Bimbo and Ko-Ko's cartoon though and both are terrific fun, the chemistry with Betty is cute too.
'A Hunting We Will Go' is not one of the best Betty Boop cartoons by all means, but certainly not among the worst, her lesser efforts all being when the Production Code was enforced, things became tame and what made the early pre-Code cartoons so good was somewhat lost. This said, it has all the elements that make her pre-Code cartoons so worthwhile and does do so much, almost everything, right and little wrong. The weak link is the story, which is basically events strung together.
However, the animation is outstanding, everything is beautifully and meticulously drawn and the whole cartoon is rich in visual detail and imagination. Every bit as good is the music score, which delivers on the energy, lusciousness and infectiousness, great for putting anybody in a good mood.
As hoped, the fun is ceaseless and while it is not exactly creative everything is very well timed and never dull. The ending is a nice surprise with a good moral. The voice work is fine.
On the whole, a lot of fun and a great watch visually and in entertainment. 8/10 Bethany Cox
The character of Betty Boop, one of their most famous and prolific characters, may not be for all tastes and sadly not as popular now, but her sex appeal was quite daring for the time and to me there is an adorable sensual charm about her. That charm, sensuality and adorable factor is not lost anywhere here, nor her comic timing. This is more Bimbo and Ko-Ko's cartoon though and both are terrific fun, the chemistry with Betty is cute too.
'A Hunting We Will Go' is not one of the best Betty Boop cartoons by all means, but certainly not among the worst, her lesser efforts all being when the Production Code was enforced, things became tame and what made the early pre-Code cartoons so good was somewhat lost. This said, it has all the elements that make her pre-Code cartoons so worthwhile and does do so much, almost everything, right and little wrong. The weak link is the story, which is basically events strung together.
However, the animation is outstanding, everything is beautifully and meticulously drawn and the whole cartoon is rich in visual detail and imagination. Every bit as good is the music score, which delivers on the energy, lusciousness and infectiousness, great for putting anybody in a good mood.
As hoped, the fun is ceaseless and while it is not exactly creative everything is very well timed and never dull. The ending is a nice surprise with a good moral. The voice work is fine.
On the whole, a lot of fun and a great watch visually and in entertainment. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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- Mar 29, 2018
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