You Try Somebody Else

You Try Somebody Else

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You Try Somebody Else

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You Try Somebody Else
Name	You Try Somebody Else

Name	You Try Somebody Else (1931)

You Try Somebody Else is a 1932 Screen Song about a cat burglar who has just been released from prison. The burglar breaks into Betty Boop's house, and raids her icebox. Betty hears something in the kitchen, so she sneaks through the house in her nightwear with a shotgun, catching the robber in the process, sending him back to jail. The title song is performed by Ethel Merman.

Quotes

• Cat Burglar: "So long!"

• Cat Burglar: "Now for a new start!"

• Cat Burglar:"No use trying..."

• Cat Burglar: "Guess I'll read the paper. Ah, who's this?"

Characters

• Betty Boop
• Cat Burglar
• Ethel Merman

Cast & Crew

• Ethel Merman as herself
• Max Fleischer (Producer)
• Dave Fleischer (Director)
• Shamus Culhane (Animator)
• Sammy Timberg (Music)
• Lou Fleischer (Music)

Music

• "You Try Somebody Else"
• "The Prisoner's Song"
• "Turkey in the Straw"
• "Good-Night, Ladies"
• "Wintermärchen"

Gallery

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Trivia

• Released on the 29th of July in 1932.

• Betty Boop has a minor non-speaking role.

• While the cat reads the newspaper in jail, a photograph of Ethel Merman comes to life and she starts performing the song title "You Try Somebody Else".

• At the end of the animated sequence several prison inmates can be seen given the electric chair.

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