Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941)

Name: Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
Released: 1941-03-27

Running Time

March 27, 1941
Release Date

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Plot.

Lazy black folks in Lazy Town (Pop. 123½) are napping and attracting flies. They are so lethargic they even fight in slow motion. Then a riverboat arrives with a red hot mama on board. Faster than you can say "Jim Crow", she has everyone moving to a Harlem boogie beat, dancing, scrubbing clothes, and eating watermelon. As the boogie-woogie comes to a close, Mammy hoists her skirt. Her big bottom reads "The End".

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Cast & Crew.

Ivie Anderson

The Girl (voice)

Mel Blanc

Boat Captain / Mammy / Fighter One / Fighter Two / Various (voice)

Walter Lantz

Director / Producer

Frank Tipper

Animation

Don Raye

Music

Laverne Harding

Animation

Alex Lovy

Animation

Ben Hardaway

Story

Details.

Release Date
March 27, 1941

Status
Released

Running Time
7m

Genres
Animation Comedy Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

"Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat" is a 1940 hit boogie-woogie popular song written by Don Raye. A bawdy, jazzy tune, the song describes a laundry woman from Harlem, New York whose technique is so unusual that people come from all around just to watch her scrub. The Andrews Sisters and Will Bradley & His Orchestra recorded the most successful pop versions of the song, but it is today best recognized as the centerpiece of an eponymous and controversial Walter Lantz Studio cartoon from 1941, distributed by Universal Pictures.