Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid (1929)
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- 5min
- Family, Animation
- 01 May 1929 (USA)
- Short
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Cast
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Rudolf Ising | ... |
Cartoonist (uncredited)
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Carman Maxwell | ... |
Bosko (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
| Hugh Harman | ... | (uncredited) |
| Rudolf Ising | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
| Friz Freleng | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
| Hugh Harman | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
| Rudolf Ising | ... | (story) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Hugh Harman | ... | producer |
| Rudolf Ising | ... | producer |
| Leon Schlesinger | ... | associate producer |
Animation Department
| Norm Blackburn | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Friz Freleng | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Rollin Hamilton | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Hugh Harman | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Rudolf Ising | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Carman Maxwell | ... | animator (uncredited) |
| Paul J. Smith | ... | animator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1929) (United States) (theatrical) (as The Vitaphone Corporation)
- Vitagraph Limited (1929) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2003) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
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A cartoonist named Rudolf Ising sits at his drawing board, smoking a cigarette and crumpling up his latest drawing. He tries a new drawing, and this time he produces Bosko, a caricatured Negro boy with a simple, rounded design. Once finished, Bosko becomes animate on the paper. "Well, here I is," he declares to the mildly surprised cartoonist. "And I shore feel good!" Bosko proceeds to dance, play the piano--and sing. But his singing is so bad that the cartoonist sucks Bosko back into his ink pen and then pours him into his inkwell. But the end of this demo reel proves that Bosko can't be beaten so easily. Written by J. Spurlin |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This is believed to be the first cartoon to use extensive synchronized speech. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in A ToonHeads Special: The Lost Cartoons (2000). See more » |
| Soundtracks | The Sidewalks of New York See more » |
| Quotes |
[first lines]
Bosko: Well, here I is, and I shore feel good! Cartoonist: Oh-ho, you feel good, do you? Bosko: [pointing to the instrument with which he has just been created] Yeah, I's just out of da pen! See more » |