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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Making Stars<br />
| image = Making Stars (1935).webm{{!}}thumbtime=4<br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[Dave Fleischer]]<br />
| story = <br />
| animator = [[Edward Nolan (animator)|Edward Nolan]]<br />Herman Cohen<br />[[Myron Waldman]]<br />[[Hicks Lokey]]<br />[[Lillian Friedman Astor|Lillian Friedman]]<br />[[Frank Endres]]<br />[[Ted Vosk]]<br />[[Sam Stimson]] (uncredited) <br />
| starring = [[Mae Questel]] <br />
| music = <br />
| producer = [[Max Fleischer]]<br />
| studio = [[Fleischer Studios]]<br />
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1935|10|18}}<br />
| country = United States<br />
| color_process = [[Black-and-white]]<br />
| runtime = 7 minutes<br />
| language = English<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Making Stars''''' is a 1935 [[Fleischer Studios]] [[animated short]] film, starring [[Betty Boop]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/56/mode/2up |pages=54–56}}</ref> The short contains one of the earliest clear examples of the [[oriental riff]] that would become popular as a [[leitmotif]] for Asian culture following the release of the 1974 song ''[[Kung Fu Fighting]]''.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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Betty is the MC of "Making Stars", a stage revue introducing the "stars of tomorrow": a series of performing babies. Acts include the Colorful 3 (a trio of stereotyped [[Blackface|Black]] babies singing "Hi De Ho"), an [[Asian people|Asian]] baby marksman, and a bouncing [[Russians|Russian]] baby named "Little Miss Trotsky."<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* ''Making Stars'' on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnEB0Hh5bsI YouTube].<br />
* ''Making Stars'' at the [https://archive.today/20130117171839/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1680-Making_Stars.html Big Cartoon Database].<br />
* ''Making Stars'' at [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026669/ IMDb].<br />
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