Kitty from Kansas City (film)

Kitty from Kansas City is a 1931 animated short film which is presented by Max Fleischer[1] and was originally released by Paramount Pictures.

[2] The film, with features Betty Boop as she attempts to comically get to Rudy Valley,[1] features a sing-along of the song "Kitty From Kansas City",[1] a song that Vallee released on vinyl via the Victor record label.

[1] The film begins with Betty Boop walking to the train station, with her cat, parrot and her suitcase.

After descending onto the station, she asks a railroad worker about the distance between her current location and to 'Rudy Valley'.

The man then breaks the 4th wall, by asking the audience if they would be interested in hearing a song about his old girlfriend, whose name was Kitty.

[1] She attempts to go to 'Rudy Valley', which is a pun on Rudy Vallee, who (according to the song) was Kitty's former boyfriend.

The film also features a cameo from Rudy Vallee,[1] who is originally portrayed in a disguise.

[1] Kitty from Kansas City received mixed reviews from the cinema magazines at that time.

[2] Variety said that the film had "too much of a buildup for a tune made popular some time back by Rudy Vallee".