''Making Stars'' is a 1935

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film, starring

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. The short contains one of the earliest clear examples of the

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that would become popular as a

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for Asian culture following the release of the 1974 song ''

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''.

Synopsis

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

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babies singing "Hi De Ho"), an Asian baby marksman, and a bouncing

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baby named "Little Miss Trotsky."

References

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