In the 1932 Fleischer Studios Betty Boop cartoon “Minnie the Moocher,” Betty and her puppy friend Bimbo run away from home. They take shelter in a cave, only to be confronted by terrifying supernatural beings… one of whom is Cab Calloway in the form of a walrus ghost who moves in weirdly human manner.

Cartoon legend Max Fleischer invented the Rotoscoping technique and used it to animate bandleader Calloway into the cartoon with uncanny results..

Click here to read about how it was done and to watch the classic cartoon in its entirety at Atlas Obscura. 

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