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Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character designed by Grim Natwick at the request of Max Fleischer. [a] [6] [7] [8] She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures.
The Old Man of the Mountain is a 1933 American pre-Code live-action/animated short in the Betty Boop series, produced by Fleischer Studios. [1] Featuring music by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra (as with Minnie the Moocher), the short was originally released to theaters on August 4, 1933, by Paramount Pictures.
The following is a list of films and other media in which Betty Boop has appeared. She was featured in 126 theatrical cartoons between 1930 and 1939 (89 in her own series and 37 in the Talkartoons, Screen Songs and Color Classics series).
On its initial release this Betty Boop animated short was banned for depicting Hell in a humoristic manner, which was deemed blasphemous. [21] 1953–present I Vinti: Refused a certificate by the British Board of Film Censors in 1954, and never subsequently resubmitted for theatrical or home release since. [22] 1954–1967 The Wild One
When the short was originally released, it contained a scene showing Betty singing Helen Kane's song "That's My Weakness Now". Kane, who was involved in a lawsuit over Betty's resemblance to her, complained, and the studios were forced to remove the scene from future prints. Clips from this short were later reused in 1934's Betty Boop's Rise to ...
Under Breen's leadership, which lasted until his retirement in 1954, enforcement of the Production Code became notoriously rigid. Even cartoon sex symbol Betty Boop had to change her characteristic flapper personality and dress, adopting an old-fashioned, near-matronly appearance. However, by 1934, the prohibition against miscegenation was ...
Popeye the Sailor (titled onscreen as Popeye the Sailor with Betty Boop [citation needed]) is a 1933 animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Publix Corporation. While billed as a Betty Boop cartoon, it was produced as a vehicle for Popeye in his debut animated appearance.
Poor Cinderella (original title as Betty Boop in Poor Cinderella) is a 1934 Fleischer Studios-animated short film featuring Betty Boop. [2] Poor Cinderella was Fleischer Studios' first color film, and the only appearance of Betty Boop in color during the Fleischer era. It was the first Paramount Pictures animated short in color.