Max and Dave: Betty Boop 1933-34 – Betty Meets Her Match
As the 1933-34 season began, Betty Boop seemed to be holding her popularity. However, she was about to meet a character that would knock her for a row of spinach cans.
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Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1933
The depression continued on, but seemed more bearable with the reappearance of beer. Betty Boop’s campaign promise from her run for president had finally come to pass.
Max and Dave: Betty Boop 1933… Things are Looking Up!
By early 1933, Betty Boop appeared to be on top of the world. Not only enjoying great success on screen, but crossing over into the realm of the phonograph record.
Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1932-33
Miss Betty Boop was proving to be a charmer, in both the Screen Songs and in her own series, where sense of humor remained as anarchic as ever.
Betty Boop 1932-33: A Talkartoon By Any Other Name…
Bimbo washes up on a tropical isle in his outboard, landing in the canoe of native girl Betty (whose reaction of “Holy Smack” may be a curious ad lib).
Max and Dave “Screen Songs” 1932: More of Your Favorite Radio Stars
As the 1931-32 season ended, the Fleischer Screen Songs were starting to feature more live action sequences with favorite radio stars and Broadway personalities.
The End of the “Talkartoons”
In this instalment we cover these final episodes, as the Talkartoons became virtually indistinguishable from the “new” Boop series which would immediately follow.
1931-32 Talkartoons: Give Us More Betty!
It was becoming clear that Betty Boop was the star of the Talkartoon series. I wonder how much of a surprise this was to Max and Dave.
Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1932 – More Live Footage
During the remainder of the 1931-32 season, the Screen Songs began to feature more live footage from well known radio artists.
Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1931-32: Slight Changes
Just as the Talkartoons developed during the 1931-32 season, the Screen Songs had developed too. They began to use more up to date song material, rather than relics.
