Max and Dave: Betty Boop 1938-39 – Swingin’ to The End
Boop by this time was frequently relegated to second chair, taking a definite back seat to her supporting cast.
Boop by this time was frequently relegated to second chair, taking a definite back seat to her supporting cast.
Today to celebrate installment #400 of Suspended Animation, I am returning to my original format of random anecdotes.
Even if her cartoons could be broken down into sub-series (Pudgy, Grampy, etc.), Betty was still expected to do her songs.
The conventional wisdom is there is something missing from these cartoons than those in the pre-code years. But the music was just as lively.
– and Fleischer’s ‘Betty Boop and the Little King’ with Original Titles!
If some viewers missed the spice of the earlier Boop cartoons, at least the folks at Paramount seemed to be happy.
Fire your imagination! Ignite your passions! It’s chapter three of our rundown of cartoons dealing with fire and firefighters.
In a number of these cartoons, she ceded the spotlight to subsidiary characters, most notably a dog named Pudgy, and an old inventor named Grampy.
It’s really fun to see a Betty Boop you’ve never seen before, and today you’ll see clips from two.
Exposed garters were out. Long dresses were the order of the day. And “hotcha” numbers gave way to preachy songs about tolerance and other life lessons.