Animation Anecdotes #362
In 1993, it was announced in the trades that Betty Boop would make her animated feature film debut for MGM by the Zanuck Company – but the film was never made.
Tag Archives: Betty Boop
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1984
The Academy shorts branch had to sit through the Bill Melendez Betty Boop special. That ought to teach ’em for never awarding anything to Max Fleischer.
A Who’s Who Guide To Home Movie Cartoons – Part 1: Carnival Films!
Today- a little about ‘Carnival Films’, a tiny company who’s history remains a mystery!
Halloween Cartoons Revisited!
It’s become a yearly tradition here at Cartoon Research to ask what your favorite Halloween cartoons are. Here are some of mine.
Sing Me A Cartoon #14: Betty Boop’s Platter Party
Of the various girls who are said to have done the voice of Betty Boop, none made more out of it than Mae Questel.
Sing me A Cartoon #13: The Girl With Three Theme Songs
When Max Fleischer started the Betty Boop series, the “music people” at the studio were already onto what was required: a theme song.
Hi-De-Ho: Cab Calloway and Cartoons – Part 1
As most of us know, Cab Calloway did three shorts for Max Fleischer. They are familiar–old friends–to many of us animation buffs.
Animation Anecdotes #311
Rapper Ice-T told SPY magazine in 1994 that as a kid, “I watched cartoons like Winky Dink. Winky Dink, man! Winky Dink was some O.G. (Original Gangster).”
Two (Funny) Faces have I – and Popeye / Betty Boop ‘Special’ set
Oddly, there are two versions of Funny Face. The one still extant in 35mm is a ‘second’ version of the film, with closeups of the Betty Boop-esqe character redrawn, changing her hair style.
Betty Boop and Pudgy in “My Friend The Monkey”
This week, Pudgy is back again, with a mischievous little “monk”! Betty Boop’s last few cartoons were released around 1939, and this cartoon signifies how inconsequential the series had become….
