Max Fleischer’s Betty Boop on LP Records
She was the queen of the animated screen and her cartoons were filled with great music, it wasn’t until the 1970’s that she made her debut on LP records.
Tag Archives: Betty Boop
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.
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.
