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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

The Notorious "Betty Boop"



Poor 'Betty Boop'. Not only did King Features/Fleischer Studios opt out of a full-length PG-rated animated feature, but Simon Cowell also failed to deliver on his touted partnering with Australian animation, special effects house Animal Logic Entertainment :


Betty Boop debuted in the 1930 cartoon short "Dizzy Dishes", the sixth installment in Max Fleischer's "Talkartoon" series...


...created as a curvy caricature of singer Helen Kane, imagined as an anthropomorphic French poodle. 


Fleischer finalized Betty as a human character in 1932 for the cartoon "Any Rags". 


Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girl's button-like nose.


Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Betty Boop"...