

Betty Boop is one of four All American Rose Selections winners that will make their appearance in flower gardens in 1999. Betty Boop was America's first multi-talented female cartoon star, performing in drama, music, comedy, and fairy tales.ģ0. From then on, her only animal pals were silent pets.Ģ9. By 1934 the talking animals that had been Betty Boop's playmates were eliminated from the series. NTA Films colorized one hundred Betty Boop films to color to satisfy a television cartoon audience.Ģ8. Betty Boop was born in New York City, the home of Fleischer Studios at 1600 Broadway.Ģ7. The secret sign of the Betty Boop & Bimbo Club was to put both hands over the eyes and then over the mouth, meaning 'Keep your eyes open and your mouth closed.'Ģ6.

BWs platform was a good-natured poke at the election year pomposity. Betty Boop ran for President in 1980, sponsored by a group of bemused businessmen headed by Alan Abel. Betty Boop always wore her garter on her left leg.Ģ4. Betty Boop had no name or different names until she appeared in Betty Co-Ed.Ģ3. Bimbo's appearance changed in almost every one of the Talkartoons, he was a white dog in certain cartoons and black in others.Ģ2. Betty Boop's dress made this statement in Betty Boop's Ups and Downs (1932).Ģ1. Long before Marilyn Monroe's dress was blowing in the wind. In Betty Boop cartoons each second of film is comprised of 24 frames.Ģ0. Betty Boop coyly pulled her skirt down and it popped back up again in Barnacle Bill.ġ9. Betty Boop appeared in her underwear In Silly Scandals (1931) and Poor Cinderella(1934) more than three decades before Madonna was even born.ġ8. 'Riding the Rails' (1938) was nominated for an Oscar.ġ7. A wave of puritanical attacks and a costly strike in 1938 led to the end of Betty Boop Cartoons in 1939 with Yip Yip Yippyġ6. Betty Boop's signature voice - Mae Questel was also the talent for Olive Oyl and Little Audrey.ġ5. Betty Boop's voice was occasionally performed by Annabel Little aka Little Ann Little, Margie Heinz ( Margie Hines), Kate Wright and Bonnie Poe.ġ4. Betty Boop Confidential, a critically acclaimed feature-length cartoon retrospective, featured a collection of 11 Fleischer cartoons restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.ġ3. In the 1988 production of Who Framed Roger Rabbit Betty Boop was the only character not shown in color.ġ2. Great musical stars including Maurice Chevalier, Rudy Vallée, Ethel Merman, Louis Armstrong, and Cab Calloway were showcased in Betty Boop's cartoons.ġ1. Today there are 250 companies manufacturing Betty Boop licensed products in the United States and nearly as many abroad.ġ0. Betty Boop's Hollywood Mystery a second animated musical special, was televised by CBS in 1989.ĩ.

In 1933 the famous garter disappeared but the public's demand brought it back.Ĩ. In the 1930s Betty Boop was criticized for being too sexy.ħ. While known for cartoons, Betty Boop also appeared in two comic strips a radio show and two network animated musical specials.Ħ.

Betty Boop has starred in more than 100 cartoons.ĥ. Betty Boop was first seen in human form in the cartoon short Any Rags?(According to King Features), in fact her first appearance as a human girl was Mask-A-Raid.Ĥ. In her first cartoon appearance, Betty Boop was a dog character with long floppy ears and great legs.ģ. Betty Boop's first cartoon appearance was in the 1930 short Dizzy Dishes as a caricature of Helen Kane.Ģ.
