~ Interesting BOOP Facts ~

[Neckless]

In Betty Boop's second cartoon outing, the tunefully Halloweenesque tale of Mysterious Mose (1930), she wakes up to scary noises in the old dark house.

A couple things to note here is that while Betty is the familiar flapper singer, she still has the long dangling ears because she was created to be Bimbo the Dog's girlfriend. And second, for this very reason, Bimbo has first billing in the opening credits, despite that the script treats Betty as the star.

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Betty has a large range of facial expressions in Mysterious Mose & she's sexily animated, despite those odd ears. Dog-Betty was designed by Grim Natwick rather than the Fleischer brothers, & his penchant for the macabre is all over Mysterious Mose as well, in which he refined Betty into the beautiful flapper but so loving the odd he just couldn't let go of her having doggy ears, only later replacing the dog ears with hoop earrings to keep the visual balance.

[Neckless]

Betty Boop's Origins, 1930

Mae Questel (1908-1998), shown here, provided the voice of Betty Boop exclusively from at least 1932 to 1939. She also sang in the very first Betty cartoon in 1930, but did not voice Betty regularly until 1932.

http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/filmimages/mae-questel.jpg

She also voiced Olive Oyl, which is obvious only after you know it. She continued to be Olive long after Betty's heyday ended, & extended her voice work to Little Lulu, Little Audrey & Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Her last public outing as the voice of Betty was in old age, as she could still do the Bronxy baby voice in 1988 for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, where Betty is shown in reduced circumstances, working as a cocktail waitress because there's just no work anymore for black & white characters.

[richard kolasch]

Very good facts on Betty Boop.

[Bikerbettyboop]

Thanks for sharing these BB facts!!!

[Neckless]

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The man who gave Betty her boop-oop-a-doop

Read the story...It's Interesting.

Sammy’s career in pictures began with “Musical Justice,” a 1931 short starring crooner Rudy Vallee and Mae Questel as a live-action Betty Boop. The highlight of the film is a Timberg ditty called “Don’t Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away,” which would be sung again by the cartoon version of Betty a few weeks later in Sammy’s first animated short. And with that, Timberg & Boop became a comedy team for the ages.

http://www.thevillager.com/villager_295/themanwhogave.html

[richard kolasch]

http://www.thevillager.com/villager_295/boody.jpg

The man who gave Betty her boop-oop-a-doop

Read the story...It's Interesting.

Sammy’s career in pictures began with “Musical Justice,” a 1931 short starring crooner Rudy Vallee and Mae Questel as a live-action Betty Boop. The highlight of the film is a Timberg ditty called “Don’t Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away,” which would be sung again by the cartoon version of Betty a few weeks later in Sammy’s first animated short. And with that, Timberg & Boop became a comedy team for the ages.

http://www.thevillager.com/villager_295/themanwhogave.html

Very nice Neckless

[Bikerbettyboop]

Isn't Betty's career an interesting story?

[richard kolasch]

Isn't Betty's career an interesting story?

Yes it is,I like to look at storys about Betty Boop.

[Neckless]

Hmmmm...Dah-dah-de
La-la-de-dah!!



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[Bikerbettyboop]

cute!! Thanks for sharing this picture.