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Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character designed by Grim Natwick at the request of Max Fleischer. [a] [6] [7] [8] She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures.
The studio produced this short after discovering that Betty was very popular in Japan. [4] Animator Myron Waldman, worried that Betty's gestures might offend the conservative Japanese audience, asked a group of Japanese college students to review his work.
Freddie Eugene Owens (March 18, 1978 – September 20, 2024), alias Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, was an American man convicted and executed in South Carolina for the 1997 killing of Irene Grainger Graves, a convenience store clerk. Owens was 19 when he and an 18-year-old accomplice killed Graves during a robbery in November 1997.
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You is a 1932 American pre-Code Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Koko the Clown and Bimbo. [2] The cartoon features music by and a special guest appearance from jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra playing " You Rascal You ".
A sleepless Betty can't take the noise of the city anymore, and heads out into the country for some peace and quiet. She soon discovers that the country has its own problems, such as noisy ducks and irritable insects. In the end, Betty returns to her apartment and happily falls asleep amidst the sounds of the city.
Betty and Grampy are on an around-the-world flight when they are forced to crash-land on an apparently deserted island. Betty is upset with their situation, but Grampy quickly invents a number of gadgets that allow them all the comforts of home. Things again take a turn for the worse when a group of cannibals show up.
A live-action black janitor, played by Oscar Polk, best known for his portrayal as the servant "Pork" in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, studies hypnotism from a book while cleaning Max Fleischer's desk at the Fleischer studio. He manages to conjure Max's pen into drawing Betty Boop.
Making Stars is a 1935 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. [1] The short contains one of the earliest clear examples of the oriental riff that would become popular as a leitmotif for Asian culture following the release of the 1974 song Kung Fu Fighting.