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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.
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 ".
When Betty finally shows up, she explains in song that her tardiness is due to a "cold in my 'nose'". Once the race begins, it's a real thriller-spiller, with even the spectators getting into the act—and catching Betty's cold in the process ("Ah, ah, CHOO!)" [ 3 ] Eventually, Betty wins the race.
At Betty Boop's Animal Hospital, various animals have appropriate ailments - a giraffe has a pain in the neck, a herring is pickled, etc. Morale becomes a problem until Professor Grampy comes to the rescue with a song and dance to cure the blues.
A Language All My Own; Directed by: Dave Fleischer: Story by: Jack Ward Thomas Johnson (all uncredited) [1] Produced by: Max Fleischer: Starring: Mae Questel [2] Music by: Sammy Timberg (uncredited) Animation by: Hicks Lokey Myron Waldman Edward Nolan (unc.) Lillian Friedman (unc.) Herman Cohen (unc.) Sam Stimson (unc.) [1] Color process: Black ...
Color process: Black-and-white: Production ... Language: English: ... Although this was billed as a Betty Boop cartoon, Betty Boop herself did not appear. ...
According to animator Grim Natwick, Betty Boop was modeled on Helen Kane. [1] Kane proved in court that she had been doing her act since at least 1923, five years before allegedly first seeing Esther. A PBS story that "became the quoted source for the news that Betty Boop was based on a real-life Black performer" was removed from the PBS website.
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.