Be Up to Date | |
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Directed by | Dave Fleischer |
Produced by | Max Fleischer (producer) S. Roy Luby (associate producer) |
Starring | Mae Questel [1] |
Animation by | Thomas Johnson Harold Walker |
Color process | Black-and-white |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 7 mins |
Language | English |
Be Up to Date is a 1938 Betty Boop animated short film. [2]
Betty Boop's Traveling Department Store comes to Hillbillyville; the mountain folks find old uses for the new gadgets, such as using a waffle iron for ironing hair, or playing music, in which Betty joins in on the fun.
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