Betty Boop's Little Pal

Betty Boop's Little Pal
Directed by	Dave Fleischer
Produced by	Max Fleischer
Starring	Mae Questel
Animation by	Edward Nolan Myron Waldman
Color process	Black-and-white
Production company	Fleischer Studios
Distributed by	Paramount Publix Corporation
Release date	September 21, 1934 (1934-09-21)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Betty Boop's Little Pal is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Pudgy the Puppy (in his first appearance). ^[1]

Plot

Betty and her puppy Pudgy are on a picnic, but find it hard to enjoy the day when Pudgy ruins it and is sent home. Meanwhile, a dogcatcher is intent on capturing Pudgy, but the other dogs in the catcher's cage manage to escape him, and soon the two are reunited happily.

Notes

• This is the last Betty Boop cartoon in which Betty wears her famous flapper suit.
• This is the first time Betty spanks Pudgy for punishment.
• Clips of the redrawn colorized version were used in the compilation movie Betty Boop For President: The Movie (1980).

References

1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.

External links

• Betty Boop's Little Pal at the Big Cartoon Database ^{[ dead link ‍]}.
• Betty Boop's Little Pal on YouTube.
• Betty Boop's Little Pal at IMDb