Betty Boop's Prize Show

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Betty Boop's Prize Show
Directed by Dave Fleischer
Produced by Max Fleischer
Starring Mae Questel
Animation by Lillian Friedman
Myron Waldman
Color process Black-and-white
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • October 19, 1934 (1934-10-19)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Betty Boop's Prize Show is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. [1]

Contents

This is the second of a series of Betty Boop melodrama spoofs, which also included She Wronged Him Right (1934), No! No! A Thousand Times No!! (1935) and Honest Love and True (1938). [2]

Plot

Betty and her boyfriend, Freddy, are appearing on stage at the Slumberland Theatre. Betty is the school marm in an old style melodrama, and Freddy is the dashing hero, who rescues her from the clutches of Philip the Fiend.

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References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. Pointer, Ray (2017). The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer: American Animation Pioneer. McFarland & Co. p. 106. ISBN   978-1476663678 . Retrieved 9 February 2020.