U.M.&M. T.V. Corp. Acquisitions - Burns and Allen, Betty Boop, Little Lulu, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Screen Songs, Raggedy Ann, Noveltoons (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Burns and Allen, Betty Boop, Little Lulu, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Screen Songs, Raggedy Ann, Noveltoons, Little Audrey, Gulliver's Travels, Color Classics, Out of the Inkwell, U.M.&M. T.V. Corp., Mr. Bug Goes to Town, Talkartoons, Herman and Katnip, List of Herman and Katnip cartoons, Koko the Clown, Puppetoons, Gabby, Hunky and Spunky, Bimbo. Excerpt: Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in comic strips and mass merchandising. Despite having been toned down in the mid-1930s to appear more demure, she became one of the most well-known and popular cartoon characters in the world. Helen Kane - the original Betty Boop and Bimbo in Minnie the Moocher (1932) Betty Boop in Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932)Betty Boop made her first appearance on August 9, 1930, in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes; the sixth installment in Fleischer's Talkartoon series. Although Clara Bow is often given as being the model for Boop, she actually began as a caricature of singer Helen Kane. The character was originally created as an anthropomorphic French poodle. Max Fleischer finalized Betty Boop as a human character in 1932, in the cartoon Any Rags. Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girl's button-like nose. Betty Boop appeared as a supporting character in 10 cartoons as a flapper girl with more heart than brains. In individual cartoons, she was called "Nancy Lee" or "Nan McGrew" - derived from the 1930 Helen Kane film Dangerous Nan McGrew - usually serving as a girlfriend to studio star, Bimbo. Betty's voice was first performed by Margie Hines, and was...