Part 1 https://youtu.be/06Ytt9UvClc
00:00: Betty Boop’s Rise to Fame
• Features rare test animation from Dizzy Dishes (1930) where Betty debuted as a poodle!
• Contains snippets of lost promotional reels from Paramount theaters
08:44: A Song a Day! (1936)
• Post-Code morality tale with Betty as music teacher
• Features "Little Jimmy" character (modeled after Dickie Moore)
15:35: A Hunting We Will Go (1932)
• Pre-Code gem with surreal animal transformations
• Controversial "blackface" crows scene (often censored)
21:15: Betty Boop and Little Nobody (1935)
• First full appearance of Pudgy the Pup
• Features rotoscoped baby movements (rare for Fleischer)
27:50: A Language All My Own (1935)
• Betty’s legendary scat-singing showcase
• Inspired Ella Fitzgerald’s vocal style
33:22: Swat the Fly (1935)
• Final Betty cartoon with Grampy the inventor
• Uses experimental "stereo sound" effects
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