Betty Boop - Cartoon Idle

Betty Boop was strangely appealing, pure and virtuous yet coy and a little risque. While extruding innocence in her speech, her body language and voice inflections, she expressed sensuality.

Betty Boop was the Sex Symbol of the animated world and made for the adult audience.

Betty's figure was modeled after Mae West. Her singing style taken from the than popular Helen Kane the "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" girl. Betty's distinctive voice was usually done by May Questal.

There were more than one 100 Betty Boop cartoons made. In 1933, narrow minded, self righteous censorship laws put an end to it.

Now, more rational minds prevail, folks seem to still like the wit, the music and the charm of Betty Boop as much as ever.

A LITTLE BETTY BOOP HISTORY

Betty Boop's screen debut came in the 1930 film "Dizzy Dishes".

Betty had a style all her own, she could be daring and 
assertive all the time she had a coy innocence that charmed 
the  public.  Betty Boop was contagious and lovable.

By 1932 Betty was considered to be the first and only female 
animated screen star who could do everything: Drama, 
Musicals and Comedy. She had a place in society's heart and 
became a household topic of discussion.

Betty Boop was designed by Grim Natwick who invented 
improved cartoons, smooth and better speech. At first  Betty 
Boop was a dog with a human female body. Betty Boop first 
appeared as a human female was in "kitty from Kansas City" 
in 1931.

Over 80 Betty Boop cartoon's were made  from 1932 to 1939. 
Betty Boop's final cartoon was " Yip Yip Yippy" (1939).

She sang in a voice imitation of Helen Kane, a Paramount  
films singer was known as the "Boop Oop a Doop" girl. Betty 
Boop's voice had been done by several people, but mainly the
voice of Betty Boop was that of Mae Questel.

Betty's sexuality was shown in "Dizzy Red Riding Hood" and 
"You're Driving Me Crazy" (both in 1931) where her dress 
flies up and is pulled down by a nearby tree. Betty's top 
kept falling off showing her frilly bra. Betty Boop's 
cartoons were designed specifically for adults.
 
In 1933, some silly  censorship laws were enforced against 
cartoons. Betty's skirt was lowered, her garter gone. She 
took roles, like baby-sitter and school teacher. Other 
characters were added, but Betty Boop's last cartoon, "Yip 
Yip Yippy" was made in 1939. Both the daily and Sunday Betty 
Boop comic strips were drawn by Bud Counihan but the censors 
killed her.

Betty Boop - Cartoon Idle, was dead, but now remembered and 
coming back to life.

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