Betty Boop filmography | |
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Short films | 89 |
Television movies | 2 |
The following is a list of films and other media in which Betty Boop has appeared. She was featured in 126 theatrical cartoons between 1930 and 1939 (89 in her own series and 37 in the Talkartoons, Screen Songs and Color Classics series).
Starting in 2013, Olive Films released the non-public domain cartoons on Blu-ray and DVD in four "Essential Collection" volumes, although they were restored from the original television internegatives that carried the altered opening and closing credits. Volume 1 was released on August 20, 2013,[1] and Volume 2 on September 24, 2013.[2] Volume 3 was released on April 29, 2014, and Volume 4 on September 30, 2014.[3][4]
In May 2022, animator and archivist Steve Stanchfield released a Blu-Ray collection titled "The Other Betty Boop Cartoons, Volume 1" through his label Thunderbean Animation, which features public domain cartoons that were not on the Olive Films sets. It includes the long-lost, recently discovered cartoon Honest Love and True.[5]
Appearances in Talkartoons, Screen Songs and Color Classics series
[edit]Note: see the Talkartoons, Screen Songs and Color Classics filmographies for additional respective entries in all three series.
1930[edit] | ||||||
No. | Film | Animated By | Original release date | Series | Availability | Notes |
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1 | Dizzy Dishes | Grim Natwick, Ted Sears | August 9 | Talkartoons | Betty Boop Essential Collection (BBEC) Volume 21 |
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2 | Barnacle Bill | Rudy Zamora, Seymour Kneitel | August 25 | Talkartoons | Betty Boop Definitive Collection (BBDC) VHS Volume 1 | |
3 | Accordion Joe | Ted Sears, Grim Natwick | December 13 | Talkartoons | no modern physical media | |
4 | Mysterious Mose | Willard Bowsky, Ted Sears, Grim Natwick (uncredited) | December 29 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 1 | |
1931[edit] | ||||||
5 | Teacher's Pest | Grim Natwick, Seymour Kneitel | February 7 | Talkartoons | no modern physical media |
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6 | The Bum Bandit | Willard Bowsky, Al Eugster, Grim Natwick (uncredited) | April 6 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 1 |
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7 | Silly Scandals | Grim Natwick | May 23 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 1 |
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8 | Bimbo's Initiation | Grim Natwick (uncredited) | July 27 | Talkartoons | BBEC Volume 21 |
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9 | Bimbo's Express | Unknown | August 22 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 1 | |
10 | Minding the Baby | James Culhane, Bernard Wolf | September 28 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 1 |
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11 | Kitty from Kansas City (music by Rudy Vallée) | Unknown | October 31 | Screen Songs | BBDC VHS Volume 2 |
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12 | Mask-A-Raid | Al Eugster, James Culhane | November 9 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 1 |
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13 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Seymour Kneitel, Myron Waldman | November 14 | Screen Songs | no modern physical media |
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14 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Unknown | November 22 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 4 |
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15 | Dizzy Red Riding Hood | Grim Natwick | December 12 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 4 | |
1932[edit] | ||||||
16 | Any Rags? | Willard Bowsky, Thomas Bonfiglio | January 5 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 6 |
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17 | Boop-Oop-a-Doop | Unknown | January 16 | Talkartoons | BBEC Volume 2 |
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18 | The Robot | Unknown | February 8 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 3 |
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19 | Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (music by The Round Towners Quartet) | Unknown | March 4 | Screen Songs | no modern physical media | |
20 | Minnie the Moocher (music by Cab Calloway) | Willard Bowsky, Ralph Somerville | March 11 | Talkartoons | BBEC Volume 3 |
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21 | Swim or Sink | James Culhane, David Tendlar | March 13 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 2 | |
22 | Crazy Town | James Culhane, David Tendlar | March 25 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 3 | |
23 | Just One More Chance | Unknown | April 1 | Screen Songs | no modern physical media | |
24 | The Dancing Fool | Seymour Kneitel, Benard Wolf | April 6 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 3 | |
25 | Chess-Nuts | James Culhane, William Henning | April 18 | Talkartoons | BBEC Volume 1 | |
26 | Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning | Unknown | April 22 | Screen Songs | BBDC VHS Volume 3 | |
27 | A-Hunting We Will Go | Al Eugster, Rudolph Eggeman | May 3 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 2 | |
28 | Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Music by Ethel Merman) | Unknown | May 20 | Screen Songs | BBDC VHS Volume 3 | |
29 | Admission Free | Thomas Johnson, Rudolph Eggeman | June 12 | Talkartoons | BBDC VHS Volume 3 | |
30 | The Betty Boop Limited | Willard Bowsky, Thomas Bonfiglio | July 18 | Talkartoons | BBEC Volume 2 |
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31 | You Try Somebody Else (Music by Ethel Merman) | Unknown | July 29 | Screen Songs | BBDC VHS Volume 2 |
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32 | Rudy Vallee Melodies (Music by Rudy Vallée) | Unknown | August 5 | Screen Songs | BBDC VHS Volume 2 | |
33 | Just a Gigolo (Music by Irene Bordoni) | Unknown | September 9 | Screen Songs | BBDC VHS Volume 3 | |
34 | Romantic Melodies (Music by Arthur Tracy) | Unknown | October 21 | Screen Songs | BBDC VHS Volume 3 | |
35 | Time on My Hands (Music by Ethel Merman) | Unknown | December 23 | Screen Songs | no modern physical media |
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1933[edit] | ||||||
36 | Popular Melodies (Music by Arthur Jarrett) | Unknown | April 7 | Screen Songs | BBDC VHS Volume 3 |
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1934[edit] | ||||||
37 | Poor Cinderella | Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall, William Henning | August 3 | Color Classics | BBEC Volume 4 |
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Betty Boop series
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1932[edit] | ||||
No. | Film | Animated by | Original release date | Availability |
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1 | Stopping the Show (with Fanny Brice and Maurice Chevalier) | Roland Crandall, Rudolph Eggeman | 12 August | BBEC Volume 41 |
2 | Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee | Seymour Kneitel, Bernard Wolf | 19 August | BBEC Volume 22 |
3 | Betty Boop, M.D. | Willard Bowsky, Thomas Goodson | 2 September | BBEC Volume 13 |
4 | Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (music by Royal Samoans and Miri) | Seymour Kneitel, Bernard Wolf | 23 September | BBEC Volume 1 |
5 | Betty Boop's Ups and Downs | Willard Bowsky, Ugo D'Orsi | 14 October | BBEC Volume 2 |
6 | Betty Boop for President | Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall | 4 November | BBEC Volume 1 |
7 | I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (music by Louis Armstrong) | Willard Bowsky, Ralph Somerville | 25 November | BBEC Volume 34 |
8 | Betty Boop's Museum | William Henning, Reuben Timinsky | 16 December | BBEC Volume 2 |
1933[edit] | ||||
No. | Film | Animated by | Original release date | Availability |
9 | Betty Boop's Ker-Choo | Seymour Kneitel, Bernard Wolf | 6 January | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
10 | Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions | Willard Bowsky, Ugo D'Orsi | 27 January | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
11 | Is My Palm Read | David Tendlar, William Henning | 17 February | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
12 | Betty Boop's Penthouse | Willard Bowsky | 10 March | BBEC Volume 1 |
13 | Snow-White (music by Cab Calloway) | Roland Crandall | 31 March | BBEC Volume 4 |
14 | Betty Boop's Birthday Party | Seymour Kneitel, Myron Waldman | 21 April | BBEC Volume 1 |
15 | Betty Boop's May Party | David Tendlar, William Henning | 12 May | BBEC Volume 1 |
16 | Betty Boop's Big Boss | Bernard Wolf, David Tendlar | 2 June | BBEC Volume 2 |
17 | Mother Goose Land | Roland Crandall, Seymour Kneitel | 23 June | BBEC Volume 3 |
18 | Popeye the Sailor | Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall | 14 July | PTS Volume 15 |
19 | The Old Man of the Mountain (music by Cab Calloway) | Bernard Wolf, Thomas Johnson | 4 August | BBEC Volume 3 |
20 | I Heard (music by Don Redman) | Willard Bowsky, Myron Waldman | 1 September | BBEC Volume 3 |
21 | Morning, Noon and Night (music by Rubinoff) | David Tendlar, Thomas Johnson | 6 October | BBEC Volume 2 |
22 | Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party | Willard Bowsky, Myron Waldman | 3 November | BBEC Volume 1 |
23 | Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (music by Rubinoff) | William Henning, Seymour Kneitel | 1 December | BBEC Volume 4 |
1934[edit] | ||||
No. | Film | Animated by | Original release date | Availability |
24 | She Wronged Him Right | Roland Crandall, Thomas Johnson | 5 January | BBEC Volume 4 |
25 | Red Hot Mamma | Willard Bowsky, David Tendlar | 2 February | BBEC Volume 4 |
26 | Ha! Ha! Ha! | Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall | 2 March | BBEC Volume 3 |
27 | Betty in Blunderland | Roland Crandall, Thomas Johnson | 6 April | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
28 | Betty Boop's Rise to Fame | 18 May | BBEC Volume 1 (Public Domain) | |
29 | Betty Boop's Trial | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 15 June | BBEC Volume 1 |
30 | Betty Boop's Life Guard | Willard Bowsky, David Tendlar | 13 July | BBEC Volume 1 |
31 | There's Something About a Soldier | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 17 August | BBEC Volume 4 |
32 | Betty Boop's Little Pal | Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan | 21 September | BBEC Volume 2 |
33 | Betty Boop's Prize Show | Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman | 19 October | BBEC Volume 2 |
34 | Keep in Style | Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan | 16 November | BBEC Volume 2 |
35 | When My Ship Comes In | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 21 December | BBEC Volume 4 |
1935[edit] | ||||
No. | Film | Animated by | Original release date | Availability |
36 | Baby Be Good | Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan | 18 January | Public Domain |
37 | Taking the Blame | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 15 February | Public Domain |
38 | Stop That Noise | Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan | 15 March | BBEC Volume 3 (Public Domain) |
39 | Swat the Fly | David Tendlar, Sam Stimson | 19 April | Public Domain |
40 | No! No! A Thousand Times No!! | Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan | 24 May | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
41 | A Little Soap and Water | Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan | 21 June | Public Domain |
42 | A Language All My Own | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 19 July | Public Domain |
43 | Betty Boop and Grampy | David Tendlar, Charles Hastings | 16 August | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
44 | Judge for a Day | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 20 September | Public Domain |
45 | Making Stars | Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan | 18 October | Public Domain |
46 | Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American | Myron Waldman, Sam Stimson | 22 November | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
47 | Little Nobody | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 18 December | Public Domain |
1936[edit] | ||||
No. | Film | Animated by | Original release date | Availability |
48 | Betty Boop and the Little King | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 31 January | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
49 | Not Now | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 28 February | Public Domain |
50 | Betty Boop and Little Jimmy | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 27 March | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
51 | We Did It | Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti | 24 April | Public Domain |
52 | A Song a Day | David Tendlar, Nicholas Tafuri | 22 May | Public Domain |
53 | More Pep | Thomas Johnson, Dave Hoffman | 19 June | Public Domain |
54 | You're Not Built That Way | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 17 July | Public Domain |
55 | Happy You and Merry Me | Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti | 21 August | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
56 | Training Pigeons | Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan | 18 September | Public Domain |
57 | Grampy's Indoor Outing | David Tendlar, William Sturm | 16 October | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
58 | Be Human | Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman | 20 November | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
59 | Making Friends | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 18 December | Public Domain |
1937[edit] | ||||
No. | Film | Animated by | Original release date | Availability |
60 | House Cleaning Blues | David Tendlar, Eli Brucker | 15 January | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
61 | Whoops! I'm a Cowboy | Tom Johnson, David Hoffman | 12 February | Public Domain |
62 | The Hot Air Salesman | Thomas Johnson, David Hoffman | 12 March | Public Domain |
63 | Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow | Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman | 9 April | Public Domain |
64 | Pudgy Picks a Fight! | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 14 May | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
65 | The Impractical Joker | Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres | 18 June | Public Domain |
66 | Ding Dong Doggie | Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres | 23 July | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
67 | The Candid Candidate | Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman | 27 August | Public Domain |
68 | Service with a Smile | David Tendlar, William Sturm | 23 September | BBEC Volume 3 |
69 | The New Deal Show | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 22 October | BBEC Volume 3 |
70 | The Foxy Hunter | Thomas Johnson, Harold Walker | 26 November | BBEC Volume 1 |
71 | Zula Hula | Tom Johnson, Frank Endres | 24 December | BBEC Volume 4 |
1938[edit] | ||||
No. | Film | Animated by | Original release date | Availability |
72 | Riding the Rails | Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey | 28 January | BBEC Volume 4 |
73 | Be Up to Date | Thomas Johnson, Harold Walker | 25 February | BBEC Volume 3 |
74 | Honest Love and True | Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman | 25 March | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
75 | Out of the Inkwell | Tom Johnson, Otto Feuer | 22 April | BBEC Volume 3 |
76 | The Swing School | Tom Johnson, Frank Endres | 27 May | BBEC Volume 4 |
77 | The Lost Kitten | Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman | 24 June | Public Domain |
78 | Buzzy Boop | David Tendlar, William Sturm | 29 July | Public Domain |
79 | Pudgy the Watchman | Tom Johnson, Harold Walker | 12 August | BBEC Volume 4 |
80 | Buzzy Boop at the Concert | Tom Johnson, Harold Walker | 16 September | UCLA (Public Domain) |
81 | Sally Swing | Willard Bowsky, Gordon A. Sheehan | 14 October | BBEC Volume 4 |
82 | On with the New | Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres | 2 December | Public Domain |
83 | Thrills and Chills | Roland Crandall | 23 December | BBEC Volume 3 |
1939[edit] | ||||
No. | Film | Animated by | Original release date | Availability |
84 | My Friend the Monkey | Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres | 28 January | Public Domain |
85 | So Does an Automobile | Roland Crandall, Frank Kelling | 31 March | Public Domain |
86 | Musical Mountaineers | Tom Johnson, Harold Walker | 12 May | TOBBC Volume 1(Public Domain) |
87 | The Scared Crows | David Tendlar, William Sturm | 9 June | Public Domain |
88 | Rhythm on the Reservation | Myron Waldman, Graham Place | 7 July | TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain) |
89 | Yip Yip Yippy | Roland Crandall, Robert Bemiller | 11 August | Public Domain |
Television films
[edit]Name | Date |
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The Romance of Betty Boop | March 20, 1985 |
The Betty Boop Movie Mystery | June 25, 1989 |
Source:[6]
Other appearances
[edit]Betty Boop made an appearance in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ Stanchfield, Steve (2022-05-19). "The Other Betty Boop Cartoons, Volume 1 Blu-ray – and a Sneak Peek of Two Lost Cartoons". Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- ^ "Today in History: In 1985, The Romance Of Betty Boop Premieres". Roodepoort Record. March 20, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - Mae Questel: Betty Boop". IMDB. Retrieved 2021-11-12.