Post by kelly on Aug 9, 2010 18:36:37 GMT -6
WOW Props to Betty
Betty Boop turned 80 years old today, ABC News has noted. She still looks as fetching as she did back in 1930, when Max Fleischer and animator Grim Natwick introduced her to the world in “Dizzy Dishes”, a 6 minute 6 second cartoon with flashes of Yiddish and a fleeting touch of the risque that later was banned from the film industry. In “Dizzy Dishes” Ms. Boop appears for a little over a minute, during which time she serenades a lust smitten waiter in front of an adoring audience. Ms. Boop was modeled after Helen Kane and Clara Bow, stars of the silver screen in the era of silent films. Although Clara Bow was dropped from “talkies” due to her strong Brooklyn accent, the accent became standard for Betty Boop and part of her odd appeal to her millions
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Betty Boop turned 80 years old today, ABC News has noted. She still looks as fetching as she did back in 1930, when Max Fleischer and animator Grim Natwick introduced her to the world in “Dizzy Dishes”, a 6 minute 6 second cartoon with flashes of Yiddish and a fleeting touch of the risque that later was banned from the film industry. In “Dizzy Dishes” Ms. Boop appears for a little over a minute, during which time she serenades a lust smitten waiter in front of an adoring audience. Ms. Boop was modeled after Helen Kane and Clara Bow, stars of the silver screen in the era of silent films. Although Clara Bow was dropped from “talkies” due to her strong Brooklyn accent, the accent became standard for Betty Boop and part of her odd appeal to her millions
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