Betty Boop's Little Pal

Betty Boop's Little Pal
Directed byDave Fleischer
Produced byMax Fleischer
StarringMae Questel
Animation byEdward Nolan
Myron Waldman
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Publix Corporation
Release date
  • September 21, 1934 (1934-09-21)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Betty Boop's Little Pal is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Pudgy the Puppy (in his first appearance).[1]

Plot

Betty and her puppy Pudgy are on a picnic, but find it hard to enjoy the day when Pudgy ruins it and is sent home. Meanwhile, a dogcatcher is intent on capturing Pudgy, but the other dogs in the catcher's cage manage to escape him, and soon the two are reunited happily.

Notes

  • This is the last Betty Boop cartoon in which Betty wears her famous flapper suit.
  • This is the first time Betty spanks Pudgy for punishment.
  • Clips of the redrawn colorized version were used in the compilation movie Betty Boop For President: The Movie (1980).

References

  1. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.