Betty Boop Red Dress

by Charlie Ross

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Betty Boop Red Dress

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Charlie Ross

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Mixed Media

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Betty Boop first appeared on August 9, 1930 as an anthropomorphic French poodle, in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes; the sixth installment in Max Fleischer's 'Talkartoon' series.
It was Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick who first gave Betty human characteristics in the 1932 cartoon Any Rags. Her poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her doggy nose became a button-like girls nose. Betty always appeared in cartoons as a flapper girl with more heart than brains, and her lovable character is still with us today.

Clara Bow is often credited as the model for Boop, although she actually began as a caricature of popular singer Helen Kane whose signature tune was 'I Wanna Be Loved By You'.

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March 18th, 2016

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