Does anyone know where I can get DVDs or videos of old Betty Boop cartoons?
I'd like to buy them as a holiday gift for my GF. I used to see them on TV (I forgot what channel...some cable channel) back when I was a kid. They're the ones that are really old, like from the 1930s when they were all in black and white and each frame was drawn separately by hand. What a lost art! I think they were done by the Fleisher (sp?) studios. The same that did the original Popeye cartoons.
Thanks for any help!
Aren’t those great! Apparently you can download a few of them from the Internet Archives at http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=betty+boop&server=se
You can also check for them on eBay (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&catref=C6&strkw=+betty+boop&from=R10&keyword=on&satitle=betty+boop+cartoon&sacat=11232%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search&fgtp=)
There is a DVD available at this site, but I’m not sure how many are originals, and how many are later, less charming ‘remakes’: http://www.bettyboopstore.com/bebodvdulcod.html
Tragically, I had a bunch of them on a VHS tape, that was subsequently lost about 10 years ago!
Let me know if you find any of these treasures.
Incidentally, they were created by the Max Fleischer studios.
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Try a Dollar Tree store. They usually have $1 DVDs of old cartoons and television series. Wal-Mart also has $1 DVDs but I’m not sure of what they include. If not, check ebay. If it’s not on ebay, you don’t need it. Haha.
Try Suncoast if you have one in your mall.
here:http://www.bettyboopstore.com/bebodvdulcod.html
I am sure they are available.
There are a bunch of Betty Boop Cartoons on google videos.
Some of them are before some law was enacted which required Betty Boop to clean up her act.
Some of the old ones have KOKO the clown lipsyncing to Cab Calloway song….thats the SNOW WHITE one ..the song SAINT JAMES INFIRMERY BLUES.
There is another one where she runs away with her little doggy and they go into a cave and some ghost walrus sings another CAB CALLOWAY song….Minnie the Moocher.
too tired too provide links…but they are there…a bunch of them.
MAX FLEISCHER CARTOONS.
Best Of Betty Boop DVDOur Price: $7.49
Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 days
Format: DVD
Category Animation, Childrens, Series, Animated Characters, Vintage, Cartoons
Studio Delta Entertainment Corporation
DVD Encoding All Regions
CDU Part# 6784877
Catalog# 82777
Discs 1
Street Date Nov 23, 2004
Rating Not Rated
Running Time 76 Minutes
Additional Info Black & White
Movie Details B&W; Black & White
DVD Features
Region 0
Keep Case
Full Frame -
1.33
Episodes:
1. We Did It (4/1/36)
2. A Song A Day (5/1/36)
3. More Pep (6/1/36)
4. You’re Not Built That Way (7/1/36)
5. Training Pigeons (9/1/36)
6. Be Human (11/1/36)
7. Whoops! I’m A Cowboy (2/1/37)
8. The Hot Air Salesman (3/12/37)
9. Pudgy Takes A Bow-Wow (4/1/37)
10. On With The New (11/1/38)
11. My Friend The Monkey (1/27/39)
12. The Scared Crows (4/1/39)
13. Rhythm On The Reservation (5/1/39)