PLUSH DOLL FIGURE 19" BETTY BOOP KELLY TOY VALENTINES DAY HEARTS TOY DOLLY

Description

Betty Boop is an
animated
cartoon
character
created by
Max Fleischer
, with help from animators including
Grim Natwick
. She originally appeared in the
Talkartoon
and
Betty Boop
film series, which were produced by
Fleischer Studios
and released by
Paramount Pictures
. She has also been featured in comic strips and mass merchandising.
A caricature of a
Jazz Age
flapper
, Betty Boop was described in a 1934 court case as: "combin[ing] in appearance the childish with the sophisticated—a large round baby face with big eyes and a nose like a button, framed in a somewhat careful coiffure, with a very small body of which perhaps the leading characteristic is the most self-confident little bust imaginable".
Although she was toned down in the mid-1930s as a result of the
Hays Code
to appear more demure, Betty Boop became one of the best-known and popular cartoon characters in the world.
Betty Boop's best appearances are considered to be in her first three years due to her "
Jazz Baby
" character and innocent sexuality, which was aimed at adults. However, the content of her films was affected by the
National Legion of Decency
and the
Production Code
of 1934. The Production Code of 1934 imposed guidelines on the motion picture industry and placed specific restrictions on the content films could reference with sexual innuendos. This greatly affected the Betty Boop cartoons.
No longer a carefree
flapper
from the date the code went into effect on July 1, 1934, Betty became a spinster housewife or a career girl who wore a fuller dress or skirt. Additionally, as time progressed, the curls in her hair gradually decreased in number. She also eventually stopped wearing her gold bracelets and hoop earrings, and she became more mature and wiser in personality, compared to her earlier years. Right from the start,
Joseph Breen
, the new head film censor, had numerous complaints. Breen ordered the removal of the suggestive introduction which had started the cartoons because Betty Boop's winks and shaking hips were deemed "suggestive of immorality". For a few entries, Betty was given a new human boyfriend named Freddie, who was introduced in
She Wronged Him Right
(1934). Next, Betty was teamed with a puppy named Pudgy, beginning with
Betty Boop's Little Pal
(1934). The following year saw the addition of the eccentric inventor
Grampy
, who debuted in
Betty Boop and Grampy
(1935).
While these cartoons were tame compared to her earlier appearances, their self-conscious wholesomeness was aimed at a more juvenile audience, which contributed to the decline of the series. Much of the decline was due to the lessening of Betty's role in the cartoons in favor of her co-stars, not to mention Fleischer's biggest success,
Popeye
. This was a similar problem experienced during the same period with
Walt Disney
's
Mickey Mouse
, who was becoming eclipsed by the popularity of his co-stars
Donald Duck
,
Goofy
, and
Pluto
.
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