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Bonnie Poe
Bonnie Poe (October 15, 1912 – October 16, 1993) was an American actress and voice artist, best known for providing the voice for the Fleischer Studios animated character Betty Boop beginning in 1933, starting with the Popeye the Sailor series and featuring in a dozen cartoons. She voiced her in a live-action segment on the special '' Hollywood on Parade No. A-8'', performing a skit with Bela Lugosi providing a portrayal of Count Dracula. Career In 1933, Poe was a voice actress for Betty Boop, including voicing her on a few episodes of an NBC radio special called ''Betty Boop Fables'' Poe was the initial voice for the character Olive Oyl in that studio's series of ''Popeye''. Poe also portrayed Betty Boop in an on-camera live action short. Poe died from complications connected to pneumonia on October 16, 1993, the day after her 81st birthday. Filmography 1933 * '' Betty Boop's Ker-Choo'' – Betty Boop (voice, uncredited) * '' Boilesk'' – various (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Yam What I Yam
''I Yam What I Yam'' is the second ''Popeye'' theatrical cartoon short, starring William "Billy" Costello as Popeye, Bonnie Poe as Olive Oyl and Charles Lawrence as Wimpy. The source of the quote is the comic strip, Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar, in which the character Popeye first appeared. This is a paraphrase of words spoken by Popeye in the comic strip. Plot The cartoon opens with Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy riding on a small rowboat through a heavy rainstorm in the ocean. Popeye is standing up against the torrent of rain singing his theme song, while Olive is rowing the boat and Wimpy is sitting in the back, plucking fish out of the water and eating them whole. Popeye gets struck by lightning several times, and grabs the last thunderbolt and punches it into the water, where it sinks and screams for help. The nearby thunderclouds are frightened by this action and flee, changing the weather to a sunny, clear sky. The boat abruptly sprouts a few holes and sinks, and the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Inkwell (1938 Film)
''Out of the Inkwell'' is a 1938 Max Fleischer/Betty Boop live-action and animated short film. The title and concept for the film were a tribute to the ''Out of the Inkwell'' series of films that Max Fleischer had produced during the 1920s. Synopsis A live-action black janitor, played by Oscar Polk, best known for his portrayal as the servant "Pork" in the 1939 film ''Gone with the Wind'', studies hypnotism from a book while cleaning Max Fleischer's desk at the Fleischer studio. He manages to conjure Max's pen into drawing Betty Boop. In a sequence of animation mixed with live-action, he uses his new powers to control the white animated Boop. She in turn is able to control a small dog. After waking from the spell, Betty manages to work a few more spells. Fraught with racial innuendo, one of her tricks includes turning the black man white for a split-second, after which he begins cleaning in overdrive. Before that, he was sleeping on his broom and sweeping dirt under the carpet. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rambling 'Round Radio Row
''Rambling 'Round Radio Row'' (1932 - 1934) is a series of short subjects, produced by Jerry Wald, and released by the Vitaphone division of Warner Brothers. The final film in the series, released 1934, was #3 of the second season, and starred Morton Downey, Baby Rose Marie, The Harmoniacs, and Harriet Lee. Cast (The numbers indicate the Vitaphone catalog number on the film each appeared in. See next section below.) * Ray Atwell (#1664) *Harry Barris (#1447) *Smith Ballew (#1453) *Bon Bon (#1473) * Betty Boon (#1662) * Boswell Sisters (#1408) * Eddie Bruce (#1632) * Nat Brusiloff (#1408) *Don Carney (#1473) * Harry Lew Conrad (#1473) *Jack Denny (#1453) * Patsy Flick (#1662) *Jay C. Flippen (#1452) * Edna Froos (#1447) *Sylvia Froos (#1408 & 1447) * The Funnyboners (#1453) * John "Slim" Furness (#1473) *Tess Gardella (#1452) * Sid Gary (#1408) *Tito Guizar (#1474 & 1632) * Bill Hall (#1452) *The Happiness Boys (#1453) * The Harmoniacs (#1664) * Frank Hazzard (#1474) *Fletcher H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Cinderella
''Poor Cinderella'' (original title as ''Betty Boop in Poor Cinderella'') is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film featuring Betty Boop. ''Poor Cinderella'' was Fleischer Studios' first color film, and the only appearance of Betty Boop in color during the Fleischer era. It is the final animated short presented by Max Fleischer and at Fleischer Studios, and the first Paramount Pictures animated short in color. Plot Cinderella (portrayed by Betty Boop) is a poor young woman forced to be the virtual slave of her two ugly stepsisters, who demand she prepare them for the prince's ball while she is left at home to lament her spinsterdom, singing that no one loves her and that her only respite is her dreams, but she holds out hope of being a real princess someday. Cinderella is visited by her fairy godmother, who grants her wish to attend the prince's ball, giving her beautiful clothes, a carriage, and the traditional glass slippers, with the warning that she must leave by midnigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Boop's Life Guard
''Betty Boop's Life Guard'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. Plot Betty is spending the day at the beach, where her boyfriend Fearless Freddy works as a life guard. Betty is enjoying the ocean while floating in her inflatable rubber horsey when it springs a leak. Freddy dives in to save Betty, but she goes under, where she begins to imagine she's a mermaid In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids are sometimes asso .... At first Betty enjoys her new underwater life, swimming and singing with the other undersea inhabitants. The fun ends when a sea monster chases her. Just before the monster catches her, she wakes up, safe in Freddy's arms. Notes and comments *This is the first Post-Code Betty Boop cartoon. The Hays Office ordered the removal of the sugg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Boop's Rise To Fame
''Betty Boop's Rise to Fame'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. Plot In a live action sequence, a reporter interviewing Max Fleischer asks him about Betty Boop. Max obligingly draws Betty "out of the inkwell ''Out of the Inkwell'' is an American major animated series of the silent era produced by Max Fleischer from 1918 to 1929. History The series was the result of three short experimental films that Max Fleischer independently produced from 191 ..." and asks her to perform a couple of numbers. Song and dance numbers from '' Stopping the Show'', '' Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle'', and '' The Old Man of the Mountain'' are used.''Betty Boop's Rise to Fame'' athe Big Cartoon Database In the end, Betty jumps back into the inkwell, accidentally splashing ink into the reporter's face. References External links * ''Betty Boop's Rise to Fame'' oYouTube * ''Betty Boop's Rise to Fame'' oarchive.org * 1934 short films 1934 musical films Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty In Blunderland
''Betty in Blunderland'' is a Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, which as released on the 6th of April in 1934. Also known as ''Betty in Flunkerland''. It is based on ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and ''Through the Looking-Glass'' by Lewis Carroll. Plot Betty falls asleep doing a jigsaw puzzle of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice and the white rabbit. She "awakes" just in time to follow the rabbit through the looking glass and disguises as Alice into a modern wonderland. Betty meets most of the traditional inhabitants of Wonderland and sings "How Do You Do" (to the tune of "Everyone Says I Love You") to them. When the Jabberwocky, Jabberwock steals Betty away, everyone comes to her rescue. Betty wakes up back in her living room, just in time to prevent the white rabbit from again escaping from her puzzle. Quotes * Betty Boop: "''Oh, Where am I?''" * Betty Boop: "''Thank you!''" * Betty Boop: "''Oh, Jam!''" * Betty Boop: "''Oh, The crazy Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's You And Him Fight
''Let's You and Him Fight'' is a ''Popeye'' theatrical cartoon short released in February 16, 1934, starring William "Billy" Costello as Popeye, Bonnie Poe as Olive Oyl, William Pennell as Bluto and Charles Lawrence as the announcer. Plot The cartoon begins with Popeye and Bluto outside training for a championship boxing match. Bluto shows his strength by viciously beating a boxing dummy and punching a 1,000-pound weight until it falls apart and reassembles as a small car that drives away. Popeye sings his theme song as he skips rope, and shows his strength by punching the backside of a mule until the mule kicks Popeye in the chin, only for the mule's horseshoes to break. That evening, crowds fill in to Yank'em Stadium for the fight. In Popeye's dressing room, Olive pleads with Popeye not to fight Bluto. When Popeye does not respond, Olive leaves and tells Popeye that she will never see him again. Both Popeye and Bluto enter the ring, and the boxing match begins when the time cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Hot Mamma
''Red Hot Mamma'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios Betty Boop animated short directed by Dave Fleischer. Plot summary It's a snowy winter's night, and a shivering Betty is trying to sleep. Shutting all the windows isn't enough, so she lights a roaring fire in the fireplace and falls asleep on the hearthplace rug. The heat of the flames soon turns two roosting chickens into roasted chickens, and causes Betty to dream that her fireplace has become the gate to Hell itself. Betty explores the underworld, and sings "Hell's Bells" for Satan and his minions. When Satan tries to put the moves on Betty, she fixes him with a (literally) icy stare, freezing him and all of Hell. When she falls through a hole and onto an icy surface below, Betty wakes up to find the fire out with the windows open and her bed frozen, and she goes to bed, this time under a pile of warm quilts. Notes Clips of the redrawn colorized version were used in the compilation movie ''Betty Boop For President: The Movie'' (1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Wronged Him Right
''She Wronged Him Right'' is a 1934 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. It marks the first appearance of Betty's semi-regular boyfriend, Fearless Fred. This is the first of a series of Betty Boop melodrama spoofs, which also included ''Betty Boop's Prize Show'' (1934), ''No! No! A Thousand Times No!!'' (1935) and ''Honest Love and True'' (1938). The series was apparently inspired by the Terrytoons series of Fanny Zilch Fanny Zilch is an animated cartoon character, part of the ''Terrytoons'' series. She made her debut in 1933. Her cartoons were musical spoofs of melodrama serials like '' The Perils of Pauline'', in which blonde sweetheart Fanny -- "the Banker's Da ... cartoons. Plot Betty Boop appears in a stage play, complete with obvious theatrical backdrops. Betty doesn't have the money to pay the mortgage, so the dastardly villain Heeza Rat threatens to foreclose unless Betty agrees to marry him. The villain threatens Betty in various ways, even almost dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers (film)
''Parade of the Wooden Soldiers'' is a 1933 Fleischer Studios live-action and animated short film starring Betty Boop. The instrumental title theme, "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" (also known as "Parade of the Tin Soldiers"), was composed by Leon Jessel. Plot A large factory complex struggles to produce a single package, which is rushed to a toy store. The box opens, and out steps a Betty Boop doll. The other toys come to life, parade around to the music of ''Parade of the Wooden Soldiers'' and crown her their queen. But a large stuffed toy of King Kong King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ... begins breaking things up by kidnapping Betty. Eventually, the big ape is defeated, and the (somewhat damaged) toys resume their parade, and afterwards fall still on a counter in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
