Marilyn Monroe sang, “I wanna be loved by you—boop-boop-ee-doop” a la “Betty Boop” in “Some Like it Hot.” And now Betty Boop will be serving it hot in San Francisco with the bow of the first Betty ...
NEW YORK — In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time.
On Aug. 9, 1930 — 95 years ago Saturday — the cartoon character of Betty Boop made her debut with the release of the Fleischer Studios animated short “Dizzy Dishes.” Except this wasn’t quite the Betty ...