This site is devoted to the analysis of the Betty Boop cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios in the 1930s. The essays provide a summary of the plot, commentary about the animation, background information when available, and information about the music, including the lyrics to songs on the cartoons.

    We will be adding cartoons to the list on a regular basis, so check back frequently!
 

The Cartoons

• A-Hunting We Will Go
• Barnacle Bill
• Betty Boop for President
• Betty Boop, MD
• Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle
• Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee
• Bimbo's Express
• Boop-Oop-A-Doop
• Bum Bandit
• Chess-Nuts
• Dizzy Dishes
• I Heard
• I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal, You
• Mask-A-Raid
• Minding the Baby
• Minnie the Moocher
• Mysterious Mose
• Old Man of the Mountain
• Red Hot Mamma
• Silly Scandals
• Snow White
• S.O.S. (Swim or Sink)

Where to Find the Songs

• Barnacle Bill the Sailor (with Bimbo) in Barnacle Bill
• Betty Boop Song I (Arthur Jarrett (?)) in Boop-Oop-A-Doop
• Betty Boop Song II (unknown vocalist) in Betty Boop MD
• Dangerous Nan McGrew in Bum Bandit
• Do Something in Boop-Oop-A-Doop
• Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away! in Boop-Oop-A-Doop
• Hello, Beautiful (with Bimbo) in Bimbo's Express
• Hell's Bells in Red Hot Mamma
• The Hold-Up Rag (with Bimbo) in Bum Bandit
• How'm I Doin'? (with Don Redman) in I Heard
• I Have to Have Lovin' in Dizzy Dishes
• I Heard (with Don Redman) in I Heard
• I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You (Louis Armstrong) in I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
• Minding the Baby (unknown vocalist) in Minding the Baby
• Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway) in Minnie the Moocher
• Mr. Nobody (unknown vocalist) in Betty Boop for President
• Moving Day (unknown vocalist) in Bimbo's Express
• Mysterious Mose (with Bimbo) in Mysterious Mose
• Nobody's Sweetheart (Ukulele Ike or Red Pepper Sam(?)) in Betty Boop MD
• Now's the Time to Buy Jippo in Betty Boop MD
• Oh, Mama, What Can We Do? in S.O.S
• Old King Cole (unknown vocalists) in Chess-Nuts
• Old Man of the Mountain (Cab Calloway) in Old Man of the Mountain
• Pass the Sugar (unknown vocalist) in Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee
• The Scat Song (Cab Calloway) in Old Man of the Mountain
• St. James Infirmiry (Cab Calloway) in Snow White
• Step Right This Way (unknown vocalist) in Dizzy Dishes
• Then I'll Be Happy in A-Hunting We Will Go
• They'll All be Sorry in Minnie the Moocher
• What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor? (unknown vocalists) in S.O.S
• When I'm the President in Betty Boop for President
• Where Do You Work-a, John? (unknown vocalists, possibly Tom Stacks with Harry Reser and His Six Jumping Jacks) in Mask-A-Raid
• Why Did You Scare Those Bears? in A-Hunting We Will Go
• Won't You Come and Play in my House? in Minding the Baby
• You Got to Hi-De-Hi (with Cab Calloway) in Old Man of the Mountain
• You're Driving Me Crazy in Silly Scandals
• You're the One I Care For in Mask-A-Raid

First published 3/27/99.
Updated 3/10/01.

Betty Boop Gift Shop The Fleischer Story by Leslie Cabarga, an excellent book about the creators of Betty Boop! Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection is the  largest available collection of Betty Boop cartoons! See and hear Helen Kane, the model for Betty Boop, on Radio Rhythms! See Mae Questal, the voice of Betty, on the same video! See Mae Questal and familiar guest stars Louis Armstrong, Ethel Merman, and Rudy Vallee on Rhapsodies in Black and Blue! Are there any Betty Boop CDs?  Not that we can find -- but you can get a CD of  Helen Kane, the original boop-boop-a-doop girl.  Betty Boop's voice and appearance were based on Helen Kane's,  and the resemblance is striking!  If you love Betty Boop, you'll love this CD. Posters Beautiful framable posters: Buy this poster at Art.com Buy this poster at Art.com

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