Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995)

8.0/10 46 min Documentary

Overview

From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a popular icon since the 1930s.

Cast

Eddie Borden

Self (archive footage)

Irène Bordoni

Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow

Self (archive footage)

Cab Calloway

Self (archive footage)

Cliff Edwards

Self (singing voice)

Dave Fleischer

Self (archive footage)

Max Fleischer

Self (archive footage)

Richard Fleischer

Self

Peter Graves

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jean Harlow

Self (archive footage)

Margie Hines

Self (archive footage)

Art Jarrett

Self (archive footage)

Helen Kane

Self (archive footage)

Ann Little

Self (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi

Self / Dracula (archive footage)

Ethel Merman

Self (archive footage)

Pola Negri

Self (archive footage)

Bonnie Poe

Self (archive footage)

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