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Betty Boop Volume 4 The Definitive Collection Musical Madness [VHS]

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If you don't want to get the whole collection get Musical Madness, Pre-Code Betty & Surrealism. These are the classic must-have cartoons. The Musical Madness tape actually includes Musical Madness and Fairy Tales:

+ Any Little Girl That's a Nice Little Girl: A Casanova cat with a girlfriend for each day of the week visits his favorite, Lulu Belle, leading into a Bouncing Ball rendition of the title song.

+ Dancing Fool. Daredevil sign painters Bimbo and Koko like what they see through the window of Betty Boop's Dancing School, and stay for a lesson.

+ I Heard. What makes this an outstanding cartoon are the compositions and quiet vocals provided by Don Redman, and the superb accompaniment by his orchestra. Very little film footage of Don exists, and every bit of it is to be treasured.

+ Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Betty Boop, a nursemaid, meets a masher in the park; with the Bouncing Ball, Ethel Merman sings the title song.

+ Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning. Reis and Dunn (with Betty Boop) sing the Irving Berlin song with a Bouncing Ball. In a cartoon army camp, everything rises before the soldiers.

+ Romantic Melodies. Bimbo leads an awful German street band to serenade Betty Boop, but she prefers Arthur Tracy, 'Street Singer of the Air,' who in live- action sings several old-fashioned songs with a Bouncing Ball.

+ Popular Melodies. Arthur Jarrett sings some songs with the Bouncing Ball; Betty Boop appears for "One Hour with You" and "Boop-Oop-A-Doop."

+ Sally Swing. Betty Boop, auditioning bandleaders for a college swing dance, "discovers" a cleaning woman who resembles Betty Grable.

+ Mother Goose Land. In response to Betty Boop's wish, Mother Goose materializes from a book cover and gives her a tour; she's chased by Miss Muffet's spider, who proves to be amorous, not predatory.

+ Parade of the Wooden Soldiers. An action figure of Betty Boop drops in on a small toy shop; the other toys come to life and crown her their queen. But there's a big rag doll of King Kong... Based on the titular classical music

+ Poor Cinderella. In her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to the good fairy; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper. This is their finest B-B cartoon, and may just be their finest EVER, period.
Using their 3-D filming process (and a unheard-of budget for a cartoon short), they adapted the Cinderella legend to Betty, adding some marvelous songs and (likely roto-scoped) beautiful dance numbers. For reasons not told, this was the only Betty Boop cartoon ever done in color--a tragedy.
Look for versions with the original opening titles intact--even the titles show that this was a project of love (and yes, money). Plus, Betty's as sexy an ingenue as ever thanks to Technicolor.

+ Jack and the Beanstalk. A differently-drawn Bimbo, incensed at trash dropped from the clouds, climbs his beanstalk to find not only the giant but also his slave (Betty Boop with dog's ears).

+ Dizzy Red Riding Hood. Betty Boop goes to Grandma's through the woods despite wolf warnings; but Bimbo follows and gives the old story a new twist.

+ Betty Boop's Halloween Party. It's the scariest time of year, and Betty Boop hosts a party with aid from a scarecrow; but an uninvited gorilla threatens havoc.

+ Betty in Blunderland. Betty Boop mixed in with some Alice in Wonderland - this cartoon is a classic. Wild story as Betty takes a sip from the shrink-ola juice machine and meets up with the mad hatter, the white rabbit and the queen of hearts!