Product Details

• Format: Animated, Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Delta
• DVD Release Date: December 7, 2004
• Run Time: 158 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00062J062
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,792 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

Back cover text: Betty Boop-oop-a-dooped her way to the silver screen in the Max Fleischer short Dizzy Dishes on August 8th, 1930. Since then, she’s been captivating audiences for over 70 years with her innocent start out as the bubbly bombshell that we know and love today. In fact, at the start of her career, BETTY WAS A DOG. Yes, you read that right—a dog! It was only after appearances in several Fleischer cartoons that she eventually shed her canine ears in 1932’s Any Rags and assumed a human shape. And what a shape! With her AMPLE CURVES and trademark SULTRY SWAY, Betty characterized a sexuality common to the depression a paying audience. Oftentimes, the occasional breeze would be known to lift Betty’s tiny dress or accidentally force her top off--much to the shock of viewers. And it wasn’t just the audience that found itself mesmerized by Betty. Everything and everyone in the Fleischer cartoons fell for her. Lecherous ringmasters, boorish bosses, and a whole myriad of male cartoons attempted to get close to "The Boop." But as the years passed and the social climate changed, Betty’s sexy look faded and gave way to a more toneddown, if not less exciting, appearance. But today, in no matter what form she comes, Betty is and will always be an ANIMATION CLASSIC. Experience the thrill and joy Betty brings to the screen with this special collection of her greatest moments (presented in chronological order) and prepare to join the millions who’ve fallen for her charms.

Product Description

"Best of Betty Boop & 12 Classic Cartoons" 1. Betty Boop’s Ker-choo (1/6/1933) 2. Betty Boop’s Crazy Inventions (1/27/1933) 3. Is My Palm Read (2/17/1933) 4. Betty In Blunderland (4/6/1934) 5. Betty Boop’s Rise To Fame (5/18/1934) 6. Poor Cinderella (8/1/1934) 7. Baby Be Good (1/18/1935) 8. Betty Boop And Grampy (8/16/1935) 9. Judge For A Day (9/20/1935) 10. Making Stars (10/18/1935) 11. Betty Boop With Henry (11/1/1935) 12. Not Now (2/1/1936)

B&W • 82 min.

"Best of Betty Boop – 13 Classic Cartoons"

1. We Did It (4/1/1936) 2. A Song A Day (5/1/1936) 3. More Pep (6/1/1936) 4. You’re Not Built That Way (7/1/1936) 5. Training Pigeons (9/1/1936) 6. Be Human (11/1/1936) 7. Whoops! I’m A Cowboy (2/1/1937) 8. The Hot Air Salesman (3/12/1937) 9. Pudgy Takes A Bow-Wow (4/1/1937) 10. On With The New (11/1/1938) 11. My Friend The Monkey (1/27/1939) 12. The Scared Crows (4/1/1939) 13. Rhythm On The Reservation (5/1/1939) B&W • 76 min.

Also available as a 2 DVD set

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Best of Betty Boop???, January 20, 2005

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ixta_coyotl (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Ultimate Betty Boop Collection (DVD)

Amazon has done a great job of listing the individual titles and dates above so I can keep this short. I was very excited to see another round of Betty Boop DVDs after first purchasing the two Goodtimes DVDs previously released (see my reviews on those). Here's my take on these:

On the pro side, I like that the films are listed in chronological order, giving a good historical perspective. The cover art and DVD menu background are aesthetically pleasing. The set includes one of Betty's most famous shorts, Poor Cinderella, her only appearance in color. This is the only DVD release to date I have found with this episode. Finally, the price for this set is very reasonable.

On the con side, Poor Cinderella is presented in B&W! The image quality is not terrible, but upon seeing this I realized how good the restoration was on the earlier Goodtimes discs. The audio is OK (given that no audio from this early talkie period is really very good), but captions would have been nice to aid in comprehension. The selection of titles on the second disc are all quite poor, even for the Hays Code period they cover. And many of those are repeats of those already put out on the Goodtimes discs, so if you own those I would only buy the first disc here in order to see Poor Cinderella. Finally, the DVD wasn't super user friendly, at least on my player, not allowing me to look at full time for the disc, and forcing you back to the main menu between episodes.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality and pirated. Avoid, avoid, avoid!, October 2, 2009

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Walter Five (13th Floor Elevator, Enron Hubbard Bldg. Houston Texxas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Betty Boop Collection (DVD)

This is not an official release. For whatever reasons the 8-volume Betty Boop - The Definitive Collection [VHS] released 11 years ago on VHS & Laserdisc formats, the (so far) ultimate and remastered collection, remains unreleased by the copyright holder, Republic Pictures Home Video. The manufacturer of this set probably (and erroneously) believes these cartoons are in the public domain, and dumps second-rate product like this on an unknowledgable public. Well, now you're knowledgable. These are poor pirated copies. Avoid them, or be disappointed. We can hope that soon our beloved Betty will get the attention and production values that the recent 3-volume Fleischer "Popeye" DVD sets got last year.

Do yourself a favor-- buy the video box set, and if you really *must* have them on DVD transfer them to DVD yourself, most new computers with a DVD burner can do this with a minimum of fuss and effort.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate Betty Boop Collection, December 28, 2006

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R. Bloch "lamu9" (Lakewood, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Ultimate Betty Boop Collection (DVD)

This DVD shamefully turned the only color Betty Boop cartoon back into B & W. So much for historical accuracy. Anyway, my all-time favorite episode is "Minnie the Moocher" with the Full Cab Calloway prelude and song. Where is that?

BTW, I found a cartoon dvd in the dollar section at a local target and it included the original color episode of Poor Cinderella. Not bad for a dollar! :)