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The Romance of Betty Boop
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The Romance of Betty Boop is set in 1939 New York. The opening credits start off with Betty singing "Just Give 'Em Your Boop Oop a Doop". Betty Boop is a girl who is adored by her neighbourhood.
She sells shoes by day, and performs in her Uncle Mischa's club by night. While working at the Club Bubbles, Betty sings "I Wanna Be Loved By You" to get Waldo Van Lavish's attention. Uncle Mischa is threatened at the stage door by a trio of menacing gangsters because he cannot pay his debts. The gang kidnaps Betty, but she manages to escape.
Betty attacks the henchmen with her bag and escapes; the gang follows her with the intention of killing her. Betty meets up with Waldo and asks for his help, but Waldo turns out to be a coward and Betty ends up having to save him. Betty climbs to the top of the Club Bubbles while carrying Waldo over her shoulders. She and Waldo fall, only to be caught by Fearless Fred.
Betty meets up with Waldo and is introduced to his parents as a new maid. Betty then attacks Waldo with her bag and leaves, furious. She is then seen on her apartment balcony with Fred as they sing a duet: "I Only Have Eyes for You". Betty and Fred kiss, however, she recieves a call from Hollywood saying that they want her to perform and be famous, resulting in Betty leaving Freddie. Betty's theme song "Independent Girl" reprises behind the closing credits.
The Romance of Betty Boop was submitted to the Academy Awards to be considered for the Oscar for "Best Short Subject" but it did not get nominated.
Quotes
- Betty Boop: "A girl gets so lonesome reaching for the stars all by herself..."
- Betty Boop: "I'm an all American woman! A yanky doodle dandy so don't mess with me!"
- Beverly: "Betty you'll never guess who just came into the club! It's your dreamboat you're so crazy about Waldo Van Lavish! See?!"
- Betty Boop: "I got three more shows to do and I'm too pooped to boop!"
- Fearless Fred: "Ice, I have ice, ice man!"
- Tracy: "Boring, trez boring!"
- Waldo Van Lavish: "A moment Tracy this looks interesting!"
- Betty Boop: "The little lady says drop dead!"
- Betty Boop: "Yeah, I'm a lucky girl!"
- Waldo Van Lavish: "Here she is dad! I think you'll agree."
- Waldo Van Lavish: "She'll be just perfect for your new upstairs maid."
- Betty Boop: "Oh, thank you Waldo... upstairs maid?"
- Betty Boop: "This is one Boop who won't stoop for gold!"
- Betty Boop: "Hold it! Hello? Betty Boop speaking... you saw my act at the Club Bubbles and ya want me to come to Hollywood for a screen test? Oh, Freddy it's a chance of a lifetime. What should I do?"
Characters
Cast & Crew
- Desirée Goyette as Betty Boop
- Frank W. Buxton as Polly
- Sandy Kenyon as Uncle Mischa
- Sean Allan as Freddy
- George R. Wendt as Johnny Throat and Punchie
- Robert Towers as Chuckles
- Marsha Meyers as Beverly and Tracy
- John Winfield Stephenson as Announcer
- Derek McGrath as Waldo Van Lavish
- Ron Friedman as Ethnic Voices
- Bill Melendez (Producer)
- Lee Mendelson (Producer)
- Bruce L. Paisner (Executive Producer)
- Ron Friedman (Writer)
- Beverly L. Smith (Associate Producer)
- Russian Hill Recording (Music)
- Ed Bogas (Music)
- Gary Clayton (Music Recording Engineer)
- Desirée Goyette (Music)
- Nick Vasu (Cinematography)
- Julie Maryon (Film Editor)
- Chuck McCann (Film Editor)
- Charles E. Shutt (Production Executive)
- Carole Barnes (Production Manager)
- Carol Neal (Production Assistant)
- Sandy Claxton Arnold (Production Assistant)
- Lynda Mendelson (Production Assistant)
- Barbara Heistand (Production Assistant)
- Glenn Mendelson (Production Assistant)
- Evert Brown (Designer)
- Bror Lansing / Anders Lansing (Designer)
- Leonardo Moran / Leo Moran (Designer)
- Alan Shea (Designer)
- Dean Spille (Designer)
- Leslie Gorin / Leslie Margolin (Animator)
- Larry Leichliter (Animator)
- Bill Littlejohn (Animator)
- Al Pabian (Animator)
- Joanne Lansing (Paint & Ink Supervisor)
- Colene Gonzales (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Valerie Green (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Lee Guttman (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Evelyn Hairapetian (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Lee Hoffman (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Karin Holmquist (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Roubina Janian (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Mickey Kreyman / Mickey Kreymann (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Elsa La Baw (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Joan Pabian (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Emalene Seutter (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Teale Wang (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Karen Webb (Ink & Paint Artist)
- Cynthia Lalla / Cindy Story (Checking)
- Jane Gonzales (Checking)
- Moley McColley / Virginia McColley (Checking)
- Grim Natwick (Thank You)
Music
- "Cause"
- "Boop Oop a Doop" / "Just Give 'Em Your Boop Oop a Doop"
- "Betty Boop Is My Name" / "Independent Girl")
- "Bir Mir Bist Du Schoen"
- "Waldo"
- "Boop Boogie"
- "Freddie"
- "Bridal Chorus"
- "Freddie/Boop"
- "Johnny Throat"
- "I Wanna Be Loved By You"[1]
- "Mischa"
- "Drop Dead"
- "Sandbag"
- "Works so Hard"
- "Roadster"
- "Underclass Chit-chat"
- "Classy-Talk"
- "Nautical but nice"
- "Wedding March"
- "My Clavicle"
- "Chase"
- "Kiss Her Dummy"
- "The End"
Gallery
Trivia
- The original script for the film was written February 7, 1983.
- In 1984, a year before the film was released Desirée Goyette courtesy of King Features Syndicate performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City to promote the film. There Goyette performed a unique synchronized song and dance routine to the "I Wanna Be Loved By You" number.
- At the Academy screening of the film, Mae Questel told June Foray that Goyette did a great job voicing Betty Boop, and gave Goyette her blessing for voicing Betty Boop.
- Set in 1939, the curvy and vivacious Betty Boop can think of nothing but meeting and marrying wealthy playboy Waldo Van Lavish, leaving her no time for her devoted admirer Freddie The Iceman, a humble and good-hearted lad. The fun begins when her romantic troubles triple as Johnny Throat, a repulsive mobster, takes over the club where Betty works as a chorus girl and attempts to win her over as well.
- In the film Betty has to perform solo at the Club Bubbles, because all the other chorus girls quit.
- The film's more realistic 1930s setting, featuring only human characters and Betty on her way to stardom, better matches the period in question's comic strip than the original cartoons.
- According to Bill Melendez, apart from being a feature film the short was also a supposed pilot for an animated series.
- In「ベティ・ブープのロマン」Japanese dub version, Mariko Mukai the original Japanese voice of Betty Boop reprised her role as Betty for the "NHK Osaka Broadcasting Station" version.
- Margie Hines, the original voice of Betty Boop died in late 1985, the same year this film was released. However, nobody noticed, because Hines had disappeared from the public eye.
- The film originally aired on CBS Television, CBS-TV in the USA.