Be Up to Date

{{Infobox film

| name = Be Up to Date

| image =

| caption =

| story =

| animator = Thomas Johnson
Harold Walker

| starring = Mae Questel{{Cite book |title=Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70 |last=Scott |first=Keith |publisher=BearManor Media |year=2022 |isbn=979-8-88771-010-5 |page=344}}

| music =

| producer = Max Fleischer (producer)
S. Roy Luby (associate producer)

| studio = Fleischer Studios

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1938|02|25}}

| color_process = Black-and-white

| runtime = 7 mins

| language = English

}}

Be Up to Date is a 1938 Betty Boop animated short film.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/56/mode/2up |pages=54–56}}

Plot

Betty Boop's Traveling Department Store comes to Hillbillyville; the mountain folks find old uses for the new gadgets, such as using a waffle iron for ironing hair, or playing music, in which Betty joins in on the fun.

Notes

This is the last theatrical short subject cartoon in which Mae Questel voiced Betty. After this cartoon, other people would provide Betty's voice.

References

External links

Be Up To Date on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZUQkA28TQk&t=42s Youtube].
Be up to Date at [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029903/ Imdb].
Be Up to Date at [https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4343-Be-Up-To-Date Big Cartoon Database]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}.

Category:1938 animated short films

Category:Betty Boop cartoons

Category:1930s American animated films

Category:1938 films

Category:Paramount Pictures short films

Category:Fleischer Studios short films

Category:Short films directed by Dave Fleischer

Category:American animated black-and-white films