List of Betty Boop films and appearances#Betty Boop series
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The following is a list of films and other media in which Betty Boop has appeared. She was featured in 126 theatrical cartoons between 1930 and 1939 (89 in her own series and 37 in the Talkartoons, Screen Songs and Color Classics series).
Starting in 2013, Olive Films released the non-public domain cartoons on Blu-ray and DVD in four "Essential Collection" volumes, although they were restored from the original television internegatives that carried the altered opening and closing credits. Volume 1 was released on August 20, 2013,{{cite web|title=Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Betty-Boop-The-Essential-Collection-Volume-1-Blu-ray/74378/|website=Blu-ray.com}} and Volume 2 on September 24, 2013.{{cite web|title=Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Betty-Boop-The-Essential-Collection-Volume-2-Blu-ray/78965/|website=Blu-ray.com}} Volume 3 was released on April 29, 2014, and Volume 4 on September 30, 2014.{{cite web|title=Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Betty-Boop-The-Essential-Collection-Volume-3-Blu-ray/92401/|website=Blu-ray.com}}{{cite web|title=Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4 |access-date=2 November 2020 |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Betty-Boop-The-Essential-Collection-Volume-4-Blu-ray/94146/|website=Blu-ray.com}}
In May 2022, animator and archivist Steve Stanchfield released a Blu-Ray collection titled "The Other Betty Boop Cartoons, Volume 1" through his label Thunderbean Animation, which features public domain cartoons that were not on the Olive Films sets. It includes the long-lost, recently discovered cartoon Honest Love and True.{{Cite web |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-other-betty-boop-cartoons-volume-1-blu-ray-and-a-sneak-peek-of-two-lost-cartoons/ |title=The Other Betty Boop Cartoons, Volume 1 Blu-ray – and a Sneak Peek of Two Lost Cartoons |date=2022-05-19 |access-date=2022-05-21 |last=Stanchfield |first=Steve}}
Appearances in ''Talkartoons'', ''Screen Songs'' and ''Color Classics'' series
Note: see the Talkartoons, Screen Songs and Color Classics filmographies for additional respective entries in all three series.
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| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1930=
|-
!No.
!Film
!Animated By
!Original release date
!Series
!Availability
!Notes
|-
|1
|August 9
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|Betty Boop Essential Collection (BBEC) Volume 21}}
|
- First appearance
|-
|2
|August 25
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|Betty Boop Definitive Collection (BBDC) VHS Volume 1}}
|
|-
|3
|{{Youtube|zD_47A41_nQ|Accordion Joe}}
|Ted Sears, Grim Natwick
|December 13
|Talkartoons
|{{no|no modern physical media}}
|
- No Wikipedia page, only video on YouTube
|-
|4
|Willard Bowsky, Ted Sears, Grim Natwick (uncredited)
|December 29
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 1}}
|
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1931=
|-
|5
|{{Youtube|xzcFqEkGVn4|Teacher's Pest}}
|Grim Natwick, Seymour Kneitel
|February 7
|Talkartoons
|{{no|no modern physical media}}
|
- Brief cameo
- No Wikipedia page, only video on YouTube
|-
|6
|Willard Bowsky, Al Eugster, Grim Natwick (uncredited)
|April 6
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 1}}
|
- Betty is named "Dangerous Nan McGrew"
- First time Betty Boop is seen in her slender physique
|-
|7
|Grim Natwick
|May 23
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 1}}
|
- First time Betty is named, although only as "Betty" (no surname is given)
|-
|8
|Grim Natwick (uncredited)
|July 27
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 21}}
|
- Placed at #37 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons
|-
|9
|Unknown
|August 22
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 1}}
|
|-
|10
|September 28
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 1}}
|
- First time Betty's full name appears on the titles, stylized as "Betty-Boop"
|-
|11
|Kitty from Kansas City (music by Rudy Vallée)
|Unknown
|October 31
|Screen Songs
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 2}}
|
- Named "Kitty"
|-
|12
|Al Eugster, James Culhane
|November 9
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 1}}
|
- First time Betty Boop is depicted as a human as opposed to a dog- with dog ears replaced by earrings.
|-
|13
|By the Light of the Silvery Moon
|Seymour Kneitel, Myron Waldman
|November 14
|Screen Songs
|{{no|no modern physical media}}
|
- Betty Boop appears briefly topless in a bathtub.
|-
|14
|Unknown
|November 22
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 4}}
|
- Final time Betty Boop is depicted as a dog.
|-
|15
|Grim Natwick
|December 12
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 4}}
|
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1932=
|-
|16
|Willard Bowsky, Thomas Bonfiglio
|January 5
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 6}}
|
- Surviving master negative has original opening title card intact
|-
|17
|Unknown
|January 16
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 2}}
|
- First use of the song "Sweet Betty" which would become the theme song for the Betty Boop series.
|-
|18
|The Robot
|Unknown
|February 8
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 3}}
|
- A Bimbo cartoon, seemingly held over from earlier in production- Bimbo appears in a primitive design.
- Bimbo's girlfriend is largely a generic one-off, but is drawn to resemble Betty in a few close-ups that were likely inserted later.
|-
|19
|Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (music by The Round Towners Quartet)
|Unknown
|March 4
|Screen Songs
|{{no|no modern physical media}}
|
|-
|20
|Minnie the Moocher (music by Cab Calloway)
|Willard Bowsky, Ralph Somerville
|March 11
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|
- Named #20 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons
|-
|21
|James Culhane, David Tendlar
|March 13
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 2}}
|
|-
|22
|James Culhane, David Tendlar
|March 25
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 3}}
|
|-
|23
|Just One More Chance
|Unknown
|April 1
|Screen Songs
|{{no|no modern physical media}}
|
|-
|24
|Seymour Kneitel, Benard Wolf
|April 6
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 3}}
|
|-
|25
|James Culhane, William Henning
|April 18
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|
|-
|26
|Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
|Unknown
|April 22
|Screen Songs
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 3}}
|
|-
|27
|A-Hunting We Will Go
|Al Eugster, Rudolph Eggeman
|May 3
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 2}}
|
|-
|28
|Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Music by Ethel Merman)
|Unknown
|May 20
|Screen Songs
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 3}}
|
|-
|29
|Thomas Johnson, Rudolph Eggeman
|June 12
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 3}}
|
|-
|30
|The Betty Boop Limited
|Willard Bowsky, Thomas Bonfiglio
|July 18
|Talkartoons
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 2}}
|
- Final entry in the Talkartoons series.
|-
|31
|You Try Somebody Else (Music by Ethel Merman)
|Unknown
|July 29
|Screen Songs
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 2}}
|
- Brief Cameo
|-
|32
|Rudy Vallee Melodies (Music by Rudy Vallée)
|Unknown
|August 5
|Screen Songs
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 2}}
|
|-
|33
|Just a Gigolo (Music by Irene Bordoni)
|Unknown
|September 9
|Screen Songs
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 3}}
|
|-
|34
|Romantic Melodies (Music by Arthur Tracy)
|Unknown
|October 21
|Screen Songs
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 3}}
|
|-
|35
|Time on My Hands (Music by Ethel Merman)
|Unknown
|December 23
|Screen Songs
|{{no|no modern physical media}}
|
- Betty Boop appears as a mermaid.
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1933=
|-
|36
|Popular Melodies (Music by Arthur Jarrett)
|Unknown
|April 7
|Screen Songs
|{{yes|BBDC VHS Volume 3}}
|
- Final appearance in the Screen Songs series.
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1934=
|-
|37
|Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall, William Henning
|August 3
|Color Classics
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|
- Only appearance in the Color Classics series.
- Betty's only appearance in color.
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
|}
''Betty Boop'' series
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1932=
|-
!No.
!Film
!Animated by
!Original release date
!Availability
|-
|1
|Stopping the Show (with Fanny Brice and Maurice Chevalier)
|Roland Crandall, Rudolph Eggeman
|12 August
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 41}}
|-
|2
|Seymour Kneitel, Bernard Wolf
|19 August
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 22}}
|-
|3
|Willard Bowsky, Thomas Goodson
|2 September
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 13}}
|-
|4
|Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (music by Royal Samoans and Miri)
|Seymour Kneitel, Bernard Wolf
|23 September
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|-
|5
|Willard Bowsky, Ugo D'Orsi
|14 October
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 2}}
|-
|6
|Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall
|4 November
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|-
|7
|I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (music by Louis Armstrong)
|Willard Bowsky, Ralph Somerville
|25 November
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 34}}
|-
|8
|William Henning, Reuben Timinsky
|16 December
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 2}}
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1933=
|-
!No.
!Film
!Animated by
!Original release date
!Availability
|-
|9
|Seymour Kneitel, Bernard Wolf
|6 January
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|10
|Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions
|Willard Bowsky, Ugo D'Orsi
|27 January
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|11
|David Tendlar, William Henning
|17 February
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|12
|Willard Bowsky
|10 March
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|-
|13
|Snow-White (music by Cab Calloway)
|Roland Crandall
|31 March
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
|14
|Seymour Kneitel, Myron Waldman
|21 April
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|-
|15
|David Tendlar, William Henning
|12 May
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|-
|16
|Bernard Wolf, David Tendlar
|2 June
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 2}}
|-
|17
|Roland Crandall, Seymour Kneitel
|23 June
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|-
|18
|Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall
|14 July
|{{yes|PTS Volume 15}}
|-
|19
|The Old Man of the Mountain (music by Cab Calloway)
|Bernard Wolf, Thomas Johnson
|4 August
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|-
|20
|I Heard (music by Don Redman)
|Willard Bowsky, Myron Waldman
|1 September
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|-
|21
|Morning, Noon and Night (music by Rubinoff)
|David Tendlar, Thomas Johnson
|6 October
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 2}}
|-
|22
|Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party
|Willard Bowsky, Myron Waldman
|3 November
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|-
|23
|Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (music by Rubinoff)
|William Henning, Seymour Kneitel
|1 December
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1934=
|-
!No.
!Film
!Animated by
!Original release date
!Availability
|-
|24
|Roland Crandall, Thomas Johnson
|5 January
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
|25
|Willard Bowsky, David Tendlar
|2 February
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
|26
|Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall
|2 March
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|-
|27
|Roland Crandall, Thomas Johnson
|6 April
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|28
|
|18 May
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|29
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|15 June
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|-
|30
|Willard Bowsky, David Tendlar
|13 July
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|-
|31
|There's Something About a Soldier
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|17 August
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
|32
|Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan
|21 September
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 2}}
|-
|33
|Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman
|19 October
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 2}}
|-
|34
|Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan
|16 November
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 2}}
|-
|35
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|21 December
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1935=
|-
!No.
!Film
!Animated by
!Original release date
!Availability
|-
|36
|Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan
|18 January
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|37
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|15 February
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|38
|Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan
|15 March
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|39
|David Tendlar, Sam Stimson
|19 April
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|40
|No! No! A Thousand Times No!!
|Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan
|24 May
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|41
|Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan
|21 June
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|42
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|19 July
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|43
|David Tendlar, Charles Hastings
|16 August
|{{yes| TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|44
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|20 September
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|45
|Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan
|18 October
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|46
|Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American
|Myron Waldman, Sam Stimson
|22 November
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|47
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|18 December
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1936=
|-
!No.
!Film
!Animated by
!Original release date
!Availability
|-
|48
|Betty Boop and the Little King
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|31 January
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|49
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|28 February
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|50
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|27 March
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|51
|Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti
|24 April
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|52
|David Tendlar, Nicholas Tafuri
|22 May
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|53
|Thomas Johnson, Dave Hoffman
|19 June
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|54
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|17 July
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|55
|Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti
|21 August
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|56
|Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan
|18 September
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|57
|David Tendlar, William Sturm
|16 October
|{{yes| TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|58
|Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman
|20 November
|{{Yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|59
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|18 December
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1937=
|-
!No.
!Film
!Animated by
!Original release date
!Availability
|-
|60
|David Tendlar, Eli Brucker
|15 January
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|61
|Tom Johnson, David Hoffman
|12 February
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|62
|Thomas Johnson, David Hoffman
|12 March
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|63
|Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman
|9 April
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|64
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|14 May
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|65
|Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres
|18 June
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|66
|Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres
|23 July
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|67
|Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman
|27 August
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|68
|David Tendlar, William Sturm
|23 September
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|-
|69
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|22 October
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|-
|70
|Thomas Johnson, Harold Walker
|26 November
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 1}}
|-
|71
|Tom Johnson, Frank Endres
|24 December
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1938=
|-
!No.
!Film
!Animated by
!Original release date
!Availability
|-
|72
|Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey
|28 January
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
|73
|Thomas Johnson, Harold Walker
|25 February
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|-
|74
|Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman
|25 March
|{{Yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|75
|Tom Johnson, Otto Feuer
|22 April
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|-
|76
|Tom Johnson, Frank Endres
|27 May
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
|77
|Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman
|24 June
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|78
|David Tendlar, William Sturm
|29 July
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|79
|Tom Johnson, Harold Walker
|12 August
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
|80
|Tom Johnson, Harold Walker
|16 September
|{{no|UCLA (Public Domain)}}
|-
|81
|Willard Bowsky, Gordon A. Sheehan
|14 October
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 4}}
|-
|82
|Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres
|2 December
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|83
|Roland Crandall
|23 December
|{{yes|BBEC Volume 3}}
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;"|
=1939=
|-
!No.
!Film
!Animated by
!Original release date
!Availability
|-
|84
|Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres
|28 January
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|85
|Roland Crandall, Frank Kelling
|31 March
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|86
|Tom Johnson, Harold Walker
|12 May
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1(Public Domain)}}
|-
|87
|David Tendlar, William Sturm
|9 June
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|88
|Myron Waldman, Graham Place
|7 July
|{{yes|TOBBC Volume 1 (Public Domain)}}
|-
|89
|Roland Crandall, Robert Bemiller
|11 August
|{{no|Public Domain}}
|-
|}
Television films
class="wikitable"
!Name !Date |
The Romance of Betty Boop
|March 20, 1985 |
The Betty Boop Movie Mystery
|June 25, 1989 |
Other appearances
- Betty Boop made an appearance in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096438/characters/nm0703362 |title=Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - Mae Questel: Betty Boop |author= |date= |website=IMDB |publisher= |access-date=2021-11-12 |quote=}}
- The video game Betty Boop's Double Shift in 2007 on Nintendo DS