Hi, I'm a Betty Boop collector and a new seller here on ebay with my store, "Delightful DustCatchers"

Maybe some of you don't know how Betty Boop came to be and so I'll tell you, ok?  She wasn't always the way she looks now.  Grim Natwick, who worked for the Fleischer Bros. Studios, created and controlled one of the great 1930's sex symbols, the animated Betty Boop.  The cartoons were remembered most vividly for their overt sexuality.  Grim Natwick also helped to animate Mickey Mouse, Snow White, Mr. Magoo and Popeye too.  Betty Boop was probably the only female animated cartoon character to achieve world-wide fame.  She is still going strong into her 78th year.

Mr. Natwick came up with a new female character, a seductive, nameless character to be the girlfriend of a dog.  She had a black poodle nose and floppy ears to depict her canine nature.  She was first onscreen in the 1930 movie, "Dizzy Dishes".  She was modeled after Helen Kane, a waning  Hollywood star known for her spit curls and her high-pitched, "Boop-Oop-a-Doop".

She then evolved into a person when the dog nose became a girl's button nose and the floppy ears became hoop earrings.  Her first appearances showed her wearing two garters, one on the left leg and one on the right, but when she became a permanent character in 1932, she only had one garter on her left leg.  The movie, "Any Rags" in 1932 showed Betty as a completely animated human.  She was first called Betty in the 1931 movie, "Betty Coed", but before that time the character had several different names and her high-pitched, toddler voice was supplied by many women.  The voice of Mae Questel was used from 1931 until 1938.  The name "Betty Boop" was first used in her titled screen role in "Betty Boop Limited".

She was in 10 cartoons as a supporting character, a flapper girl with more heart than brains.  Betty appeared in her only theatrical color performance in "Poor Cinderella" in 1934.  She made a cameo appearance in the 1988 film, "Who Killed Roger Rabbit" in her traditional black & white.  She appeared in her own series of cartoons from 1932-1939 when she was discontinued due to complaints of her sexually overt character.

I just think she is cute and looks like she would be fun and sassy.  I have dolls, dishes, figures, flip-flops and pictures of her in my own collection and I'm always looking for fun additions to it.  Let me know what you have or would like to get for your collection or to start a collection.  I can be reached through my ebay store, "Delightful Dustcatchers", any time.  Please visit my store and shop at it often.

I have some fun news!  I just added Betty Boop cartoons to my listings.  These are really alot of fun to watch and I hope you check them all out.  She was quite a dame!!  Be sure to watch them all and let me know what you think about them.  Happy viewing.