Betty Boop for President

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Betty Boop for President
series = Betty Boop


caption =
director = Dave Fleischer
story_artist =
animator = Seymour Kneitel
Bernard Wolf
voice_actor = Mae Questel
musician = Sammy Timberg
producer = Max Fleischer
studio = Fleischer Studios
distributor = Paramount Pictures
release_date = November 4, 1932
color_process = Black-and-white
runtime = 7 mins (one reel)
movie_language = English
imdb_id = 0022667

"Betty Boop for President" is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. It was released on November 4, 1932 by Paramount Pictures.

ynopsis

Betty runs for the office of President against Mr. Nobody. Both candidates state their platform through song and dance.

In answer to various problems and political issues, Mr Nobody consistently promises that "Nobody" will solve the problem:

Who will make your taxes light?... Mr. Nobody!
Who'll protect the voters' right?... Mr. Nobody!
Should you come home some early dawn,
See a new milkman is on:
Who cares if your wife is gone?... Mr. Nobody

Betty's promises for improvements are shown, including door to door trolley stops, improved conditions for keeping the streets clean, and even a giant umbrella to protect the whole city from rain. Betty also promises to tame a split and incorrigible Congress made up of donkey Democrats and elephant Republicans, and offers a simple solution for prison reform: she will transform each hardened criminal into a limp-wristed sissy.

Betty's campaign promises win the crowd over, and she is voted into the White House by a landslide. A large parade is held in the new President's honor, as she thanks one and all.

Notes and comments

"Betty Boop for President" was reworked by the Fleischer staff sixteen years later, when the studio, by then known as Famous Studios, produced a "Popeye the Sailor" cartoon entitled "Olive Oyl for President". This 1948 short reuses many of the gags, as well as a reworked version of Betty's "If I Were President" song, applying them to a fantasy story about Olive Oyl running for president.

The title was later used for a 1980 compilation film, "Betty Boop for President: The Movie." While clips from other "Betty Boop" cartoons are featured, there are no clips from the 1932 short used in the 1980 film.

External links

* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4383-Betty_Boop_For_President.html Betty Boop for President at the Big Cartoon Database]