Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2

Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2

2013 · 99 min · Animation, Comedy

"Boop-Oop-A-Doop" the queen of the animated screen returns to allure and entice audiences all over again in this fantastic four-volume compilation featuring many of her greatest adventures. Volume Two includes 12 animated short films produced by Max Fleischer and directed by his brother Dave Fleischer. Featuring the voices of Mae Questel, Bonnie Poe, Ann Little and Margie Hines as Betty Boop. This collection includes the cartoons DIZZY DISHES (1930), BIMBO'S INITIATION (1931), BOO-OOP-A-DOOP (1932), BETTY BOOP LIMITED (1932), BETTY BOOP'S BIZZY BEE (1932), BETTY BOOP'S UPS AND DOWNS (1932), BETTY BOOP'S MUSEUM (1932), BETTY BOOP'S BIG BOSS (1933), MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT (1933), BETTY BOOP'S LITTLE PAL (1934), BETTY BOOP'S PRIZE SHOW (1934) and KEEP IN STYLE (1934).

Directed by Dave Fleischer

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Mae Questel Betty Boop
Bonnie Poe Betty Boop
Ann Little Betty Boop
Margie Hines Betty Boop

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Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2

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Popeye the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor · 1933

Popeye the Sailor

SeriesAnimationComedy

The theatrical run of Popeye the Sailor from 1933 to 1957 represents one of the most enduring and influential eras in American animation history. Spanning 231 shorts, this golden age of Popeye evolved across two distinct production studios: the boundary-pushing, gritty Fleischer Studios (1933–1942) and the more formulaic, brightly colored Famous Studios (1942–1957). Together, they transformed E.C. Segar’s comic strip character into a global cinematic icon, establishing formulas and animation techniques that altered the medium forever.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves · 1937

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves

MovieComedyAnimation

Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.

Max Fleischer's Superman 1941-1942

Max Fleischer's Superman 1941-1942 · 1941

Max Fleischer's Superman 1941-1942

MovieAnimationAdventure

More than just a landmark in superhero animation, Max Fleischer's Superman shorts were no less than the foundation for so many shows that succeeded it. Playing in theaters in 1941-42, only a few years after the Man of Steel made his debut in Action Comics, these 17 exciting films were produced by Fleischer and made famous the phrase "This looks like a job for Superman!" At 10 minutes, each film had just enough time to run the opening credits, establish the threat, let Lois Lane make a headstrong rush into peril, and allow Clark Kent to change to his alter ego and save the day. The films show a remarkably dynamic and atmospheric storytelling style that enables them to hold up for modern viewers. At first the films followed a science fiction-fantasy theme, but not unexpectedly for that time soon focused on wartime concerns.

We Aim to Please

We Aim to Please · 1934

We Aim to Please

MovieAnimationComedy

Popeye and Olive open a diner, singing the title song. Alas, their first two customers are Wimpy (who actually gets them to fall for the "gladly pay you Tuesday" schtick) and Bluto, who orders 6 sandwiches and refuses to pay for them. This leads, of course, to a fight, which Popeye needs his spinach to win.

The Storm

The Storm · 1924

MovieAnimationComedy

Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown and a baby get caught in a hurricane.

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp · 1939

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

MovieDramaComedy

Olive Oyl's screenplay for an Aladdin movie comes to life and Popeye battles for control of a genie in this, the last of the three Popeye color films.

Christmas Comes But Once a Year

Christmas Comes But Once a Year · 1936

Christmas Comes But Once a Year

MovieAnimationFamily

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received used defective toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

I Likes Babies and Infinks

I Likes Babies and Infinks · 1937

I Likes Babies and Infinks

MovieAnimationComedy

Swee'pea is crying, so Olive calls on Popeye to cheer the baby up. Popeye and Bluto compete by doing various silly antics.

Billion Dollar Limited

Billion Dollar Limited · 1942

Billion Dollar Limited

MovieAnimationAction

Robbers target a special train carrying a billion dollars worth of gold, and the only one who can stop them is Superman!

The Mechanical Monsters

The Mechanical Monsters · 1941

The Mechanical Monsters

MovieActionAnimation

Superman battles a criminal mastermind and his robot army.

I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski

I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski · 1936

I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski

MovieAnimationComedy

Popeye takes Olive mountain climbing. Bluto sets various traps for them along the way.

Superman

Superman · 1941

MovieActionAnimation

After The Daily Planet receives a letter from a mad scientist threatening to wreak destruction with his Electrothanasia Ray, Lois Lane heads out in the hopes of getting more information for a news story.

The Magnetic Telescope

The Magnetic Telescope · 1942

The Magnetic Telescope

MovieAnimationFantasy

When police interfere with a reckless scientist's experiment, it creates a deadly meteor shower only Superman can stop.

The Arctic Giant

The Arctic Giant · 1942

The Arctic Giant

MovieFantasyAnimation

A frozen Tyrannosaurus rex is found and put on display in a museum, but when he thaws out and revives, Superman has to stop his rampage!

Pleased to Meet Cha!

Pleased to Meet Cha! · 1935

Pleased to Meet Cha!

MovieAnimationComedy

The boys arrive at Olive's house at the same time, but at different doors. They both come in, and whenever Olive isn't looking, they start fighting. She catches them, and tells them one will have to leave. Bluto tells Popey that whoever does the best trick can stay. As a result, they find ever more creative ways to abuse each other, much to Olive's merriment. Eventually, though, they start destroying her house, and Olive throws them both out, for a little while, anyhow.

Volcano

Volcano · 1942

MovieAnimationAction

Superman comes to the rescue when a volcano erupts.

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