List of Betty Boop films and appearances explained

Betty Boop filmography
Label1:	Short films
Data1:	89
Label2:	Television movies
Data2:	2

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,^[1] and Volume 2 on September 24, 2013.^[2] Volume 3 was released on April 29, 2014, and Volume 4 on September 30, 2014.^{[3] [4]}

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.^[5]

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.

1930
No.	Film	Animated By	Original release date	Series	Availability	Notes
1	Dizzy Dishes	Grim Natwick, Ted Sears	August 9	Talkartoons		First appearance
2	Barnacle Bill	Rudy Zamora, Seymour Kneitel	August 25	Talkartoons
3	Accordion Joe	Ted Sears, Grim Natwick	December 13	Talkartoons
4	Mysterious Mose	Willard Bowsky, Ted Sears, Grim Natwick (uncredited)	December 29	Talkartoons
1931
5	Teacher's Pest	Grim Natwick, Seymour Kneitel	February 7	Talkartoons		Brief cameo
6	The Bum Bandit	Willard Bowsky, Al Eugster, Grim Natwick (uncredited)	April 6	Talkartoons		Betty is named "Dangerous Nan McGrew" First time Betty Boop is seen in her slender physique
7	Silly Scandals	Grim Natwick	May 23	Talkartoons		First time Betty is named, although only as "Betty" (no surname is given)
8	Bimbo's Initiation	Grim Natwick (uncredited)	July 27	Talkartoons		Placed at #37 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons
9	Bimbo's Express	Unknown	August 22	Talkartoons
10	Minding the Baby	James Culhane, Bernard Wolf	September 28	Talkartoons		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		Named "Kitty"
12	Mask-A-Raid	Al Eugster, James Culhane	November 9	Talkartoons		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		Betty Boop appears briefly topless in a bathtub.
14	Jack and the Beanstalk	Unknown	November 22	Talkartoons		Final time Betty Boop is depicted as a dog.
15	Dizzy Red Riding Hood	Grim Natwick	December 12	Talkartoons
1932
16	Any Rags?	Willard Bowsky, Thomas Bonfiglio	January 5	Talkartoons		Surviving master negative has original opening title card intact
17	Boop-Oop-a-Doop	Unknown	January 16	Talkartoons		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		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
20	Minnie the Moocher (music by Cab Calloway)	Willard Bowsky, Ralph Somerville	March 11	Talkartoons		Named #20 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons
21	Swim or Sink	James Culhane, David Tendlar	March 13	Talkartoons
22	Crazy Town	James Culhane, David Tendlar	March 25	Talkartoons
23	Just One More Chance	Unknown	April 1	Screen Songs
24	The Dancing Fool	Seymour Kneitel, Benard Wolf	April 6	Talkartoons
25	Chess-Nuts	James Culhane, William Henning	April 18	Talkartoons
26	Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning	Unknown	April 22	Screen Songs
27	A-Hunting We Will Go	Al Eugster, Rudolph Eggeman	May 3	Talkartoons
28	Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Music by Ethel Merman)	Unknown	May 20	Screen Songs
29	Admission Free	Thomas Johnson, Rudolph Eggeman	June 12	Talkartoons
30	The Betty Boop Limited	Willard Bowsky, Thomas Bonfiglio	July 18	Talkartoons		Final entry in the Talkartoons series.
31	You Try Somebody Else (Music by Ethel Merman)	Unknown	July 29	Screen Songs		Brief Cameo
32	Rudy Vallee Melodies (Music by Rudy Vallée)	Unknown	August 5	Screen Songs
33	Just a Gigolo (Music by Irene Bordoni)	Unknown	September 9	Screen Songs
34	Romantic Melodies (Music by Arthur Tracy)	Unknown	October 21	Screen Songs
35	Time on My Hands (Music by Ethel Merman)	Unknown	December 23	Screen Songs		Betty Boop appears as a mermaid.
1933
36	Popular Melodies (Music by Arthur Jarrett)	Unknown	April 7	Screen Songs		Final appearance in the Screen Songs series.
1934
37	Poor Cinderella	Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall, William Henning	August 3	Color Classics		Only appearance in the Color Classics series. Betty's only appearance in color.

Betty Boop series

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
2	Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee	Seymour Kneitel, Bernard Wolf	19 August
3	Betty Boop, M.D.	Willard Bowsky, Thomas Goodson	2 September
4	Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (music by Royal Samoans and Miri)	Seymour Kneitel, Bernard Wolf	23 September
5	Betty Boop's Ups and Downs	Willard Bowsky, Ugo D'Orsi	14 October
6	Betty Boop for President	Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall	4 November
7	I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (music by Louis Armstrong)	Willard Bowsky, Ralph Somerville	25 November
8	Betty Boop's Museum	William Henning, Reuben Timinsky	16 December
1933
No.	Film	Animated by	Original release date	Availability
9	Betty Boop's Ker-Choo	Seymour Kneitel, Bernard Wolf	6 January
10	Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions	Willard Bowsky, Ugo D'Orsi	27 January
11	Is My Palm Read	David Tendlar, William Henning	17 February
12	Betty Boop's Penthouse	Willard Bowsky	10 March
13	Snow-White (music by Cab Calloway)	Roland Crandall	31 March
14	Betty Boop's Birthday Party	Seymour Kneitel, Myron Waldman	21 April
15	Betty Boop's May Party	David Tendlar, William Henning	12 May
16	Betty Boop's Big Boss	Bernard Wolf, David Tendlar	2 June
17	Mother Goose Land	Roland Crandall, Seymour Kneitel	23 June
18	Popeye the Sailor	Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall	14 July
19	The Old Man of the Mountain (music by Cab Calloway)	Bernard Wolf, Thomas Johnson	4 August
20	I Heard (music by Don Redman)	Willard Bowsky, Myron Waldman	1 September
21	Morning, Noon and Night (music by Rubinoff)	David Tendlar, Thomas Johnson	6 October
22	Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party	Willard Bowsky, Myron Waldman	3 November
23	Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (music by Rubinoff)	William Henning, Seymour Kneitel	1 December
1934
No.	Film	Animated by	Original release date	Availability
24	She Wronged Him Right	Roland Crandall, Thomas Johnson	5 January
25	Red Hot Mamma	Willard Bowsky, David Tendlar	2 February
26	Ha! Ha! Ha!	Seymour Kneitel, Roland Crandall	2 March
27	Betty in Blunderland	Roland Crandall, Thomas Johnson	6 April
28	Betty Boop's Rise to Fame		18 May
29	Betty Boop's Trial	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	15 June
30	Betty Boop's Life Guard	Willard Bowsky, David Tendlar	13 July
31	There's Something About a Soldier	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	17 August
32	Betty Boop's Little Pal	Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan	21 September
33	Betty Boop's Prize Show	Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman	19 October
34	Keep in Style	Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan	16 November
35	When My Ship Comes In	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	21 December
1935
No.	Film	Animated by	Original release date	Availability
36	Baby Be Good	Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan	18 January
37	Taking the Blame	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	15 February
38	Stop That Noise	Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan	15 March
39	Swat the Fly	David Tendlar, Sam Stimson	19 April
40	No! No! A Thousand Times No!!	Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan	24 May
41	A Little Soap and Water	Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan	21 June
42	A Language All My Own	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	19 July
43	Betty Boop and Grampy	David Tendlar, Charles Hastings	16 August
44	Judge for a Day	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	20 September
45	Making Stars	Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan	18 October
46	Betty Boop with Henry, the Funniest Living American	Myron Waldman, Sam Stimson	22 November
47	Little Nobody	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	18 December
1936
No.	Film	Animated by	Original release date	Availability
48	Betty Boop and the Little King	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	31 January
49	Not Now	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	28 February
50	Betty Boop and Little Jimmy	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	27 March
51	We Did It	Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti	24 April
52	A Song a Day	David Tendlar, Nicholas Tafuri	22 May
53	More Pep	Thomas Johnson, Dave Hoffman	19 June
54	You're Not Built That Way	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	17 July
55	Happy You and Merry Me	Willard Bowsky, George Germanetti	21 August
56	Training Pigeons	Myron Waldman, Edward Nolan	18 September
57	Grampy's Indoor Outing	David Tendlar, William Sturm	16 October
58	Be Human	Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman	20 November
59	Making Friends	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	18 December
1937
No.	Film	Animated by	Original release date	Availability
60	House Cleaning Blues	David Tendlar, Eli Brucker	15 January
61	Whoops! I'm a Cowboy	Tom Johnson, David Hoffman	12 February
62	The Hot Air Salesman	Thomas Johnson, David Hoffman	12 March
63	Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow	Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman	9 April
64	Pudgy Picks a Fight!	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	14 May
65	The Impractical Joker	Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres	18 June
66	Ding Dong Doggie	Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres	23 July
67	The Candid Candidate	Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman	27 August
68	Service with a Smile	David Tendlar, William Sturm	23 September
69	The New Deal Show	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	22 October
70	The Foxy Hunter	Thomas Johnson, Harold Walker	26 November
71	Zula Hula	Tom Johnson, Frank Endres	24 December
1938
No.	Film	Animated by	Original release date	Availability
72	Riding the Rails	Myron Waldman, Hicks Lokey	28 January
73	Be Up to Date	Thomas Johnson, Harold Walker	25 February
74	Honest Love and True	Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman	25 March
75	Out of the Inkwell	Tom Johnson, Otto Feuer	22 April
76	The Swing School	Tom Johnson, Frank Endres	27 May
77	The Lost Kitten	Myron Waldman, Lillian Friedman	24 June
78	Buzzy Boop	David Tendlar, William Sturm	29 July
79	Pudgy the Watchman	Tom Johnson, Harold Walker	12 August
80	Buzzy Boop at the Concert	Tom Johnson, Harold Walker	16 September
81	Sally Swing	Willard Bowsky, Gordon A. Sheehan	14 October
82	On with the New	Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres	2 December
83	Thrills and Chills	Roland Crandall	23 December
1939
No.	Film	Animated by	Original release date	Availability
84	My Friend the Monkey	Thomas Johnson, Frank Endres	28 January
85	So Does an Automobile	Roland Crandall, Frank Kelling	31 March
86	Musical Mountaineers	Tom Johnson, Harold Walker	12 May
87	The Scared Crows	David Tendlar, William Sturm	9 June
88	Rhythm on the Reservation	Myron Waldman, Graham Place	7 July
89	Yip Yip Yippy	Roland Crandall, Robert Bemiller	11 August

Television films

Name !Date	-	The Romance of Betty Boop	March 20, 1985	-	The Betty Boop Movie Mystery	June 25, 1989	-

Source:^[6]

Other appearances

Betty Boop made an appearance in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 1 . 2 November 2020 . Blu-ray.com.
2. Web site: Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 2 . 2 November 2020 . Blu-ray.com.
3. Web site: Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 3 . 2 November 2020 . Blu-ray.com.
4. Web site: Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Volume 4 . 2 November 2020 . Blu-ray.com.
5. Web site: The Other Betty Boop Cartoons, Volume 1 Blu-ray – and a Sneak Peek of Two Lost Cartoons . 2022-05-19 . 2022-05-21 . Stanchfield . Steve.
6. News: Today in History: In 1985, The Romance Of Betty Boop Premieres. March 20, 2020. May 11, 2020. Roodepoort Record.
7. Web site: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - Mae Questel: Betty Boop . . IMDB . 2021-11-12 .