Betty Boop - Dizzy Dishes

Betty Boop is an animated American cartoon character.\r
She made her first appearance on August 9, 1930 in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes. The name Betty Boop came later; in Dizzy Dsishes she was nameless.\r
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In Dizzy Dishes Betty appeared originally as an anthropomorphic French poodle. In later films Bettys floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings and her black poodle nose became a button-like nose.\r
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Betty Boop is one of the most well-known and popular cartoon characters around the world.\r
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Even though Clara Bow was given as being the model for Boop, but Betty actually began as a caricature of singer Helen Kane. The reason why Helen Kane, in May 1932, filed a $250,000 infringement lawsuit against Max Fleischer and Paramount Publix Corporation.\r
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Betty Boop - Dizzy Dishes (9 August 1930)