Betty Boop for President (1932)

Betty's campaign tries to appeal to everyone. Real candidates are parodied, but campaign promises are a bit bizarre.

Director:

Dave Fleischer

Stars:

Mae Questel

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Mae Questel	...	Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)

Storyline

Betty Boop sings and runs against Mr. Nobody while parodying actual candidates. The House of Representatives is portrayed by elephants and asses.

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Plot Keywords:

betty boop | politics | female politician | surrealism | character name in title

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 November 1932 (USA)

Also Known As:

Betty Boop para presidente

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fleischer Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

7 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Olive Oyl for President (1948)

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Soundtracks

"When I'm the president"
Words and Music by Al Lewis and Al Sherman
Sung by Betty Boop

User Reviews

Bad splicing, horrid voice acting.

This "movie" is made up of spliced-together classic Fliescher shorts with the audio track replaced with bad dialogue which means the lipsynch is completely off (naturally).

Characters who previously had no voices were given voices and Betty is the only character who sounds anything like the previous voice acting and the animation quality is inconsistent since they use shorts from many different eras of Betty Boop cartoons.

This movie would be slightly more valuable if it had the intact audio, since it is the visuals (though cut to pieces) from lots of wonderful classic Boop cartoons. This movie feels very forced and is really only worth watching for gag value.