Betty takes a secretarial job where the boss sexually harasses her, but not without some encouragement from Betty.Betty takes a secretarial job where the boss sexually harasses her, but not without some encouragement from Betty.Betty takes a secretarial job where the boss sexually harasses her, but not without some encouragement from Betty.
- Directors
- Star
- Betty Boop
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Bernard Wolf(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaUpon its original release, the BBFC refused to give this short a certificate due to its plot, effectively banning it in the UK. It has never been resubmitted, thus remaining banned.
- Quotes
[title sequence]
Singer: [singing] Betty, you cunnin' little Boop-a-dooper; / Betty, you won my heart. / Betty, you knock me for a loop-de-looper; / Betty, each time you start / Betty, it's time that we went steady; / Let's get ready for the wedding. / Betty, perhaps you'll boop-a-boop / a lullaby to a Betty bye and bye.
Singers: [singing] Made of pen and ink, / She can win you with a wink / Ain't she cute?
Betty Boop: Boop-boop-boop-ee-doop!
Singers: Sweet Betty!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Biography: Betty Boop (1987)
- SoundtracksMimi
(uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Sung by an off-screen singer as "Betty" during the opening credits
Also played when the typewriter carriage flies off and hits the boss while Betty is typing
Also played during the pencil sharpener sequence
The character of Betty Boop, one of their most famous and prolific characters, may not be for all tastes and sadly not as popular now, but her sex appeal was quite daring for the time and to me there is an adorable sensual charm about her. The charm, sensuality and adorability factors are here and she's fun to watch. The rest of the characters are similarly enormously entertaining.
'Betty Boop's Big Boss' is not quite up there with Betty's best, but is never less than enormously entertaining, even though dealing with a serious subject matter, with some very inventively timed, very ahead of the time pre-code material and very funny humour. The cartoon's somewhat thin on plot, although one of the shorter Betty Boop cartoons, but despite how it all sounds the subject matter of sexual harassment while treated with humour is also handled with taste.
Furthermore, the black and white animation is extremely good, smooth, meticulously detailed and well drawn with the black and white not looking too primitive. A lot of it is actually very imaginative as well. Even better is the music, which is rousing, catchy and unquestionably accessible to anybody who loves or is familiar with the composition style.
All in all, very good cartoon. 9/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 30, 2016
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Большой босс Бетти Буп
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1