THE CREATORS
• Max Fleischer and Dave Fleischer were brothers of the Fleischer studio.
• Was known for creating Popeye,and Betty Boop. And he brought Superman to the screen
• Max wrote books he loved to draw,was a catalog artist for Boston
• He returned to New york
• He was an illustrator
• In 1930 he made Betty Boops first screen debut in Dizzy Dishes as Bimbo the dogs girlfriend
• Betty Boop was a French poodle mix
• Was first known as a dog.
• Bimbo was the reason why she was created.
• She was the girlfriend of Bimbo the dog.
• She started her career in the movie Dizzy Dishes.
• Did not have a name when she was created
• here is a clip of this
• https://archive.org/details/BettyBoopInDizzyDishes
ABOUT BETTY BOOP
THANK YOU BIMBO
• Bimbo was one of the !rst of the Fleischer brother shows to be made
• He was the lead actor of his show called BIMBO
• The brothers thought bimbo was pretty alone without a female accompany so they made one just for him
• Betty was seen as a sex symbol
• Her flapper like look is what made her persona.
• She was an animated cartoon made for adults in the time period.
• Her look was given to her because of how free the women were. She was meant to be created as the actual thing.
WHAT SHE WAS SEEN AS
• At the time of the great depression was occurring there were many forms of entertainment that kept people from thinking about it.
• When the stock market crashed new york started having under ground jazz clubs.
• These jazz clubs were a form of entertainment for those who wanted to get out of how bad they were feeling.
• Zenga Longmore was the name band that had supportedBetty Boop.
• The Zenga was an all black group. In deep down new york it was where Betty had originated from
• https://archive.org/details/bb_minnie_the_moocher
JAZZ MUSIC
MORE ABOUT THE GREAT DEPRESSION
• While Betty Boop was going on the stock market had crashed
• For most people it was a good thing because those who could not afford a TV before could.
• It was a time where everyone really blamed themselves for why the market to crash
• The only way for most people to get away from the depression thought was to watch other people in their success and to
FEMALES DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
• Before the great depression females were getting tired of over powering male’s, they wanted a mind of there own.
• In the 1920’s women had long hair and skirts and then “we wanted to be free” we started first with the cutting of the hair in a bob like style.
• We then started to drink alcohol and not really care who see’s.
• Then the tight dresses and short skirts, and short tops turned them into the most memorable group of all people.