From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a popular icon since the 1930s.
Cast
Eddie Borden
Self (archive footage)
Irène Bordoni
Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow
Self (archive footage)
Leslie Cabarga
Self
Cab Calloway
Self (archive footage)
Cliff Edwards
Self (singing voice)
Dave Fleischer
Self (archive footage)
Max Fleischer
Self (archive footage)
Richard Fleischer
Self
Peter Graves
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jean Harlow
Self (archive footage)
Margie Hines
Self (archive footage)
Art Jarrett
Self (archive footage)
Helen Kane
Self (archive footage)
Mark Langer
Self
Ann Little
Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi
Self / Dracula (archive footage)
Ethel Merman
Self (archive footage)
Pola Negri
Self (archive footage)
Bonnie Poe
Self (archive footage)
Mae Questel
Self / Betty Boop (archive footage)
Bob Thomas
Self
Rudy Vallee
Self (archive footage)
Myron Waldman
Self
Mae West
Self (archive footage)
Crew
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