Are cinema-goers ready for a bloodthirsty Betty Boop? The question will be answered later this year when the Jazz Age cartoon ...

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Boop-oop-a-doop! Max Fleischer’s greatest creation is bringing all her friends back to the screen this weekend at AFS Cinema with the Fleischer Studios Legacy Credit: courtesy of Fleischer Studios In ...

In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time. Fleischer’s ...

Created by animator Grim Natwick, and voiced (mostly) by Mae Questel, Betty was the queen of the New York cartoon studio run by Max and Dave Fleischer — Walt Disney's only serious rival in the 1930s.

The family of the man who created Betty Boop has failed in a bid to be declared exclusive copyright and trademark owner over the iconic comic character. Max Fleischer created Boop, the childish yet ...

The musical is directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, a Tony Award winner for 'Kinky Boots.' By Caitlin Huston Business Writer A musical about Betty Boop is the latest to join Broadway’s ...

One was the creator of a squeaky-clean mouse named Mickey, the other the brains behind a squeaky-voiced flirt with the catchphrase “Boop-oop-a-doop.” But the two great American animators — Walt Disney ...