Rather than making animated backgrounds using drawings the Fleischers pioneered the idea of using either models or cutouts mounted on a turntable. The table was slowly spun and photographed. The foreground animation was then placed in front of the photographed backgrounds. This not only saved hundred of hours of drawing but also lent a 3D effect to the back ground. It was used here and in numerous "Popeye" cartoons.
The crooner with the megaphone singing on the balcony at the palace ball is modeled on Rudy Vallee.
Fleischer Studio's first color cartoon.
The only Betty Boop cartoon in color. Her black hair was tinted red for this one film.
This was made in the two-strip "Cinecolor" process, because Walt Disney had exclusive rights to the new 3-strip Technicolor process from 1932 to 1935. Betty's hair was colored red to take advantage of this. The short also used Fleischer Studio's Stereoptical process, in order to provide some scenes with additional depth of field.