The Betty Boop Limited

Fleischer were responsible for some brilliant cartoons, some of them still among my favourites. Their visual style was often stunning and some of the most imaginative and ahead of its time in animation.

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. That charm, sensuality and adorable factor is not lost anywhere here, nor her comic timing and she is very well supported by the ever fun Bimbo and Koko. Plus the rest of the show troupe, the animals and the train itself.

Not among the best Betty Boop cartoons by all means, though still a very good one. This said, it has all the elements that make her pre-Code cartoons so worthwhile and does do so much, almost everything, right and little wrong. The weak link is the story, which is basically acts being strung together and not much else.

However, the animation is outstanding, everything is beautifully and meticulously drawn and the whole cartoon is rich in visual detail and imagination. Every bit as good is the music score, which delivers on the energy, lusciousness and infectiousness, great for putting anybody in a good mood.

Loved the acts being shown, not just Betty's singing, Bimbo's juggling and Koko's tap dancing (my favourite) but also even the train itself gets in on the act with some really neat and imaginatively rendered tricks. 'The Betty Boop Limited' is ceaselessly fun, and delivers on the creativity as well as the imaginative surrealism. There are more risqué Betty Boop cartoons around, but there is still evidence of that in 'The Betty Boop Limited'. The voice work is fine.

On the whole, a lot of fun and a great watch visually and in entertainment. 8/10 Bethany Cox

If you are looking for plot, you'll sure have a hard time finding it in "The Betty Boop Limited". The cartoon short consists of lots of animals and the two familiar sidekicks of Betty Boop, Ko Ko and Bimbo (he's a dog--and nothing more!). Betty sings a song and the train bounds down the tracks.

While the animation of this short is terrific (something that can be said of all the Fleischer Studio cartoons), the story is non-existent and the overall cartoon comes off as too cute and a bit dull. Compared to cartoons made by most studios other than Fleischer and Disney, this still is awfully good but it just doesn't have the quality or humor you'd expect in a typical Betty Boop short. Worth watching for die-hard Boop fans, otherwise easy to skip.

I have been working through the Betty Boop catalogue, and this is another beautiful example of how good Betty Boop is! Wonderful animation, Koko tap dancing was extraordinary, especially when we consider it was 1932.

The surrealistic images, the wonderful song from Betty, complete with Boop-Oop-A-Doop! This is a warm, fresh, original animated short, and it makes you wonder what happened to that originality in animation, apart from the genius of Studio Ghibli, and some of the Pixar films there is not much to say about modern animation, and there is less to say about amimated short films.

This was fine animation, and should be watched by all!