Sunday, August 12, 2012

Vive Betty!

I'm always surprised when I see how well received the Fleischer cartoons were in Europe at the time of their release. While other would be animated cyphers, outside Mickey Mouse,  failed to make an impact it seems the french embraced Betty Boop almost immediately. There is even a possibly apocryphal story that Jean Paul Sartre was a fan. Who knows?  Anyway, here is an article from a french newspaper, Minerva, from 1934 in which child stars (of whom she is included) are featured...