Underplayed Gems

Betty Boop's Ups and Downs (1932)

Betty Boop's Ups and Downs poster
Directed by
Dave Fleischer
Genre
comedy film, family film
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Betty Boop faces the loss of her home during the Great Depression. She tries to stop a property auction using charm and comic antics.

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What happens

Betty Boop's Ups and Downs is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film, starring Betty Boop. The short subject makes light of the rash of foreclosures and property auctions in the economic turmoil of the Great Depression, together with some of the distinctive surrealism of the Fleischer style of this era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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