In 1937, Disney produced the ground-breaking full-length cartoon, SNOW WHITE. Four years earlier, Fleischer Studios made a short version of this classic tale and it starred, of all characters, Betty Boop. Now, for the average Betty Boop cartoon, SNOW-WHITE is a pretty good cartoon--but I would never confuse Betty Boop with great art! The animation, while decent for 1934, is incredibly poor compared to the Disney effort--yet miraculously the overall score for this short is higher than the great Disney film--even though SNOW WHITE is one of the best and most important films in animation history! The very cartoony black and white artwork is passable but shows little artistic flair and,...well,...it's only Betty Boop! About the only really interesting thing is a musical number performed by Koko the Clown and is actually sung by the great Cab Calloway.
An oddity, of course...but NOT in the same league as the Disney classic.
An oddity, of course...but NOT in the same league as the Disney classic.