Betty Boop for President

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Betty Boop for President Betty Boop series
Directed by	Dave Fleischer
Produced by	Max Fleischer
Voices by	Mae Questel
Music by	Sammy Timberg
Animation by	Seymour Kneitel Bernard Wolf
Studio	Fleischer Studios
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	November 4, 1932
Color process	Black-and-white
Running time	7 mins (one reel)
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Betty Boop for President is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop. It was released on November 4, 1932 by Paramount Pictures.

[edit] Synopsis

Betty runs for the office of President against Mr. Nobody. Both candidates state their platform through song and dance.

In answer to various problems and political issues, Mr Nobody consistently promises that "Nobody" will solve the problem:

Who will make your taxes light?... Mr. Nobody!
Who'll protect the voters' right?... Mr. Nobody!
Should you come home some early dawn,
See a new milkman is on:
Who cares if your wife is gone?... Mr. Nobody

Betty's promises for improvements are shown, including door to door trolley stops, improved conditions for keeping the streets clean, and even a giant umbrella to protect the whole city from rain. Betty also promises to tame a split and incorrigible Congress made up of donkey Democrats and elephant Republicans, and offers a simple solution for prison reform: she will transform each hardened criminal into a limp-wristed sissy.

Betty's campaign promises win the crowd over, and she is voted into the White House by a landslide. A large parade is held in the new President's honor, as she thanks one and all.

[edit] Notes and comments

Betty Boop for President was reworked by the Fleischer staff sixteen years later, when the studio, by then known as Famous Studios, produced a Popeye the Sailor cartoon entitled Olive Oyl for President. This 1948 short reuses many of the gags, as well as a reworked version of Betty's "If I Were President" song, applying them to a fantasy story about Olive Oyl running for president.

The title was later used for a 1980 compilation film, Betty Boop for President: The Movie. While clips from other Betty Boop cartoons are featured, there are no clips from the 1932 short used in the 1980 film.