By the summer of 1933, the Fleischer brothers’ self-named animation studio was riding high. Based largely on the success of flapper dream girl Betty Boop, whose risqué series of cartoons became immensely popular in the […]
In 1941, Paramount approached Max and Dave Fleischer, heads of their in-house animation production, with a proposal: to adapt the increasingly popular Superman comic book into an animated series for the big screen. But the Fleischers were reluctant. […]
A wild, weird, and wonderful All Hallows’ Eve to you all! This week, The Retro Set offers a smorgasbord of classic Halloween cartoons for your ghoulish pleasure–some familiar, some perhaps less so. Felix the Cat […]
“Folks, now here’s a story ’bout Minnie the Moocher … she was a red-hot hoochie-coocher …” With her somewhat inauspicious debut in 1930’s Dizzy Dishes, Betty Boop became the most unlikely of stars. Initially drawn as a […]
J. Stuart Blackton. J.R. Bray. Raoul Barré. The Fleischer brothers. Otto Messmer. Paul Terry. These names may not be all that recognizable today, but even the most casual observer of popular culture can see the […]
In 1933, Betty Boop was at the height of her cinematic fame. The Fleischer-animated shorts–racy, daffy, and wonderfully musical–were immensely popular. Audiences couldn’t get enough of sweet Betty and her crazy adventures, and the Fleischers […]
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