Boop-Oop-a-Doop is a animated short film created by the Fleischer Studios in 1932 as part of the Talkartoon series.

Plot

The short film begins with a giant Betty Boop

Betty Boop

Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. She originally appeared in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. She has also been featured in...

 flag which flies over the big top. Betty works as a Lion taming

Lion taming

Lion taming is the practice of taming lions, either for protection, whereby the practice was probably created, or, more commonly, entertainment, particularly in the circus. The term is also often used for the taming and display of other big cats such as tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and pumas...

 artist and a Tightrope walking

Tightrope walking

Tightrope walking is the art of walking along a thin wire or rope, usually at a great height. One or more artists performs in front of an audience or as a publicity stunt...

 artist. Another of the other circus attractions is Koko the Clown

Koko the Clown

Koko the Clown was an animated character created by animation pioneer Max Fleischer. The character originated when Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a device that allowed for animation to be more lifelike by tracing motion picture footage of human movement. To test out his new invention...

. While performing on the highwire the villainous Ringmaster lusts for Betty as he watches her from below, singing "Do Something (1929)

Do Something (1929)

"Do Something" is a song written by Sam H. Stept and Bud Green for the Paramount Pictures film Nothing But the Truth , in which the song was performed by Helen Kane. Unfortunately, the scene of Kane singing this song seems to be missing from the only existing print of the movie.Kane also had a...

," a song previously performed by Helen Kane

Helen Kane

Helen Kane was an American popular singer; her signature song was "I Wanna Be Loved By You". Kane's voice and appearance were a likely source for Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick when creating Betty Boop, although It-girl Clara Bow is another possible influence.-Early life:Born as Helen...

. As Betty returns to her tent, the Ringmaster follows her inside and sensually massages her legs, surrounds her and threatens her job if she doesn't submit. Betty begs the Ringmaster to cease his advances, as she sings "Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away

Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away

" Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away" is a song, written by Sammy Timberg.It was first recorded for the screen song Musical Justice , with a vocal by Mae Questel. It was then used in the Betty Boop Talkartoons cartoon Boop-Oop-a-Doop. The chorus:* at Scribd...

." Koko the Clown is outside of the tent, practicing his juggling and hears the struggle from inside the tent. He leaps in to save Betty's virtue, struggling with the Ringmaster who loads him into a cannon, firing it, thinking that he has sent the hero away, laughing with self-satisfaction. But Koko is hiding inside the cannon, and strikes the Ringmaster out cold with a mallet, returning with "the last laugh." When Koko expresses concern about Betty's welfare, she answers in song, "No, he couldn't take my boop-oop-a-doop away!" The film ends with Koko sweetly kissing Betty on the cheek.

External links

• Boop-Oop-a-Doop at IMDB
• Boop-Oop-a-Doop at Heptune
• Boop-Oop-a-Doop at Bcdb