The cartoon opens with a live action sequence of Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra performing Prohibition Blues. This is the first of three Cab Calloway appearances in Betty Boop cartoons.\r
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Many incorrectly believe that Clara Bow was the model for The Queen of the Animated Screen, but the cartoon flapper girl actually began as a caricature of singer-starlet Helen Kane. She debuted on August 9, 1930 in Dizzy Dishes as an anthropomorphic French poodle. Animator Grim Natwick was the original creator and also worked for Disney Studios on the film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.\r
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Max Fleischer finalized Betty Boop as a human character in 1932s Any Rags to make her a more fitting girlfriend for Bimbo. Her floppy dog ears became hoop earrings and her black puppy nose became a girls button-like nose. Betty Boop is regarded as one of the first animatedsymbols. Shes an icon of the Depression era and Jazz Age.\r
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