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- January 3, 2023
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Mountie adventure film.
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Crime drama about waterfront racketeers.
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Crime drama about police investigation.
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Drama about brutal ship captain.
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Before Willem Dafoe and Anthony Hopkins, Boris Karloff was the go-to character actor when it came to portraying all facets of the seedier side of hum
In Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), private detective Eddie Valiant is slumped at a table at the Ink and Paint Club, awaiting suspect Jessica Rabbit’s performance,
when a voice calls from off-screen, “Cigars? Cigarettes?” With just two words in that warbling baby voice, Eddie knows who the cigarette girl is before he sees her: Betty Boop.
Why Betty Boop Still Tickles Our Fancy“What are you doing here?” Eddie asks Betty. The 1930’s star is out of place in the 1947 film noir setting.
“Work’s been kinda slow since cartoons went to color,” Betty bashfully rolls her shoulders.
Betty Boop in fact starred in one color cartoon, Poor Cinderella of 1934. That it was Fleischer Studios’ first foray into color speaks to Betty’s popularity. Poor Cinderella boasts lovely painted backgrounds, a [...]
