That’s because live-action Betty is portrayed by singer-actress Bonnie Poe in this film, one of several actresses who voiced the star in the animated Boop cartoons.

They were kind of the “Entertainment Tonight” and “Extra” of their day with all the same Hollywood fluff, but none of the scandal.Įxcept… there is a touch of scandal behind the scenes of the short excerpt we’re looking at today. The great “ Movie Fanfare” site from online classic film store Movies Unlimited recently ran a wonderful piece on these “behind-the-scenes” reels that also originally appeared on the ' Matinee at the Bijou' site.

These short subject series ranged from being literal “behind-the-scenes” looks at movies (or cartoons) being made to interviews with stars to exclusive skits and performances. It was one of several “behind the scenes” newsreels produced during Hollywood’s heyday. “ Hollywood on Parade” was a short-subject series produced by Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s.

He’s not officially called such, but everyone knows it is (especially as this short was made within a year of the legendary vampire flick's release)… so that means Bela actually played the Count three times instead of the usually reported two (those two being the original “ Dracula” of course as well as in “ Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” - although you could argue that his Count Tesla from “ Return of the Vampire” is also Dracula… and we’ll leave it at that because if I start to talk about “ Mark of the Vampire” and “Mother Riley Meets the Vampire” I’ll have to include spoiler warnings). Now here’s a real curio – a live action appearance by famous 1930s cartoon star Betty Boop! And she’s meeting Bela Lugosi as “ Dracula,” no less.

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