http:\rbrBetty holds a Betty Boop Exposition, where she displays the latest modern inventions. Her creations included an ultra-streamlined car, a roadster with multiple rumble seats (for those with a large family), a multi-level baby carriage for quintuplets, and a grand piano that can change into other useful contraptions. Her final invention is her dress, which can change into a flower, a butterfly, and a high-collared gown with a train. The dress is a sensation, and soon everyone is wearing the latest Boop creation.\rbr\rbrDirected by Dave Fleischer\rbrProduced by Max Fleischer\rbrVoices by Mae Questel\rbrAnimation by Edward Nolan\rbrMyron Waldman\rbrDistributed by Paramount Pictures\rbrRelease date(s) November 16, 1934\rbrColor process Black-and-white\rbrRunning time 6 mins\rbrLanguage English\rbr\rbrBetty Boop made her first appearance on August 9, 1930, in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes; the sixth installment in Fleischers Talkartoon series. Although Clara Bow is often given as being the model for Boop, she actually began as a caricature of singer Helen Kane. The character was originally created as an anthropomorphic French poodle.\rbr\rbrMax Fleischer finalized Betty Boop as a human character in 1932, in the cartoon Any Rags. Her floppy poodle ears became hoop earrings, and her black poodle nose became a girls button-like nose. Betty Boop appeared as a supporting character in 10 cartoons as a flapper girl with more heart than brains. In individual cartoons, she was called Nancy Lee or Nan McGrew -- derived from the 1930 Helen Kane film Dangerous Nan McGrew -- usually serving as a girlfriend to studio star, Bimbo.\rbr\rbrBetty Boop is regarded as one of the first and most famoussymbols on the animated screen; she is a symbol of the Depression era, and a reminder of the more carefree days of Jazz Age flappers. Her popularity was drawn largely from adult audiences, and the cartoons, while seemingly surreal, contained many ual and psychological elements, particularly in the Talkartoon, Minnie the Moocher, featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra.