Dizzy Dishes
About Dizzy Dishes
In a Fleischer Talkartoon, Bimbo is working a restaurant when a female singer takes the floor. That singer is the first Betty Boop. Dave Fleischer directed the six-minute short for Paramount.
Cast & crew
More about Dizzy Dishes
Dave Fleischer directed. Paramount released it in 1930 in the Talkartoon series. Under U.S. copyright law the short entered the public domain on 1 January 2026.
Themes
Background
A 1930 Paramount cartoon from the first wave of sound animation.
Making
Fleischer introduced the singer inside a Bimbo short. The separate Betty Boop series came after this appearance.
Preservation
Entered the U.S. public domain on 1 January 2026.
Notes
- Betty's first cartoon. The design is not yet the later human figure used once she had her own series.
- Bimbo is the restaurant worker. Betty is the act.
- Talkartoons were Fleischer's early sound series, before Betty Boop was a title character.
- Public-domain date: 1 January 2026.
Scenes
- Betty sings in the restaurant while Bimbo tries to run the room.
