Taking the Blame
About Taking the Blame
Betty Boop brings home a black cat as a playmate for her puppy Pudgy. The cat is mean and greedy, knocks over flower vases, eats the chocolates, and lets Pudgy take the blame, so Betty puts the puppy outside. She returns to find the cat eating the fish in the refrigerator and chases it with a broom, smashing windows, ceiling lights, and pictures. The cat turns on her. Pudgy comes back, catches the cat's tail in a mousetrap, and bars it inside the doghouse. Betty hangs a for-sale sign on the doghouse and makes up with Pudgy.
Cast & crew
More about Taking the Blame
Dave Fleischer directed and Max Fleischer produced this black-and-white short for Paramount Pictures. Hicks Lokey and Myron Waldman animated.
Themes
Making
Fleischer Studios made it in the Betty Boop series, with Pudgy already established as her puppy.
Preservation
The short survives and is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Mae Questel is the starring voice.
- Paramount released it on 15 February 1935, two months before Swat the Fly.
- Hicks Lokey and Myron Waldman are the credited animators.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons as Betty Boop - Taking the blame (1935).webm.
Scenes
- Betty finds the cat eating the fish after she has already put Pudgy out.
- Pudgy jams the cat's tail in a mousetrap and bars the doghouse door.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Betty Boop - Taking the blame (1935).webm)
