Betty Boop the Essential Collection Bluray and DVD

[manthing]

Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 1 [Blu-ray]
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Vol. 1 [DVD]

Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Vol. 2 [Blu-ray]
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection: Vol. 2 [DVD]

Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 3 [Blu-ray]
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 3 [DVD]

Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 4 [Blu-ray] (Release: September 30, 2014)
Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 4 [DVD] (Release: September 30, 2014)


Newly re-mastered in HD from 4K scans of the original negatives and finegrains.

Vol. 1:

• Chess Nuts (1932)
• Betty Boop, M.D. (1932)
• Betty Boop'S Bamboo Isle (1932)
• Betty Boop For President (1932)
• Betty Boop'S Penthouse (1933)
• Betty Boop'S Birthday Party (1933)
• Betty Boop'S May Party (1933)
• Betty Boop'S Hallowe'En Party (1933)
• Betty Boop'S Rise To Fame (1934)
• Betty Boop'S Trial (1934)
• Betty Boop'S Life Guard (1934)
• The Foxy Hunter (1937)

Vol. 2:

• Dizzy Dishes (1930)
• Bimbo'S Initiation (1931)
• Boo-Oop-A-Doop (1932)
• Betty Boop Limited (1932)
• Betty Boop'S Bizzy Bee (1932)
• Betty Boop'S Ups And Downs (1932)
• Betty Boop'S Museum (1932)
• Betty Boop'S Big Boss (1933)
• Morning, Noon And Night (1933)
• Betty Boop'S Little Pal (1934)
• Betty Boop'S Prize Show (1934)
• Keep In Style (1934)

Vol. 3:

• Minnie The Moocher (1932)
• I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You (1932)
• Mother Goose Land (1933)
• The Old Man Of The Mountain (1933)
• I Heard (1933)
• Ha! Ha! Ha! (1934)
• Stop That Noise (1935)
• Service With A Smile (1937)
• The New Deal Show (1937)
• Be Up To Date (1938)
• Out Of The Inkwell (1938)
• Pudgy In Thrills And Chills (1938)

Vol. 4:

• Stopping the Show (1932)
• Snow White (1933)
• Parade of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
• She Wronged Him Right (1934)
• Red Hot Mamma (1934)
• Poor Cinderella (1934)
• There’s Something About a Soldier (1934)
• When My Ship Comes In (1934)
• Zula Hula (1937)
• Riding the Rails (1938)
• The Swing School (1938)
• Pudgy the Watchman (1938)
• Sally Swing (1938)

[davidflecha17]

Cool! Hopefully they release them all.

[lordsmurf]

I wonder how good these are? I have a "remastered" two-disc DVD set that I bought about 10 years ago.
It is quite good.

[manthing]

apparently there are aspect ratio issues:



LHS: original AR
RHS: remastered dvd/blu-ray with wrong AR

some of the original cartoons used Movietone aspect ratio 1.2:1.

for this essential collection, it seems some of the cartoons have been stretched to fit a tv screen with aspect ratio 1.33:1.

so, these sets are mixed blessings.
on the one hand, we have "remastered in HD from 4k scans."
on the other hand, we have wrong AR.

not sure whether this was done deliberately or by accident.
either way, it sucks a bit.

[manthing]

^^ bump ^^

added volumes 3 and 4.