Character balloons from Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. From 1929 onwards (not in order).
That last one though, the Pink Panther... Perfect.
(A funny follow-up later.)
Character balloons from Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. From 1929 onwards (not in order).
That last one though, the Pink Panther... Perfect.
(A funny follow-up later.)
dewitty1 reblogged
I love how insane animators were in the 30s. Some guy just burst into the Betty Boop studio like "Guys, I got an idea: Betty runs away from home and is tormented by skeletons and evil spirits." and someone replied "Ok, sounds swell. Should we score that with some spooky orchestral music? Pipe organs?" and the first guy said "No, I already have someone to do the music. It's Cab Calloway, one of the most popular blues artists of all time. And we're going to rotoscope a walrus ghost over him." and everyone nodded and got to work
And to be clear: it absolutely ruled.
Character balloons from Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. From 1929 onwards (not in order).
That last one though, the Pink Panther... Perfect.
(A funny follow-up later.)
Did you know this?!?!
from @blackwomenthrive & @melaninboard
Harlem World Magazine says:
About the top picture: A photo of a ukrainian cosplayer by the name of Olya Gussy who posed in several photographs as Betty Boop in which went viral and has been seen by millions of people on the internet where the photo has been mistaken as Baby Esther and/or Helen Kane. The reason as to why the photoshoot of Oyla was mistaken for Baby Esther was because HelloBeautiful’s Lifestyle Editor Danielle Young posted the photo of the “white” ukrainian cosplayer (the practice of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game) dressed up as Betty Boop and claimed it was Baby Esther without researching the origin of the photograph, which made people believe the photograph was actually “Baby Esther”, and also lead people to believe Betty Boop was of mixed-race heritage/Mulatto.
Baby Esther
#Betty Boop#Esther jones#Black history#real balck history#black heritage#black awareness#celebrate black history#black history facts#black women in histroy#black history matters#black american history#share black stories#black legacy#black lives matter#Who else thinks that this could be Ruth Negga?#They Look so similar!?
dewitty1 reblogged
Character balloons from Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. From 1929 onwards (not in order).
That last one though, the Pink Panther... Perfect.
(A funny follow-up later.)