Snow-White is probably the best known title in the Betty Boop series. It has been released on home video twice: first in the Betty Boop Collectors' Edition, and later in the Definitive Collection box set. Chuck Pennington, who has been digitizing video for the archives, noticed some interesting differences between the way the cartoon was framed on the two sets. In the earlier set, the image is cropped to include the top of the frame. About 15% of the frame at the bottom is eliminated. The later set is the exact opposite, with 15% of the top cropped off. Chuck determined that the aspect ratio of this particular cartoon is not the standard for 35mm sound films, but an earlier format where the larger silent aperture was used with the left side of the frame cropped to allow for the optical soundtrack. This resulted in an almost square format. To present the entire image on the TV screen, letterboxing bars on the right and left would be needed.
-- ASIF Hollywood Animation Archive: http://www.animationarchive.org/2005/11/filmography-betty-boop-in-snow-white.html
-- ASIF Hollywood Animation Archive: http://www.animationarchive.org/2005/11/filmography-betty-boop-in-snow-white.html
Watch Snow-White (1933) on:
archive.org here
Hollywood Animation Archive here (QuickTime needed) (link is halfway down the page)
YouTube (posted by Deformographic) here
YouTube (posted by raincrow88) here
archive.org here
Hollywood Animation Archive here (QuickTime needed) (link is halfway down the page)
YouTube (posted by Deformographic) here
YouTube (posted by raincrow88) here
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