Betty, Koko, and Bimbo dance around in a circle of victory as the film ends. The queen monster chases the protagonists until Bimbo grabs its tongue and, with one mighty yank, turns it inside out, leaving the skeleton monster to flee away. With her rivals disposed of, the Queen again asks the magic mirror who the fairest in the land is, but the mirror explodes in a puff of magic smoke that returns Betty and Koko to their normal states and changes the Queen into a hideous monster. Meanwhile, Koko and Bimbo fall down a hole and arrive at the same cave (with the Queen, who turned herself into a Witch), where the evil Queen turns them into grotesque creatures as they sing the St. This block slips downhill to the home of the seven dwarfs, who carry the frozen Betty into an enchanted cave. Betty escapes into a frozen river, which encloses her in a coffin of ice. With tears in their eyes, they take Betty into the forest and prepare to execute her. The Queen orders her guards Bimbo and Koko to behead Betty. Final appearance in the Screen Songs series.A magic mirror, with a face resembling Cab Calloway, proclaims Betty Boop to be "the fairest in the land", much to the anger of the Queen (who resembles Olive Oyl).Popular Melodies (Music by Arthur Jarrett) Romantic Melodies (Music by Arthur Tracy) Rudy Vallee Melodies (Music by Rudy Vallée) You Try Somebody Else (Music by Ethel Merman) Only entry featuring Betty Boop in the Talkartoons series to be in the public domain.Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Music by Ethel Merman) Named #20 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons.Minnie the Moocher (music by Cab Calloway) Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (music by The Round Towners Quartet) Bimbo's girlfriend is largely a generic one-off, but is drawn to resemble Betty in a few close-ups that were likely inserted later.A Bimbo cartoon, seemingly held over from earlier in production- Bimbo appears in a primitive design.First use of the song "Sweet Betty" which would become the theme song for the Betty Boop series.Surviving master negative has original opening title card intact.Final time Betty Boop is depicted as a dog.Betty Boop appears briefly topless in a bathtub.First time Betty Boop is depicted as a human as opposed to a dog- with dog ears replaced by earrings.Kitty from Kansas City (music by Rudy Vallée) First time Betty's full name appears on the titles, stylized as "Betty-Boop".Placed at #37 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons.
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