Before Betty Boop Was Beautiful...

By PJ Lifestyle Cartoon at Noon 12:00 PM on June 25, 2014

“Barnacle Bill” from August 31, 1930:

The Fleischer cartoons tend to have a much wilder, more surreal style than the Disney Silly Symphonies released at the same time.

“Mysterious Mose” from December 26, 1930:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALLKfiqQu20

How can conservatives conquer Hollywood? PJ Lifestyle editor Dave Swindle argued in March 2014 that it was through studying how technological changes transformed the culture in the age of classic Hollywood. In this ongoing series mid-day Monday-Friday at PJ Lifestyle he highlights animated short films from the 1920s, '30s and 1940s, beginning with an emphasis on Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies. What are some of your favorite cartoons of the era? Please email URLs to DaveSwindlePJM[@]gmail.com or tweet to @DaveSwindle for shorts you'd like to see featured in the future. Image illustration courtesy shutterstock / Ismagilov.