While I was studying in Innsbruck, one of the courses I had was on Austria's role in Hollywood. The Fleischer brothers were important for such innovations as rotoscope animation.
Betty Boop is actually a dog, although as she became more of a staring character instead of a subsidiary character her features became less pronounced. However, occasionally in some of the cartoons they would still show scenes with elongation of her ears and muzzle.
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