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11-30-2006, 09:25 PM
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Grim Natwick question
I was chatting with my co-worker today. When I told him that I was a classic cartoon buff, he told me that his mother's cousin was the first person to draw Betty Boop. We're New Yorkers, so it's not that farfetched. When I dropped the name Grim Natwick, he wasn't familiar with it. But he said that his mother's cousin was paralyzed in one arm. His mother has Alzheimer's and probably won't remember the name.
Was Grim Natwick paralyzed in one arm? Was anyone who worked at the Fleischer studio paralyzed in one arm?  My co-worker was amazed that Grim Natwick lived to be 100.
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11-30-2006, 09:33 PM
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I believe "TAD" Dorgan was partially paralyzed, maybe in one arm..though Natwick drew Betty, not Dorgan (who had died by that time.)
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12-01-2006, 02:42 AM
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Natwick came up with the creation of Betty when he came across a Paramount muscial sheet that featured Paramount contract player, Helen Kane.It was that cover sheet that inspired Natwick to create Betty and animated her in "Dizzy Dishes".
As Ub Iwerks was the creator of Mickey Mouse, then the same thing can be said for Natwick's creation of Betty Boop and not Max or Dave Fleischer.If you see some of the Flip The Frog cartoons that dates to mid-1931 and from that point on, you can easily see the animated females(which was animated by Natwick)and you can easily see some very strong refrences towards Betty.
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