The introduction to this cartoon says that it stars Betty Boop and Bimbo, but you sure wouldn't think this if you saw it. First, the character of Bimbo looks absolutely nothing like Bimbo—other than the fact that both are dogs. Second, this is an early incarnation of Betty and in the earliest films, she was part dog and part woman. Here, she sports VERY long dog-like ears. These ears would shorten more and more throughout 1931 and would eventually evolve into earrings. And, by then, Betty was ALL woman! However, even here, Betty sports cleavage that would have to be covered up severely once the toughened Production Code was enacted three years later.
"Jack in the Beanstalk" begins with a thoughtless giant showing cigar butts on the folks way down below. So Bimbo uses his magic beans to go up to the clouds to teach the guy a lesson. There he meets Betty and rescues her as well as fights it out with the mean old giant. Overall, I wasn't that impressed by this one. It really wasn't because of the way the characters looked but because the film stayed too close to the original story and lacked the wackiness you'd find in other Boop films like "Dizzy Red Riding-Hood".
