Voila! The frame size was almost identical to 16mm (and far bigger than the later 8mm). So in a brilliant move they DID AWAY with the edge sprockets and moved the sprocket holes to a single CENTRAL hole on the frame-line BETWEEN each frame. So in an innovative analysis it was decided by Pathe that the BIG percent of the film devoted to the edge sprocket holes was truly wasted EXPENSIVE film (for the home user). The genesis of it was that the cost of "amateur" 16mm film collecting was just TOO high for authentic home movie collectors in the 1920's and beyond. The 9.5mm film format was actually a pretty clever idea. I'm not too familiar with the format, but hopefully other Betty Boops and other NOn-Popeye Paramount Cartoons were transferred to this format during the thirties and exist today somewhere. The poster of the videos state that these cartoons are from a 9.5mm Pathescope film. The end titles on both films feature an iris from the cartoon into the Paramount Logo used Betty Boop and Grampy featured a Paramount logo with the words "The End" super-imposed over it, while "Betty Boop's Halloween Party" featured the ink bottle end titles, as you will see in the youtube links. The opening credits to Betty Boop and Grampy and the transaction used in between the "Betty Boop and Grampy" title to the director credits, featured at 0:15, is extremely interesting to see. After looking at the videos I am honestly convinced that these are original, not recreated, opening and closing titles to the cartoons. Here is an interesting youtube find: copies of "Betty Boop and Grampy" and "Betty Boop's Halloween Party" with the original opening and end titles.
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