Upscaled, colorized with neural networks video: Betty Boop - Riding the Rails. Also was be improved video sharpness. Enjoy your watching! Riding the Rails is a 1938 Fleischer Studios animated short film featuring Betty Boop and Pudgy. Pudgy insists on following his mistress when she goes downtown in the subway. He gets on the train, and then his troubles begin. After almost disrupting the train service, he is flung off, and is forced to walk the tracks back to the station, with trains whizzing down on him from all directions. When he finally arrives safely back home, he is cured of wanting to trail around town with Betty. Trivia: Was released on the 28th of January in 1938. Although some sources claim that this film was nominated for an Academy Award, it does not appear on the official Academy Awards database. The film inspired a large variety of collectables in the 1930s, although originals are now rare to find.