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| Voices of Betty Boop vs. Helen Kane[1] |
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Boopers try to outdo each other. Parade of "Betty Boops" staged in court where actress suit is on trial. Bonnie Poe, Margie Hines, and Mae Questel, Boop-Boop-a-Doop "artists" whose voices are used in animated movie cartoons. They are demonstrating before the dignified New York Supreme Court their Booping method, which they deny was borrowed from Helen Kane, the original Booper. Miss Kane, who is suing the film producers for $250,000, is shown in the lower picture demonstrating her method.
And is asking $250,000 on the grounds Fleischer produced a succession imitation Boopers, all of who & claims, have damaged her original creation. The plump singer arrived on the scene decked out in a scarlet hat ad with geometric circles of rouge on her cheeks. In the opposite camp, Mae Questel, Bonnie Poe and Margie Hines the alleged counterfeit Boopers en-favored to outdo the plaintiff in fact matter of Boopery in attire.
Mae showed up in a flower-pot bat from which geraniums protruded. Bonnie wore a blue Apache cap, and Margie was conspicuous under a black broad-brimmed hat. Among all this Boopery, Supreme Court Justice Edward McGoldrick denied Miss Kane's plea to let a jury decide the second phase of her case.
"This case means a million dollars to my client," pleaded her attorney. "I believe that twelve men from all walks of life could help us determine whether these cartoons constitute unfair competition against Miss Kane." Justice McGoldrick indicated he would impanel a hurry to assess damages should he rule for Miss Kane.
Fleischer testified yesterday that the only time he had seen miss Kane was at a luncheon seven years ago. "Betty Boop," he added is purely a creature of my own imagination."