![]() ![]() Take a look at just three of the Associated Press stories during the trial. Phillips in the Brownsville Herald of Jmakes fun of the coming trial, with fake Kane testimony about “boop-oop-a-doop” that drove the judge crazy before dismissing the case. Ma– Kane sets sail from New York for a “rest” before her big court date.Ī column by H.I.Janu– Kane is in a sanitarium in California, recovering from a nervous breakdown.She has admitted in court she went out “almost every day and night” with Posner and accepted “very substantial gifts” from him-while she was still married. Ap– Kane is ordered to pay $40,000 plus $6,400 to Irving Trust as Trustee for money paid to her in 1929 by Murray Posner, president of a dress company.Febru– Kane marries Max Hoffman, the son of a dancer.Decem– Kane wins a Mexican divorce from Joseph Kane, New York Department store buyer.By then, Helen Kane had bigger problems than a cartoon character. Betty’s was climbing she even had her own music show on WJZ-NBC, debuting November 18, 1932, with Mae Questal providing her voice. But it basically boiled down to this: Kane’s career had peaked. ![]() Kane’s basic argument: she came up with Betty’s phrase “boop-oop-a-doop” so she should reap the windfall from it. Kane filed a lawsuit on May 4, 1932, demanding damages from the Paramount and Max Fleischer Studios and an injunction stopping them from making Betty Boop cartoons. That prompted a trial with probably some of the silliest testimony ever heard in a courtroom. Betty Boop sang, “Don’t take my boop-oop-a-doop away!” And Helen Kane claimed Betty did just that to her. ![]()
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