Show BOOP A i GOES TO COURT Helen Kane Asks Charging Cartoon Is Caricature Carl Carl- of Herself NEW YORK April 18 The boop a trial is under way I in supreme court with Helen Kane the orIginal boop dooper three Ira Imi tation boop girls and several yards of cartoon Um film on hand for forthe the enlightenment ot of Justice Edward McGoldrick Max Fleischer proxy for tor the ani mated Betty Miss Kane was far from his thoughts when he conceived con con- his cartoon character which has bounced and through 47 reels in the past five years MIss Kane wants damages from Mr Fleischer and the Para Pam mount corporation on the ground that Betty Boop Lc Ls a ture of herself She also wants Betty stopped by injunction This insidious cartoon personality has almost replaced me in the pub pub- lies lie's mind she confided I 1 have become a ghost eten en children hail me mc Hello Betty Miss Kane ignored the presence of three other young oun women with mature curves CS ros rosbud ud lips and snub noses like her own who sat side sideby sideby by side in court They were Mae Margy Hines and Bonnie Poe Pac who were used at various times by Mr Fleischer fo the sound effects that go with the Betty Beep Boop films Samuel R. R counsel for tor Miss Kane brought out from Mr Fleischer that the first Betty Boop cartoons were made in 1929 when the character charac charac- ter was nameless Later as her popularity popularity pop pop- grew she became Betty and then Betty Boop |