The sheet music for "Don't Be Like That" by Archie Gottler, Charles Tobias and Maceo Pinkard. Introduced by Helen Kane (The Personality Girl). The cover has be stamped by the Music Store. Igancy Podgorski Music Store Everything in Music 2233 Orthodox St. Philadelphia, Pa. Then Frank H. Boark stamped it with his name three times. And finally the Antiques Dealer marked it $3.00 DMM in pencil. But you know Helen Kane still looks good in a white period dress and her flapper haircut. It was copyrighted in 1927 Published in 1928 and advertises for 1929. Please send for a high res picture if you wish to see the cover. It measures 12 x 9 inches.
Was Helen Kane the basis for Betty Boop? Kane apparently thought so and sued. Here is what wikipedia says. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Kane
In 1930, Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick introduced a caricature of Helen Kane, with droopy dog ears and a squeaky singing voice, in the Talkartoons cartoon Dizzy Dishes. "Betty Boop", as the character was later dubbed, soon became popular and the star of her own cartoons. In 1932, Betty Boop was changed into a human, the long dog ears long ears becoming hoop earrings.
In May of that same year, Kane filed a $250,000 suit against Paramount and Max Fleischer, charging unfair competition and wrongful appropriation in the Betty Boop cartoons. The trial opened that year with Kane and Betty Boop films being viewed only by the judge. No jury was called. Ann Rotshchild (Little Ann Little), Kate Wright, Bonnie Poe, and most notably Mae Questel were all summoned to testify.
The case dragged on for more than two years before the judge ruled against Kane, claiming her testimony did not prove that her singing style was unique and not an imitation itself (a little-known African American singer known as "Baby Esther" had been cited by the defence as "booping" in song)
Read her bio at wikipedia it is pretty wild stuff.
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Lets get this into the hands of someone who will appreciate it. This would be a great addition to anyone's collection.
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