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Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girls Staged In Court


Bonnie Poe, Margie Hines and Mae Questel, "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" artists whose voices are used in the animated movie cartoons, demonstrated before the dignified New York Supreme Court in their "Boop-a-Doop" method, which they deny was borrowed from Helen Kane, the original "Boop" girl. The counterfeit Boopers, en-favored to outdo Helen Kane in the matter of Boopery in attire. Mae showed up in a flower-pot hat. 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 phrase. "This case means a million dollars to my client," pleaded Helen's attorney. "I believe that twelve men from all walks of like could help us determine whether these cartoons constitute unfair competition against Miss Kane." Fleischer testified yesterday that the only time he saw Miss Kane was at a luncheon seven years ago. Betty Boop, he added, "is purely a creature of my own imagination." Miss Kane is asking $250,000 on the rounds that Fleischer dipped into his inkwell and produced succession imitation Boopers. Helen claims they have damaged her original creation.

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