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2 unusual facts about Baby Esther


Baby Esther

Jones' style went on to become the inspiration for the voice of Betty Boop.

In May 1932, Helen Kane filed a $250,000 lawsuit against Max Fleischer and Paramount Publix Corporation, contending that Betty Boop's "boop-oop-a-doop" style constituted a "deliberate caricature" that gave her "unfair competition."



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