![]() ![]() Of course, he failed to provide actual evidence for any of this. He also testified that Kane had seen this act “sometime around April or May 1928”. Lou Bolton, a man with a criminal record for fraud, and known friend/associate of the Fleischers, testified that HE had invented the “Boop boop a doop” style, had taught it to Esther, and that she was performing it before Kane. She was known as ‘The Miniature Florence Mills’. Bolton lied.Įsther Lee Jones was a child singer who performed as Li’l Esther. There’s an excellent reason Esther never benefited from the trial. Her play Zamboni Godot is opening in New York City in March 2017. Saunders appeared in a few movies and died in 1991.įree Vintage Cartoons: Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop and MoreĪ 103-Year-Old Harlem Renaissance Dancer Sees Herself on Film for the First Time & Becomes an Internet StarĬab Calloway’s “Hepster Dictionary,” A 1939 Glossary of the Lingo (the “Jive”) of the Harlem RenaissanceĪyun Halliday is an author, illustrator, theater maker and Chief Primatologist of the East Village Inky zine. Some of her intonations are a bit reminiscent of Bessie Smith… who hated her ( not without reason). With a bit more digging, however, you will find Gertrude Saunders – the given name of “Baby Esther” – belting it out on Spotify. ![]() You can hear Kane on cds and Spotify, but you won’t find Baby Esther. Casual cartoon historians are far more likely to identify Kane as the inspiration for the animated Boop-oop-a-doop girl. “What sounds did she interpolate?” asked Louis Phillips, a defense attorney.īaby Esther herself did not attend the trial, and did not much benefit from Kane’s loss. According to the Associated Press, Bolton testified that:īaby Esther made funny expressions and interpolated meaningless sounds at the end of each bar of music in her songs. ![]()
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