I can't find any information on the xlabel nft site, so either they licensed the name and/or character from these owners, or they are just looking at the precedent of Fleischer Studios not able to protect their own IP and figure it's technically public domain because of that haha.Įdit 2: Looks like this site does say they've worked with Fleischer Studios among others. The name belongs to one party, the rights to the character belong to another, and the comic strip rights belong to a 3rd party. So basically, Fleischer Studios owns the name but they were unable to even claim infringement in court because of how all of this was chopped up. In a lawsuit that lasted from 1932-1934 Kane was given no compensation or acknowledgement for Max Fleischers Betty Boop character. She is, however, mentioned in many documentaries and books about the Harlem Renaissance, and her legendary way of singing does live on in the iconic Betty Boop character.But doesn't Paramount still own the copyright to Betty Boop?Ī trademark on the name (but not legitimately the likeness) of Betty Boop is owned by Fleischer Studios, for which the character was created in the 1930s, but which was unable to claim copyright infringement in a 2008 district court case
During her entire career, she was mostly only known locally in the New York City area, and she reportedly died at a very young age. The Scandalous Story Behind The Real Betty Boop Will Blow You Away. In fact, she never even really achieved mainstream success. Although many believe Helen Kane is the inspiration for Betty Boop, the character.
Baby Esther, who came up with the famous. Meanwhile, the very woman who inspired the character, Baby Esther, was never compensated in any way. Though jazz-era chanteuse Helen Kane is typically credited as the model for Betty Boop, it was actually a Harlem nightclub singer named Esther Jones, a.k.a. BETTY BOOP, THE ORIGINAL LEWDIE TOON - The Washington Post By Richard Harrington JBetty Boops 'the little queen/ Of the animated screen.' And though 'made of pen and ink,/ She can win. It's estimated that the Betty Boop franchise generated millions of dollars in revenue from televison networks and sales of merchandise. The cartoon originally starred the voice talent. Rahmenfertig CoA enthalten Diese wunderbare Originalzeichnung der kindlichen und raffinierten BETTY BOOP wurde von dem internationalen Künstler Joan Vizcarra geschaffen, einem der wichtigsten und anerkanntesten Karikaturisten der Welt. But soon after, she was transformed into a white woman and remained so until her character was finally retired. 24.6M subscribers Betty Boop was created by Max Fleischer of Fleischer Studios, and made her debut in 1930’s Talkartoon cartoon short Dizzy Dishes. She appeared in at least one animated scene in the popular Popeye The Sailor Man series. Initially, Betty Boop was shown in cartoons as an African American woman. That very same style was heavily imitated by the Betty Boop animated character. After several court cases the court ruled in favor of Esther Jones and Helen Kane would be discredited as being the inspiration for Betty Boop. Her stage name was "Baby Esther", but unfortunately, when her character become the first and most famous sex symbol in animation she was whitewashed with most people having no idea where the original inspiration came from.īaby Esther had a popular cabaret act at the infamous Cotton Club in Harlem, New York where she sang with a unique vocal style that featured “boop-boop-a-doops” and other similar scat sounds. PBS has confirmed that Betty Boop, the popular cartoon character introduced to the world by cartoonist Max Fleischer in 1930, was actually inspired by a real-life African American jazz singer and entertainer from Harlem named Esther Jones.
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