Editing Max Fleischer (section)

===Betty Boop===
Max Fleischer's [[Betty Boop]] character was born out of a cameo caricature in the early ''[[Talkartoon]]'', ''[[Dizzy Dishes]]'' (1930). Fashioned after popular singer [[Helen Kane]], she originated as a hybrid poodle/canine figure and was such a sensation in the New York preview that Paramount encouraged Fleischer to develop her into a continuing character. While she originated under animator [[Grim Natwick|Myron "Grim" Natwick]], she was transformed into a human female under [[Seymour Kneitel]] and [[Berny Wolf]] and became Fleischer's most famous character.

The "Betty Boop" series began in 1932 and became a big success for Fleischer. That same year, Helen Kane filed a lawsuit against Fleischer, Fleischer Studios, and Paramount claiming that the cartoons were a deliberate caricature of her, created unfair competition, and had ruined her career. The suit went to trial in 1934. Judge Edward J. McGoldrick ruled, "The plaintiff has failed to sustain either cause of action by proof of sufficient probative force." In his opinion, the "baby" technique of singing did not originate with Kane.<ref name="Supreme Court Appellate Division">[https://books.google.com/books?id=_lfli1cCqE8C&pg=PA1 Supreme Court Appellate Division- First Department. N.p., n.p.]</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Fields |first=Jill |title=An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |location=Berkeley |year=2007 |isbn= 9780520223691 |page=166}}</ref><ref>''[[Mansfield News Journal|The Mansfield News]]'', May 5, 1934.</ref>