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mia-seth-adventures · 2 days ago
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Baby Esther née Esther Lee Jones - The Original 'Betty Boop'. At Wikipedia
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frank-o-meter · 6 months ago
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Esther Lee Jones (aka Little Esther) was a popular African American performer who toured the world in the early part of the 20th Century.
When interviewed in Rio de Janeiro, a reporter asked how she had avoided the racists who lynched and burned black people in Texas and Alabama. Esther replied that she had so far escaped their wrath by staying out of the South.
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nickysfacts · 11 months ago
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Baby Esther “boop boop a doop” herself to stardom!💄
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sharkasstronaut · 1 year ago
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Betty Boop in my style because I felt like it. And she's black because she was inspired by Esther Lee Jones or "Baby Esther" who initially came up with the "boop boop bee doop" type of flair in the singing. I got this info from @upturninginkpots my friend, credit where credit is due.
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show-us-kaidenshenandoah · 5 months ago
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a loved one of mine sent me this post back in June, but i was immediately afraid of being a party-pooper so i didnt post my reply publicly but, now, ive had more than enough emotional distance from the knee-jerk anxiety of "oh no what if i correct people and everyone sends me hate and doxxes me" that im like "oh yeah i should post that" lmao (if i already did this: sorry, chronic memory loss stinks. i dont remember having done this before lmao)
if you dont like reading a long thing of text to get information btw, totally get it, here is a video link to Jessica Vill's video about the topic which will walk you through identical information if that is your preferred way to process/learn
also: you can easily google and wiki my sources, these arent hard things to verify once you know to look them up to begin with. but i did include screenshots below as my various sources; as well as evidence of "yeah, it would be super easy to fact-check me about this if you feel so inclined" [transcripts of images will be my reblog of this post under a read more, bc tumblr kept throwing a fit otherwise if i did it here] nonetheless, never blame people for not knowing what they didnt know. the misconception is absolutely the fault of PBS (for not fact-checking the author of that article pre-publication if nothing else) for publishing an article preying on the Black community's pre-existing attachment to Betty Boop for clicks. i wont be going into that article itself that had so terribly misreported, esp since PBS already apologized, im just reporting the information i know
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i will add the following corrections to what i said in that DM:
i do not "blame" anyone above for the misinformation. if i "blame" anyone, it is PBS for claiming Fleischer consciously based Betty Boop's personality and design on Esther Jones, which you can see in the screenshot above; where BlackHistory.com cites and quotes that said misreported article. thats who i was groaning about in my DM, the PBS article; i was not nor was i ever attributing misinformation to come from @rikareena or @lveshae, but especially not @rikareena who fact-checked and was lied to by (a) said misinformation and (b) there not being an editorial within the snippet SAYING "oh btw sorry, our source we mentioned was bad actually. PBS apologized for the misinformation and not fact-checking it and we should too for spreading it without fact-checking our source ourselves". you should always google your facts and that is exactly what @rikareena did. it was not anybody in this post's fault that these sources were based on misinformation. do NOT blame or send negative attention to any tumblr-user/individual person within this post or outside of this post, istg, demand better of these website-sources instead (esp to have fact-checking teams themselves) and not individual people omfg
we do have few photos of Little Esther (you can see all of them in Jessica Vill's video), not just one. but they all are of her as a child. we have NO confirmed photos of her as an adult. also, to clarify, Little Esther was who i was talking about in regards to lost media, we have VERY little records of her performances (to which im glad people HAVE been looking into her and finding more about her that we can confirm is definitely her through this misreport. i love that she is re-gaining fans and her story is being shared, very big silver lining of this whole thing. if you're into uncovering lost media, please do look into her and help find more about her) also, she goes by "Baby Esther" and "Little Esther" as well as her name of Esther Jones/Esther Lee Jones
the photo i said was maybe her as an adult was incorrect. you'll see it below, it's the "Do Tell by James Van Der Zee, circa 1930" portrait that has oft been misattributed to Esther Jones. we do not know who this woman modeling for him had been
the cosplayer in question i mentioned was specifically Olya Gussy. she dressed up as Betty Boop and was photographed in 2008 by Retro Atelier. she is often misattributed as being an adult Esther Jones, which she is not
part of why i can never remember Betty Boop's primary "original" voice-actress is because Betty Boop has had SO MANY, even in just "classic Betty years". but i was specifically thinking of Mae Questel. the main three classic 1930s Betty Boop voices were Mae Questel, Mary Hines, and Bonnie Poe, but there were also several others in the 30s alone. but, yeah, when i was trying to talk about Betty Boop's voice-actress, it was Questel specifically who was in my head
i got my information wrong about the Betty Boop musical "Boop!". i got confused; i blame my chronic memory loss, but still my bad. anyway. it has so far ONLY been OFF-Broadway and is DUE to be ON Broadway in 2025 (get hyped!!! im so excited!!). off of Broadway, it has so far only been in Chicago according to the Wikipedia. and though it only had a had a short run in Chicago overall, the entire time it WAS in Chicago, Betty Boop was played by a Black musical actress: Jasmine Amy Rogers. love her, go support her!!
here are various screenshots with more information. feel free to look into them and/or the court-case on your own time. this is just "yep, shallow 2+2=4 levels of using google/wiki to fact-fact" on myself (which, to reiterate: is NOT a diss on anyone who didnt know what they didnt know, outside of this post or within it, idgaf, i do not tolerate trolls and dickheads being mean and utalizing me/my posts as a weapon to do that with) and show my sources in a more visual way
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so yeah!! Betty Boop absolutely should be claimed by Black people since she has so many connections to Black American art within her performance, and Betty should 100% be drawn as a Black woman by any and everybody who wants to depict her that way
but also dont give Fleischer Studios credit for things they didnt do. they did not utalize Ether Jones in their initial conception of Betty in any purposeful or concious way; they did not design a Black animated female character in the 1930s. do not give them that credit that they have not earned. Fleischer Studios only utalized Esther Jones to get out of a court-case they had with Helen Kane. them accidentally creating a character whose performance is heavily in connection with Black American artists, like Esther Jones, is VERY DIFFERENT than them basing a character off of Esther Jones or being inspired by her in of by itself. do not give them flowers for making a Black female character star in her own shorts (and then rescind said flowers-that-they-didnt-earn for how she then "became white-washed" like that PBS article misreported) when they just?? didnt do any of that?
(also this is mostly unrelated but bc it is tangentially related to "dont give Fleischer Studios credit for things they didnt do" thing: if you know me, youll see me specifically crack jokes about Betty Boop being wlw and/or about her "he/him butch girlfriend, Freddie". im talking about her canon boyfriend, Fred or Fearless Fred, who is a human (unlike her also once-canon boyfriend of Bimbo, the anthropomorphic dog). do not take me making jokes about headcanons and how "Fred's design is too sapphic to be a cis man" as legitimate fact. youll see the internet jokes of a similar vein sometimes, im definitely not the originator of that joke)
Betty Boop is for everybody in the same way as youve likely seen that Hatsune Miku trend where everyone is making a cultural Miku re-design to their specific ethnicity or way of life; we've seen Betty Boop be flexibly "for everyone" tons of times, even outside of her being a nostalgic tribute to the flapper girl era (a cultural niche in which women of ALL backgrounds took part). in classic Betty Boop cartoons alone, we've seen:
Betty Boop as white/white-passing (especially any time they copied Helen Kane which Fleischer Studios did OFTEN and didn't even HIDE until it became a legal issue; but also Helen Kane wasn't even being that original. baby voices like Betty Boop's was a common gimmick of actresses then and Helen Kane's catch-phrase wasn't even her own. i still personally think Fleischer was copying Kane, but also it makes 100% sense why she lost that lawsuit),
we have had Betty Boop be Jewish (the most obvious being parents in some shorts speaking with thick Yiddish accents, implying she is the daughter of immigrant parents, most famously in the "Minnie the Moocher" short as part of the set-up before any music even began to play),
we've had her be rotoscoped dancing using Indigenous Hawaiian dancers, in their regalia, and given a tan (multiple times but my favorite is "Bamboo Isle" for sure),
we've had her collab with Cab Calloway (a famous Black jazz musician for anyone who doesn' recognize the name) along with others and had Betty Boop's catchphrase ultimately come from Baby Esther's scatting, along with other instances of Betty Boop's performances having connection to Black American performance-art
and, hell, you could even make arguments about Betty Boop as a cowgirl in her "Nan McGrew" parodies. cowgirls and cowboys were a largely queer and/or POC group, paid very little but allowed a lot of freedom of expression and welcomed isolation, until America cinema and the like white-washed cowboys to hell and back. you could see Betty Boop as anyone of any identity, really, but especially as being of the marginalized in that vein
Fleischer Studios did definitely (accidentally popularize infantalization in animated women woah who said that, who brought up my special-interest) only announce that they used an alagamation of flapper women in their design to better shoot down Helen Kane, but that doesn't mean it wasn't true. Betty Boop IS the 1930s tribute to the flapper era of the 20s and all the women from there, of all skin-colors and ways of life. anybody can cosplay or draw Betty Boop. but Black people especially do have a special connection to Betty Boop that cannot be denied and is v beautiful
(i could talk for a few hours about Betty Boop, and i will be the first to admit this isn't even her first "well, originally..." debate concerning her as a character, much less the breadth of her impact OR all aspects of her history. there's all the ways she did steal/borrow from Helen Kane, at least in my opinion; her impact of infantalization in animated women's designs; her hyper-sexualization and how theater at the time functioned (in a sexual way*) and her specific "gags in the margins"(*×2) animators would make; her almost movie about her and her father that a lot of Betty Boop fans have dug up and shared the conceptual work of around; and even the debate of her age as that is constantly in flux depending on where you look and at what time of history (*×3). all of which i mention in an "if you liked learning about Betty, there is a lot more to look into learning about her" way rather than an "ask me, ask me, ask me" way)
(said * clarifactions will be with the aforementioned reblog to not make this post even LONGER than it already is lmao)
anyway. again: A++ art though, absolutely love it ♡
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#betty boop#esther jones#baby esther#little esther#esther lee jones#long post#ps. the wiki bit about the PBS article is a bit confusing bc theyre throwing years around around#to clarify: 2015 was when the article was published. well within the same month it was posted (probably the same week ngl but#idk for sure) they posted an editorial on the bottom of the article apologizing and saying they were wrong (in no small part#bc Fleischer Studios themselves contacted them yiKES YIKES YIKES lmao). so these articles from 2017 and everything?? real sHIT FUCKING#JOURNALISM like youre telling me yall could scroll to the bottom of the article??? bc i KNOW it was at the bottom i SAW IT BACK IN 2015#anyway. i guess?? PBS realized people were still citing them and went ''y'all really not scrolling to the bottom?? really??? yOURE#GONNA GET US IN TROUBLE jfc you guys we dont want a court case from the people who own Betty Boop and the defunct Fleischer#Studios about libel and apparently we cant trust yall sO YOINK'' and then in 2021 allegedly deleted the article according to wikipedia#(i dont care enough about PBS' article to check if it was deleted) the one thing i will grant these other articles is my#chronic memory loss makes shit fuzzy so MAYBE the editorial apologizing was posted as late as EARLY 2017. okay MAYBE. but i fucking dOUBT IT#BC??? HELLO?? FLEISCHER STUDIOS MESSAGED THEM??¿???¿¿? but idk MAYBE its a 2015 article that went viral in 2017 so Fleischer didnt know#until then?? buT THATS ME BEING FUCKING GENEROUS. I REMEMBER SEEING THE FLEISCHER MESSAGED THEM AND SEEING THE ARTICLE LINKED AND READING#IT AND THE APOLOGY AND I SWEAR TO GOD IT WAS 2015 I REMEMBER BEING IN HIGH SCHOOL but idk maybe i was visiting a teacher at the time i#saw it and my memory loss is making shit fuzzy bUT 2018 ON GOT NO FUCKING EXCUSE AND I REALLY DO THINK ALL THIS SHIT HAPPENED IN 2015 I JUST#AM WELL USED TO MY MEMORY LOSS FUCKING WITH ME. THATS MY ONLY DOUBT. NOT WHAT I ACTUALLY REMEMBER. BUT THE FACT THAT I KNOW IVE#BEEN CONFIDENT BEFORE ONLY BE WRONG AND BETRAYED BY MY CHRONIC MEMORY LOSS. I SWEAR THE EDITORIAL HAPPENED IN 2015#but yeah the wiki makes it sound like they didnt have to apologize for years ans that they did a quick ''sorry!!'' and delete. nah lmao
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duranduratulsa · 1 year ago
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Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Drama Filmhouse...House Of Cards (1993) on classic DVD 📀! #movie #movies #drama #houseofcards #kathleenturner #TommyLeeJones #ashamenina #parkoverall #ShilohStrong #EstherRolle #NickSearcy #90s #dvd #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsasdramafilmhouse
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normcore-tertiary-character · 10 months ago
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May has the tiniest little silent film starlet mouth. I bet she's small spoon gang
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enlightenedrobot · 1 year ago
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Other Characters you can legally use for your Mickey Mouse project
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Mickey Mouse is in the public domain, as is Minnie Mouse and Peg-leg Pete. There's some caveats to that, and I talk about that more in this other post, but for now, let's talk about other characters who you can also use to fill out the cast.
These characters should all be in the public domain, though some characters still have treademarks. I'll get into how to use them safely as we go. Anyways, let's start.
Other Disney Characters
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Disney obvciously doesn't advertise this, but there's actually quite a few Disney originals who've actually been in the public domain for a while.
The Mad Doctor never had it's copyright renewed, and so it's very technically the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to enter the public domain. Keep in mind, the version of Pluto featured in the short isn't in the domain just yet, but the Doctor himself is free to use.
What's funny is that Disney would later use a version of Doctor for Epic Mickey. Obviously don't use that version of the character.
Aside from the Mad Doctor, we also have Oswald and Ortensia
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Yeah, as it turns out, Oswald's been in the public domain for quite a while, but he's still trademarked by Disney. Easy recommendation... use the original "fat" design of the character and have him go by Lucky.
But before Oswald, we have the Alice Comedies
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Everything about the Alice Comedies is Public Domain for a long time, and the Disney corporation very rarely acknowlege these characters existence. Which is a shame because These shorts were some of the first shorts Walt ever produced, and they have the unique gimmick of featuring a live action girl in an animated world.
Everybody already knows about Oswald, but nobody talks about Oswald and Mickey's older brother from these shorts, Julius the Cat
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Like... yeah no, it didn't all start with a mouse. Or a rabbit. It started with a cat.
Foxy and Milton Mouse
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Both Foxy (top) and Milton (bottom, pictured with his girlfriend Rita Mouse) were characters created by Warner Brothers and Van Beuren respectively to cash in on Mickey's success, and both characters are also in the public domain.
In fact, all Van Beuren cartoons are apparently in the public domain, and I encourage you to find their cartoons and use them as you please.
Fleischer Characters
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Betty Boop is probably in the Public Domain, but there's a few caveats with this. From what I can tell, the name Betty Boop is trademarked, but the character herself isn't. Most of the old Betty Cartoons are free to use, but newer incarnations, including the versions used in 1985's The Romance of Betty Boop and 1989's The Betty Boop Movie Mystery are still very much under copyright.
To avoid any legal trouble, I have two big recommendations. Although everybody remembers Betty as having Black hair, in one of the few early instances of Betty being shown in color, she's actually depicted as Redhead.
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This is Betty Boop in 1934's Poor Cinderella, and her hair color is pretty clearly red.
The other option is to just make her black.
Though there's been some debate as to whether Betty Boop was intentionally modeled after Esther Lee Jones or not, there's still no denying the influence of Jazz on the character. Betty Boop is a Jazz singer and is often depicted dancing to Cab Calloway. Hell, the Betty Boop musical features Jasmine Amy Rogers as the titular character.
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Betty Boop aside, there's an entire world of defunct Betty Boop characters who are definately public domain, including Bimbo and Koko the Clown.
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Next year, Popeye's also gonna enter the Domain. So keep an eye out for him too.
Anyways, these are my picks, but obviously this list isn't meant to be comprehensive. There's a ton of old cartoon characters out there who can be freely reinterpreted into newer works. Feel free to add your own favorite public domain cartoon to the list.
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nocturnalazure · 29 days ago
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A-Z Challenge: List your sims in order, trying to complete the alphabet (1)
Thanks for tagging me, @wannabecatwriter!
Here is the veeeery long list of all of my Sims (318 in total). Keep in mind that I've started playing the game in 2009, and that the story has properly started in 2012. I've got the whole alphabet. ;)
It's so long that Tumblr refused to save my post and I have to do it in 2 parts...
This is A to L.
Abigail (Abby) Golzine Adam Jamsheed Adeline Moya Adonis Golzine Adrian Savigny Agnès Sorel Aiden Fangmann Alain Sedat Alan Blake Aleksander Pedersen Alesha Drudge Alex Cooper Amber Fangmann Amelia Leneuf Amina Nagi Andrew Lee Ange Golzine Anh Wong Anna Daumillier Annabelle Duval Annette Babin Araime Nugtyub Ashley Blake Aymen Chaumier Babeth Lauper Bao Hei Basil Lazlo Beau Merrick Belinda Angelista Benedict Murdoch Benjamin Duval Béranger Golzine Bindweed Startree Bjorn Carlsen Blaise Collinson Bonehilda Bouchra Zayat Brianna Drudge Buttercup Icewitch Cain Simson Candice Hamming Carmen Benavides Caroline Duval Cash Cedric Corcoran Céleste Duval Charlene Scott Charlie Chester Crewe Chikage Umeda Chloe Savigny Chris Daumillier Christine Crastaing Claire Jamsheed Clara Randall Clemence Blake Cordelia Savigny Daisy Fleury Daniel Simson Darrick Bohn Deirdre Macmullen Devon Lucas Devon Murray Dorothea Heilmann Dot Dounia Zayat Drake Striker Ebenezer Clavier Ed Grant Edwin Macmullen Elaine West Eleanore Ngoyta Elias Alverstoke Elie Abebah Elizabeth Ellingford Ella Macmullen Elliott Granger Eloise Simson Elsie Elvira Slayer Emilia Ferguson Emily Golzine Emmy Sedat Enrico Pinero Erik Zay Esther Atkins Eton Jamsheed Eugene Dodds Eva Drudge Eve Fangmann Evelyn Parsons Evelyne Cornel Ezra Murray Faith Blake Fanglin Wong Feather Willowglitter Fei Wong Felipe Benavides Fidget Peppertree Filiberto Moya Finn Lucas Frank Parsons Frederick Golzine Gabriel Leneuf Georgia Pastorini Gilles De Rais Gina Ashford Giselle Blake Gladys Moon Evendale Gloria Deville Grace Moya Hasan Badr Al-Din Hector Parsons Hector Zayat Helena Wong Henry Cornel Henry Tartleton Holly Huey Huaixin Wong Hugo de Lalaing Ian Strickland Irma Parsons Ivy Brooks Jacob Golzine James Parsons Jamie Steel Jeong Sen Myung Jeremy Simson Jessica Lazlo Jessie Cooper Jezebel Jie Lan Jim Parsons Joakim Ferguson Johan Blake Jonathan (Jay) Leneuf José Luis Simson Joshua Deville Juan Salas Julia Layton Julian Blake Juliet Striker Juniper Catfrost Karen Ferguson Karl Leneuf Karolina Drudge Katelyn Missoni Katherine Golzine Keith Blake Kelly Frazier Ken Takemura Kendra Deville Khadija Rkha Khari Simson Kheops Zayat Kojub Iowal Kyle Delmott Kylian Lazlo Lance Terrell Laura Leneuf Lauren Nettles Lawrence (Laurie) Golzine Layla Lazlo Lea Daumillier Leona Ferguson Leonard Heilmann Li Wong Liang Wong Lilian Drudge Lilith Ellingford Lisa Simson Liu Lu Logan Jones Louis Simson Louise Heilmann-Cooper Luca Pastorini Lucas Blake Lucille Daumilllier Lucy Blake Ludo Golzine Luisa Guerrini Lulu Dia Luna Golzine
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longliveblackness · 2 years ago
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Esther Jones was known on stage by many names, including “Baby Esther,” “Little Esther,” “Farina’s Kid Sister,” and “Miniature Florence Mills,” is widely, although not universally, credited with being the inspiration for the Betty Boop cartoon character. Jones was born Esther Lee Jones in 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, to William Jones and Gertrude Jones.
In 1928, the Jones family moved to Harlem, New York. At seven, Jones was later known for adopting the popular singing style, scat, which emphasized the baby-style of “b” and “d” sounds and nonsense syllables such as Boo-Boo-Boo’ and ‘Doo-Doo-Doo.’ Consequently, she was a sought-after child performer in the city, and was a fixtured entertainer in the famous Cotton Club and the Everglades Nightclub in New York City during the latter years of the Harlem Renaissance. She added to her entertainment fame by become an extraordinary black-bottom dancer.
In 1929, Jones was taken to Spain, where she was called “La Pandilla.” Later she performed before Sweden’s Queen Sophie Marie Viktoria and King Gustaf V, in Stockholm. Despite her notoriety, she also experienced blatant racism when denied a glass of milk in an American-operated restaurant in Stockholm. The business, however, was forced to close after her treatment there became public knowledge.
Jones performed at the Moulin Rouge, Casino de Paris, and the Empire in Paris, France. There she was dubbed the “Miniature Josephine Baker.” While in Europe, she was paid an average $750 per week for her performances and by age 11, Jones was the highest-paid child on stage globally. After performing, Jones would go backstage to play with dolls. Whenever she performed, both parents were in attendance.
In 1930, Fleisher Studios in Hollywood introduced the cartoon character Betty Boop. Jones, however, received no royalties or performing credits despite the fact that a lawsuit would eventually expose Betty Boop’s true origins. The lawsuit ironically was brought by Helen Kane, a white performer, who sued Fleisher Studios for appropriating her “Betty Boop” character without her permission and without the payment of royalties. Over the course of the Fleisher Studios v. Kane trial, it was revealed that Kane had begun mimicking Jones’ scat act and even sang the same song, “I Want to Be Loved By You’ including the “Boop-Boop-a-Doop” reference. When Kane lost the lawsuit, other studios felt emboldened to promote the Betty Boop character but it recognized neither Kane or Jones as the source.
In 1934, Jones, now 16, performed in Philadelphia at a midnight benefit performance for the NAACP. That same year, she gave a stellar performance at the American Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the request of then Ambassador Jefferson Caffery. Brazil’s President Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, was in the audience and praised the performance and performer.
By 1940, however, the entertainment career of now 22-year-old Esther Jones, was over. She was no longer a child singing or dancing sensation. Esther Jones, now widely credited with influencing the iconic sex symbol Betty Boop, died in 1984 in New York City from liver and kidney complications. She was 66. Regardless of her role in the development of the Betty Boop cartoon character, Jones should be remembered as a child star with a brief but remarkable career in the entertainment industry.
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Esther Jones fue conocida en el escenario por varios nombres, incluyendo: “Baby Esther (Bebé Esther),” “Little Esther (Pequeña Esther),” “Farina’s Kid Sister (Hermanita de Farina),” y “Miniature Florence Mills (Florence Mills en miniatura). Generalmente, pero no universalmente, acreditada con ser la inspiración del personaje de caricatura, Betty Boop. Esther Lee Jones, nació en 1918 en Chicago, Illinois a sus padres William Jones y Gertrude Jones.
En 1928, la familia Jones se mudó a Harlem, Nueva York. A la edad de siete años, Jones fue reconocida por adoptar el famoso estilo de canto llamado ‘scat’ y resaltaba los sonidos de bebé que sonaban con ‘b’ y ‘d’, junto con sílabas que no tenían sentido como: Boo-Boo-Boo’ y ‘Doo-Doo-Doo.’ Consecuentemente, esto la convirtió en la artista infantil más buscada de la ciudad. Se convirtió en una presentadora fija en el famoso Cotton Club y el club nocturno Everglades en la ciudad de Nueva York, esto fue durante los últimos años del Renacimiento de Harlem. Le agregó más a su fama cuando se convirtió en una bailarina de black bottom (un paso de baile relacionado con el jazz tradicional).
En 1929, Esther fue llevada a España, dónde le llamaban “La Pandilla”. Poco después de eso, hizo una presentación en Stockholm frente a la Reina Sophie Marie Viktoria y el Rey Gustaf V de Suecia. A pesar de su notoriedad, también experimentó racismo muy evidente cuando se le negó un vaso con leche en un restaurante operado por americanos en Stockholm. Sin embargo, una vez que el trato que se le dio se hizo público, obligaron a que el negocio cerrara.
Jones se presentó en Moulin Rouge, Casino de Paris, and the Empire, ubicados en Paris, Francia. Es aquí donde le dieron el apodo de “Josephine Baker en miniatura”. Mientras que estuvo en Europa se le pagaban aproximadamente $750 por semana y con solo once años de edad, Jones era la artista infantil mejor pagada a nivel global. Después de sus presentaciones, ella se iba tras bastidores a jugar con muñecas. Sus padres siempre estaban presentes para las presentaciones.
En 1930, Fleisher Studios de Hollywood introdujo un nuevo personaje, Betty Boop. Y a pesar de que una demanda demostraría el verdadero origen de la caricatura, Jones nunca recibió crédito o derechos. Irónicamente, la demanda fue interpuesta por Helen Kane, una artista que había demandado a Fleisher Studios por apropiarse de su personaje “Betty Boop” sin su permiso y sin pagarle sus derechos. Durante el juicio Fleisher Studios v. Kane, se reveló que Kane había comenzado a imitar el acto de scat de Jones y que incluso cantaba las mismas canciones como ‘I Want to Be Loved By You’ incluyendo la referencia: “Boop-Boop-a-Doop”. Cuando Kane perdió la demanda, otros estudios se animaron a promover al personaje Betty Boop, sin reconocer a Kane o Jones como la fuente.
En 1934, Jones, ahora con dieciséis años de edad, hizo una presentación en Philadelphia para una noche de beneficencia de la Asociación Nacional para el Progreso de la Gente de Color (NAACP). Ese mismo año, a petición del embajador Jefferson Caffery, hizo una presentación estelar en la embajada americana ubicada en Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. El presidente Getúlio Dornelles Vargas se encontraba en la audiencia, elogió la presentación y también a la presentadora.
Para 1940, con veintidós años de edad, la carrera de Esther Jones en la industria del entretenimiento, ya se había acabado. Ya no era una sensación infantil que bailaba y cantaba. Esther Jones, ahora extensamente acreditada con ser la influencia del símbolo sexual, Betty Boop, murió en 1984 en la ciudad de Nueva York, por complicaciones renales y hepaticas. Tenía 66 años. Independiente de su rol en el desarrollo del personaje, Betty Boop; Esther Jones debería de ser recordada como una estrella infantil que tuve una carrera corta pero extraordinaria.
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lijst van starkid/tcb karakters die ik denk dat de mol zouden kunnen zijn
Owen Carvour (duh)
MISS HOLLOWAY
Xander Lee
Wilbur Cross
Joe Walker Voldemort maar hij zou er wel fucking slecht in zijn
Esther Backpack-Blueglasses
The Old Snatch
Junior Spaceclaw (zou er ook fucking slecht in zijn)
Taz zou de mol niet zijn maar ze zou fucking winnen
Sweet Tooth
Alfred
Bug (hij is al een insect die zich verstopt onder de mensen HALLO)
Ja'far
Aladdin maar alleen de 'in your reflection' kant
Slippery When Wet Dikrats
Cornwallis
General Store Guy
McDoon (Cletus Jones zou in dit geval de eerste afvaller zijn)
Titty Mitty zou finalist zijn
Van Ani weet ik oprecht niet of er een de mol zou zijn
Ghosts of Christmas Present en Future
Emily Cratchit
Infected Charlotte
Zoey
Sherman Young
Linda Monroe
Pokotho
Bliklotep
T'Noy Karaxis
Nibblenephim
Wiggog Y'Wrath (ik heb van alle LiB geen idee hoe goed ze zouden zij maar oke)
Webby
Sylvia (van Forever and Always)
Alice Woodward?
Hidgens, hij zou zo fucking dramatisch doen dar niemand hem verdenkt omdat hij zo obvious is
Emdroid
Paul 23
Peter Spankoffski (Ruth en Richie zouden NIET ver komen, Steph zou als laatste/een-na-laatste afvallen)
Solomon Lauter
Sheila Young
Roman Murray
Rose
Ezekiel
KUT IK WAS CYNTHIA HOUSTON VERGETEN
Sergio Santos
Tatiana Slozhno (zou alle widmblr gays verblinden, we zouden haar zo niet verdenken)
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hotvintagepoll · 7 months ago
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Is it possible to submit Esther Lee Jones aka L'il Esther, original boop-oop-a-doop girl, as a scrungly? I can't find any of her performances :(
I don’t think so because from what I could find, she didn’t have much of a movie career—looks like she was more of a stage performer, and was a minor for much of that career as well. In general I won’t include someone if there’s no feature footage that proves their scrungly prowess.
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dickfuckk · 2 years ago
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A list of season 2 cast and crew members, confirmed and speculated
I will try and keep this updated
Not counting the obvious ones
Please note that this is a list of both cast and crew members, so PAs and such are also included and not just actors
Also if you're interested: on my bts instagram I only follow people who have worked on season 1, and people I suspect worked on season 2. So feel free to go through the list of people I follow if you're into that
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Aaron Morton (Camera) - he’s listed on the very last picture as the camera-man
Adam Stein(Writer)
Alan F. (English solider)
Alexandria S.
Alison Telford (Casting)
Alistair Gregory - from this tweet so uncertain, but followed me back on my bts instagram account so seems to have some interest in ofmd
Amy Barber (Sound department)
Amy Tunnicliffe
Amanda Grace Leo
Amanda M. (Wedding guest)
Andrea Basile (Costume)
Andres Gomez Zamora (Visual effects)
Andrew DeYoung (Director) - I don’t remember if there was any other reason than the fact that he was in Aotearoa during filming
Andy McLaren (senior art director)
Andy Rydzewksi (Cinematographer)
Angelina Faulkner (Sound department)
B
Blair Nicholson (Camera)
Blair Teesdale (Camera)
Brad Coleman (Visual effects)
Brad McLeod (Special effects)
Brian Badie (Hairstylist)
Bronson Pinchot (“Torturer”)
Bryn Seager - I don’t remember why but I follow him
Bryony Matthew (Food stylist)
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Caleb Staines (Camera)
Chantel Partamian (Visual effects)
Colin Elms (Art department)
Colin Rogers (Sound department)
Cora Montalban (Makeup and/or hairstylist) - I believe she was tagged in an instagram story once, and she’s followed by a ton of cast and crew members
Corrin Ellingford (Sound department)
Corey Moana (Camera)
Corry Greig (Art department)
Coti Herrera (Prosthetics/Makeup)
D
Damian Del Borrello (Sound department)
Daniel Fernandez (Spanish priest)
Danica Duan (Assistan accountant)
David Boden (production manager)
David G. (Stand in)
David Rowell (Financial controller)
David Van Dyke (Visual effects)
Dennis Bailey (Hairstylist)- Leslie revealed that he’s there.
Dion Anderson (Rescue diver)
Don A. (Swampy Town folk)
Donna Pearman (Assistant accountant)
Donna Marinkovich (set decorator)
Doug McFarlene (Pirate)
Duncan Nairn (Visual effects)
E
Eliza Cossio (Writer)
Erroll Shand (Prince Ricky)
Esther Mitchell (Camera)
F
Fernando Frias (Director)
G
Gareth Van Niekerk (Sound department)
Gary Archer (dental prosthetics)
Gemma Campbell (Visual effects)
Grant Lobban
Greg Sager (Safety manager)
Gregor Harris (Camera)
Gregory J. Pawlik Jr. (AD)
Gypsy Taylor (Costume designer)
H
Haroun Barazanchi (Set designer)
Harry Ashby (AD)
Helene Wong (Voice work)
I-J
Jacob Tomuri (Stunts)
Jaden McLeod
James Crosthwaite (Set decorator)
Jamie Couper (Camera)
Jason Samoa, possibly spotted on location
Jemaine Clement, pretty sure this is only based on his friendship with Rhys and Taika tbh
Jes Tom (Writer)
Jessica Lee Hunt (Makeup artist) - followed by a ton of crew and cast members and I believe she’s been tagged in instagram stories and such
John Mahone (Writer)
Jonathan Bruce (Sound department)
Jono Capel-Baker (Groom)
Jonno Roberts didn’t get the role from his audition, but could still have gotten a different role - hung out with Ruibo
Judah Getz (Sound department)
Julia Huberman (Sound department)
Julia Thompson (Costume)
Justin Benn (Republic of Pirates Town)
K
Karl L. (Action extra)
Kate Fu
Kate Leonard (Casting)
Kathleen Zyka Smith (“Red Flag”)
Kosuke Iijima (Fabricator/Sculptor?) - due to interaction on this post
Kris Gillan (Fabricator/Sculptor)
Kura Forrester - followed by quite a few cast and crew members, but I don’t remember if there was anything else to it
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Laura Stables (SFX makeup artist)
Leanne Evans (Art department)
Lee Tuson
Leslie Jones (Spanish Jackie) - she’s spoiled this so many times, but gjfhdks
Leyla - followed by a lot of cast and crew members, don’t remember if there was more to it than that
Lindsey Cantrell (Set decorator)
Louis Flavell Birch (Blue coat)
Luke V. (Stand in)
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lboogie1906 · 6 months ago
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The Negro Ensemble Company was founded in New York City, under the direction of actor Robert Hooks, actor, playwright, and director Douglas Turner Ward, and producer, and director Gerald Krone. NEC was criticized for its integrated administration (Krone was white), its grant from the Ford Foundation, its location in Greenwich Village, and its first season’s bill.
The genesis of the NEC can be traced to 1965 with the production of two one-act plays by Douglas Turner Ward, Happy Ending and Day of Absence, both satires.
The success of the plays prompted the New York Times to ask Ward to write an article on the Afro-Americans in the theatre titled “American Theatre: For Whites Only?” In the article published on August 14, 1966, Ward stressed the need for an established Black theatre by African American playwrights with an unfettered, imaginative Negro angle of vision. He targeted Blacks as the primary audience, but he wanted to attract an informed white audience that shared common experiences to readily understand, and debate the playwrights’ explorations. Ward’s Times article attracted the attention of W. McNeil Lowrey at the Ford Foundation which asked him to apply for a grant for such a theatre. The Ford Foundation awarded Ward a $434,000 grant to establish the NEC. Teaming with Robert Hooks, who brought to the NEC his three-year-old Group Theater Workshop, they made the St. Marks’ Playhouse, the permanent home of NEC since it had been the site of Ward’s successful playwriting debut. A defined policy established the company as a Black-oriented, Black-controlled theatre of high professional standards with an extensive training program in all facets of theatre, from acting to backstage crafts.
The NEC launched or boosted the careers of numerous African American actors including Moses Gunn, Francis Foster, Adolph Caesar, Denise Nicholas, Roxie Roker, Esther Rolle, Rosalind Cash, David Downing, Judyann Elder, Arthur French, Hattie Winston, Clarice Taylor, Allie Woods, and Ron O’Neal. Others who performed with NEC included Stephanie Mills, Cleavon Little, Richard Roundtree, Lauren Jones, and Roscoe Lee Browne. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
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dear-indies · 10 months ago
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hello cat and mouse! could you please give me some female actresses (and singers) that would work as a college student (aged between 21-32) that have folksinger vibes, please? thank you so much in advance 🍉
Camryn Grimes (1990)
Tanaya Beatty (1991) Da’naxda’xw / Himalayan.
Poppy Drayton (1991)
Bonnie Wright (1991) - has spoken up for Palestine!
Rose Matafeo (1992) Samoan / White - has spoken up for Palestine!
Ayça Ayşin Turan (1992) Turkish.
Kiana Madeira (1992) Black Canadian, Unspecified First Nations, White.
Lydia West (1993) Afro Montserratian / White.
Clark Backo (1993) Black Canadian.
Aisha Dee (1993) African Australian / White.
Lily Mae Harrington (1993)
Yalitza Aparicio (1993) Mexican of Mixtec and Triqui descent.
Tuğçe Açıkgöz (1993) Turkish.
Lee You Mi (1994) Korean.
Aimee Lou Wood (1994) - has spoken up for Palestine!
Özge Özacar (1995) Turkish.
Asia Jackson (1994) Ibaloi Filipino and African American - has spoken up for Palestine!
Esther Yu (1995) Chinese.
Lucy Dacus (1995) - is queer - has spoken up for Palestine!
Kahara Hodges (1995) Navajo, African-American, Mexican, English.
Katherine McNamara (1995)
Jessie Mei Li (1995) Hongkonger / White - is a gender non-conforming woman who uses she/they - has spoken up for Palestine!
Luca Hollestelle (1996)
Grace Van Dien (1996) - has spoken up for Palestine!
Josefine Frida Pettersen (1996) - has spoken up for Palestine!
Brittany O'Grady (1996) Louisiana Creole [African, French] / White.
Kwon Young-Eun (1997) Korean.
Kiera Allen (1997) - is paraplegic.
Morgan Holmstrom (1997) Metis of Cree descent, Ilocano and Sambal Filipino, possibly Tagalog Filipino.
Fiona Palomo (1998) Mexican.
Ethel Cain (1998) - is a trans bisexual woman - has spoken up for Palestine!
Daisy Edgar-Jones (1998)
Ella Hunt (1998) - is queer.
Bailee Madison (1999)
Hey anon! Admittedly, I don't know much about folk music but I think these all work?
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best-d20-character · 2 years ago
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Your NPC Candidates!
The top five most submitted, in order:
Ayda Aguefort
Gilear Faeth
Garthy O’Brien
Wuvvy
Jawbone O’Shaughnessey
The rest of the 149 candidates, grouped by season:
Esme
Scratch
Viscountess Grabalba
Wannessa
Captain Gorebladder
Princess Suntar
Philippa “Peep” Featherfowl
Scorple
Sir Keradin Deeproot
The Sugar Plum Fairy
Manta Ray Jack
Stilton Curdeau
Cinnamon
Gooey
Swifty
Peppermint Preston
Duchess Primsy Coldbottle
Annabelle Cheddar
Queen Caramelinda of House Rocks
Sprinkle
Lord Calroy Cruller
Limon Longhalls
Senator Augustus Ciabatta
Spearia Mentha
Pontifex Belizabeth Brassica
Viscount Thaddeus Strongpit
The Junkmother
Aurora Nebbins
Plug
Princeps Zorch
Loose Duke
Barry Nyne
Raymond Zam
Lucienne Rex
King Prilbus
Plinth
Natalia Cicero Connie Lee Carter Bajar
Bambi Leroux
Hyacinth Khrome
Stacks McFadden
Rising Bubbles from a Deep Volcanic Vent Many Fathoms Below Us
Veep 909
Zvoon
Drago
Jessa
Avanash
John Feathers
J'er'em'ih
Percival son of Paraval (Stalker)
Ol' Pickering
Bad Henry
Master Ipskix
Drova Longfoot
Galfast Hamhead
Olag
Telmeir the Calm
The Cubbies
Ragh Barkrock
Zayn Darkshadow
arthur aguefort
Tracker O'Shaughnessey
Sandra Lynn Faeth
Gorthalax the Insatiable
The Hangman
Cathilda Ceíli
Aelwyn Abernant
Bogariel “Boggy the Froggy” Frogariel
Zelda Donovan
Alistair Ash
Biz Glitterdew
YES! (the deity)
“Baby” Wretchrot
Jamina Joy
Baron from the Baronies
Chungledown Bimothy
Madam Silvaine
Little Gilear
Telemaine Lomenelda
Craig
Rawlins
Laertes Astrindarius
Karl Cleaver
Gelgador
Talura
Athena Jones
Preston
Holly
Koda the bear
Lucia Wallace
Lysander Higgins
Starforge
Taffodil
Bill Seacaster
Sklonda Gukgak
Digby & Wilma Thistlespring
Zaphriel “the Hangvan”
Nonna Wallace
Kalvaxas “Goldenhoard”
Pok Gukgak
Matila Molesly
Alphonse
Senator!
Little Miss Muffet
Scheherazade
Princess Elody of Greenleigh
The Stepmother
Lord Bandlebridge
Stephan
the Dish
Mayor Harold Hopps
Mira (the Little Mermaid)
Rapunzel
Cinderella
Candlewick
the Big Bad Wolf
Il Terribile Pescecane
Peter (the Baron of Bricks)
Nod
Stephen Sondheim
Dale Lee
Jackson Wei
The Questing Blade
Wally Kugrich
David Kugrich
Willy
Em
Lowell Masters
Esther Sinclair
Alejandro Ortiz
La Gran Gata
Liz Herrera
53\/3N
Perry the Pigeon
Pizza Rat
Don Confetti
Dr. Lugash Primjitzski
Yagdash Scrovich
Ronaldo Manticaster
Dylan
The Incredible Dantes
Speck
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