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Helen Kane News Archive:

1927

• A Night In Spain At Majestic (1927)

1928

• Helen Kane Signed Contract For Five Years (1928)
• Kalmar and Ruby Have New Musical Comedy (1928)
• Supreme Court Kings County (1928)
• I Wanna Be Loved By You - Victor Release (1928)

1929

• Stage Star on Green Carpet (1929)
• New Robes (1929)
• Star Sketches: Helen Kane (1929)
• Helen Kane Impersonation Contest (1929)
• Missing Helen Kane Calls Equity From Hiding Place Plan Unionizing Talkies (1929)
• Blanche Bow Replaces Helen Kane (1929)
• Richard Dix in Nothing But The Truth (1929)
• RKO Thanksgiving Month Let's Go! (1929)
• Helen Kane's Opportunities (1929)
• You're Comin Aincha? To See Boop-Boopa-Doop Girl Helen Kane In Pointed Heels (1929) 

1930

• Helen Kane, Movie and Radio Star To Sing Eveready Hour Tonight (1930)
• Paramount on Parade Is Splendid Revue (1930)
• Screen and Stage (1930)
• N.V.A Benefit (1930)
• The Films Go Baby Talk (1930)
• Down Through The Ages (1930)
• Some Are Boomerangs (1930)
• Pleasure Hour To Present Helen Kane In First Program (1930)
• Helen Kane Getting Rich (1930)
• Helen Kane In Person (1930)
• Lux Toilet Soap (1930)
• Helen Kane Contest Draws Many Entries (1930)
• Decorated Windows (1930)
• Latest In Pyjamas (1930)
• Visited Sick Children (1930)
• Want Helen Kane To Return Gift $40.000 in Cash (1930)
• Helen Kane Testifies to Death Threats (1930)
• London Life (1930)
• Make It Rain! Helen Kane Makes Hollywood Hash ~ (1930)
• Helen Kane Better Than Her Notices (1930)
• Helen Kane Wins $50,000 Lawsuit (1930)
• Hubby & $40.000 just Boop-a-Doop from Helen's mind (1930)
• Cash, Star's "Love" Faded At Once, Bankrupt Says (1930)
• Helen Kane Can Keep That $50,000 Court In New York Rules (1930)
• Newest Paramount Star (1930)
• Helen Kane's Sister To Make Film Debut (1930)
• Billi Dove, Richard Arlen and Helen Kane Star in Local Film Arrivals (1930
• Helen Kane Can Boop-a-Doop All She Wants With that $50,000 (1930)
• Come Raise Cain With Helen Kane (1930)

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1931

• Mae Questel (1931)
• Boop-a-Doop Girl Becomes Colonel (1931)

1932

• Helen Kane and Betty Boop (1932)
• Helen Kane Asks for $250,000 Damage for Imitator In Screen Cartoon (1932)
• Film Folk At Benefit Show (1932)

1933

• Helen Kane Must Pay Back $40,000, Also Interest (1933)
• Conversation With A Cravat (1933)
• Once Famous Boop-Oop-a-Dooper (1933)
• Mad Marxes Raised Kane (1933)
• Helen Kane Booed Off Stage (1933)
• Kane You Take It? (1933)
• Shady Lady A Musical Comedy With Helen Kane and Allen Lester (1933)
• The Once Over- The Boop-Oop-a-Doop Suit (1932)

1934

• Sue For "Boop" (1934)
• May The Best Boop Win (1934)
• Kids Call Her Betty Boop So Helen Wants $250,000 (1934)
• Unfairly Imitated on Screen Says Helen Kane (1934)
• Fleischer Denies Lifting Helen Kane's Stage Style (1934)
• Court Hear More Boop's (1934)
• Booping Contest (1934)
• Claims Rights On Booping (1934)
• Helen Kane to Sail to Court (1934)
• Boop for Judge (1934)
• Boop-A-Doop Trial Worry For Stenogs (1934)
• Help! Stenographer Can't Take Wha-da-da's and Boop's (1934)
• Helen Kane Loses $250,000 Action (1934)
• Helen Kane Loses Boop Monopoly (1934)
• Helen Kane Gets Mad in a Great Big Way! Hints Judge Needs a "Boop" on the Head (1934)
• Helen Kane's Mad and Nobody's Glad (1934)
• Helen Kane Will Do Famous "Trial Scene" In Plaza Floor Show (1934)
• Helen Kane Amazes Sculptor and Appreciates Philosophy in Art (1934)

1935

• Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery (1935)
• Baby-Faced Boop-a-Doop Girl Wants to Be Serious (1935)
• Faces Rent Suit (1935)
• Helen Kane Sued for Rent (1935)
• BOOP-BOOP-A-DOOP (1935)
• Helen Kane Reported Planning Reno Trip (1935)
• Fox Brooklyn on Stage in Person (1935)
• Using Betty Boop's Image Without Permission (1935)
• Helen Kane, Frances McCoy, Olive White - Fox Brooklyn on Stage (1935)
• Ironic Last Echo of "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" as Helen's 2 Pasts Come Twin Croppers (1935)

1936

• Miss Helen Kane Explains to Judge (1936)

1937

• Helen Kane to Wed Western Car Dealer (1937)

1939

• Helen Kane Seeks Double (1939)

1941

• Helen Kane Still Booping (1941)

1942

• Dan Healy, Helen Kane Leave Winnie's Tonight (1942)

1945

• Helen Kane and Dan Healy (1945)
• Going Places (1945)

1951

• Singer Helen Kane Stars at Continetal (1951)
• Helen Kane Flourishes Again on Disks (1951)

1958

• Boop-a-Doop Girl's Broke (1958)
• Helping Hand for Helen (1958)

1959

• Helen Kane Interview (1959)

1961

• Quite Life Endures for Helen Kane (1961)

1963

• Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl tries Comeback (1963)

1964

• Moon Faced Helen Kane Cheered by Old-Time Stars (1964)

1966

• Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl Of the 30's, Helen Kane Succumbs To Cancer (1966)
• Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl Dead at 62 (1966)

1967

• Helen Kane was a Softie (1967)

1980

• Helen Kane 'Boop-Boopa-Doop' Girl, As 'Dangerous Nan McGrew' at 58th St (1980)

1989

• Tell me about Helen Kane, the 1920's singer. Where can I... (1989)

2004

• Bistro Bits Backstage (2001)

2013

• Cyndi Lauper - He's So Unusual (2013)

2014

• In Another Time Helen Kane 'Boop-Boop-a-Dooped' into 1934 Wildwood (2014)

2015

• Who Was The Real Betty Boop? These Women Inspired The Classic Animated Character (2015)