It has been said that Baby Esther Lee Jones died in 1934, though there is no real evidence for that claim. Others say that she simply retired that year and faded into obscurity. There have been many other young women who have been mistakenly identified as an adult Baby Esther, which has made finding the real one more difficult. If you have any new information, please leave a comment below.
@spacecowgurl573 жыл бұрын
This story fascinated me due to her rise in stardom, talent and support from so many when she was refused service. I'm now going through some of my vintage books and magazines plus a few other sources. Thank you for sharing and I'll let you know! 🌏❤
@RayPointerChannel3 жыл бұрын
Esther Jones' career as a "Child Performer" was coming to a close in 1934 since she was 14 years old. She then became a Chorus Dancer and eventually married and left the business. That explains her disappearance.
@randomrecognizer34092 жыл бұрын
@@RayPointerChannel Speculation was that she was born around 1919, her career ended around 1933/1934 she has to be a year or 2 older... Right? Why would they only lie about a year? Especially when she was SO little anyway? I don't understand why there's no footage and then like you said, disappeared.
@lyndonramseur53322 жыл бұрын
No, it’s been stated she was alive in 1937. She probably left the USA because racism and went back to Europe.
@bobafrogs Жыл бұрын
she died in the 1980s
@layparisss3 жыл бұрын
$750 a week in the 1920s 😩😩😩😩 SHE WAS RICH. That’s equal to over $10k a week in 2021
@zolanihogana3 жыл бұрын
Remember, all that money didn’t go to her.
@kishawolson76792 жыл бұрын
Yeap!
@reneedennis20112 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@grandfresh9196 Жыл бұрын
Did she keep her money..What was the cut of the manager..
@teemadarif8243 Жыл бұрын
She probably didn't get all of that.
@lavy15132 жыл бұрын
She is the source of Betty Boop!! Other entertainers stole her style. How convenient that there are no audio or video footage of her.
@iwatchtrashtv2132 жыл бұрын
Helen Kane was the source of Betty Boop. Helen Kane just copied Baby Esther Jones singing style.
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
@@iwatchtrashtv213 Helen Kane hadn't even heard of Esther until 1934. And the film of Esther is of ESTHER IMITATING HELEN KANE. Please do some real research before making claims like the one you did.
@RayPointerChannel2 жыл бұрын
Isn't it "convenient" that there "are no audio or video footage of her," is not quite it. First, the medium then was motion picture film. There were at least two of her performances captured on film, the first done as a test using the sound-on-disc method by MGM when she first came to New York in 1928. A second film made later in the year was done for Fox Movietone. Both films are rare, and the first was the one used as evidence that disproved Helen Kane's claim as the originator of "Boop-Oop-A-Doop." But it has also been proven that Baby Esther was doing an impersonation of Gertrude Saunders, who was the true originator going back to 1920 in the all Black Musical, "Shuffle Along" with music by Eubie Blake.
@hppypandax54542 жыл бұрын
Skat singing had been around for a long time
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
@@RayPointerChannel How could the film disprove Kane's claim when it was recorded significantly AFTER Kane, and was a film of Esther singing three songs that had been popularized by Kane noticeably BEFORE the film of Esther was recorded? And Esther was doing an imitation of Florence Mills, who had recently died young. With Bolton claiming that Esther was Mills' little sister. Before thst Esther imitated Farina. At the time of recording the film, Esther was imitating Kane. Later Esther imitated Josephine Baker. And yes, nobody denied that people had "booped" for years, but nobody had used the specific phrase "boop oop a doop" before Kane.
@daguard4113 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This is a great story well told. Again, thank you.
@lizwilson517 ай бұрын
How sad we have no recordings of her: audio or video. 😢 I get that she wasn’t a film star like Shirley Temple and people didn’t have a smart phone with cameras in their pockets back then… but I wish we could just watch or hear some of her
@Jokes_on_D7 ай бұрын
Very informative. Thank you for this!
@darialinderssen157213 күн бұрын
So, as one person mentions, Baby Ester was the likeness of Betty Boop. Helen Kane is ..the.. voice of Betty Boop. No one else's voice. It's obvious. There is unfortunately no video of Baby Esther's voice. Thank you for this video.
@lrose1046 Жыл бұрын
wow, that was beautifully wriiten..
@katheryneclayton33793 жыл бұрын
This is a great video - thank you!!!!
@spmoran4703 Жыл бұрын
The 20s a period of history I am interested in.
@cajac2 ай бұрын
It was a restaurant in Stockholm named "Brända Tomten" (translates to "the scorched plot") that wouldn't serve Baby Esther Lee Jones. Beyond the "Brända Tomten" incident, it seems like she was greeted with open arms - touring with the revue star Ernst Rolf and meeting with King Gustav V.
@belosneshkaaaa Жыл бұрын
without this sweet girl we wouldnt have betty boop💖
@justice7550 Жыл бұрын
Yes, we would😆
@Purple_9119 ай бұрын
Yes we absolutely would
@Purple_9119 ай бұрын
Without her we wouldn't have this huge lie about Betty boop being based on a black person.
@belosneshkaaaa9 ай бұрын
@@Purple_911 oop found the upset white guy
@belosneshkaaaa9 ай бұрын
@@justice7550 your mom
@she_encourage82345 ай бұрын
Thank you for the truth
@teemadarif8243 Жыл бұрын
Uhh Fairy Tale? In the 20's ...for the Colored?..surrounded by culture vultures? not hardly . The way she and her "act" was described seemed exaggerated. The public knows not what she was put through, as she was a child and because she was "coloured" , she was seen as older than what she really was. But then again , Shirley Temple was put through alot too
@blackberry90132 жыл бұрын
The Original Betty Boop❤❤❤
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
Please do some real research before making posts like that.
@teahgurl Жыл бұрын
@@danielburger1775 It is true. Just bc her act was stolen but an adult white woman doesn’t take credit away from the fact that she inspired the character of Better Boop 🙄
@danielburger1775 Жыл бұрын
@@teahgurl She had nothing to do with the inspiration for Betty Boop. And nobody stole her act. IF you'd done any research, you'd find out 1) Helen Kane was doing HER act since 1923 2) The ONLY one who claimed the "Kane saw Esther"(in 1928, 5 years after Kane was doing her act) was Lou Bolton 3) Under cross-examination, Bolton had to admit that that hadn't actually happened. 4) The film of Esther doing Helen Kane's act was recorded long AFTER Kane was famous. 5) The court ruled that it was a film of a Helen Kane impersonator. 6) At the time Kane was supposed to have seen Esther, Esther's act was impersonating Florence Mills. 7) Because that's what Esther did..impersonate other people. She first impersonated Farina, then Florence Mills, then Helen Kane, then finally hit it big impersonating Josephine Baker. 8) While impersonating Baker, manager Bolton stole from her, and mistreated her, so Esther fired him. 9) Esther was in the USA at the time of the Kane v Fleischer and Paramount trial. She took no part in it, and had no interest in it. Why would she have? Her fired ex manager tried to promote a falsehood, and was exposed. 10) Esther had nothing to do with the verdict of the trial.
@PauloVictorAlves19202 жыл бұрын
1:05 Didn't knew she was popular here in Brazil...
@MrGrinch17 Жыл бұрын
ela nasceu aqui
@PauloVictorAlves1920 Жыл бұрын
@@MrGrinch17 De onde cê tirou isso!? A menina era americana... Oxi...
@MrGrinch17 Жыл бұрын
@@PauloVictorAlves1920 tem um povo dizendo que ela nasceu no br aqui nos comentários
@PauloVictorAlves1920 Жыл бұрын
@@MrGrinch17 Uai! Comentário não é fonte! Sabe que brasileiro adora uma "fake news"! Kkkk
@singlesideman3 жыл бұрын
Esther is pronounced "Ester" - the "th" is pronounced as "t".
@danielburger17753 жыл бұрын
I posted url links to archival material of two Variety articles, but neither can post here. Both concern the film of Esther. The October 31 1928 Variety, page 34, has an article called "Lil' Esther for talker". It tells us "Little Esther has been signed for a talking short by Movietone Booker through William Morris". Whereas the December 26 1928 Variety on Page 4 has an article called "1929 now looks pretty active in talking picture way". It states "Little Esther is among people who have recently recorded "talking shorts" for MGM". This film of Esther was recorded significantly AFTER Helen Kane. In it, Esther sings three songs that had earlier been popularized by Kane. Recordings of songs by Patsy Young and Al Jolson, also recorded after they were first performed by Kane, were entered into evidence by the defense.
@destineeadams32892 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
@@destineeadams3289 How is that funny??
@destineeadams32892 жыл бұрын
@@danielburger1775 it’s funny because you want Helen Kane to be the original so bad 🤣🤷🏽♀️
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
@@destineeadams3289 And the Judge literally ruled that Esther was "a Helen Kane impersonator", and that Esther was "irrelevant" to the Kane vs Fleischer trial. Look it up in the trial transcripts.
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
@@destineeadams3289 Oh, look my reply got deleted. But, heres Irene Franklin's "I've Got the Mumps" from 1911(ten years before Esther was born). And years before Kane first started performing.. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6PTe61sicaMppo Edit: (from deleted reply).. Gene Greene's "King of the Bungaloos"(also from the Year of 1911).. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJXXaYCBrZprb7M And now we see why Helen Kane really lost the lawsuit. Irene Franklin was doing "baby voice" long before Kane. Gene Greene was doing offbeat singing(it wasn't called "scat" until 1928) long before Kane. Kane still did both years before Esther though...
@TransVangal3 жыл бұрын
Nope never heard
@hisokadaddy37883 жыл бұрын
Because you’re white
@TransVangal3 жыл бұрын
@@hisokadaddy3788 I'm sure many people of color haven't heard of her either sir
@hisokadaddy37883 жыл бұрын
@@TransVangal many “people of color” have heard this and even more know about this because it has been spreaded around social media .
@damienthonk15062 жыл бұрын
@@hisokadaddy3788 I hadn't heard about her until now either lol
@phinaexis9812 жыл бұрын
@@hisokadaddy3788 idk about that and i'm black american and i never heard of this person before and i only heard of the white version of betty boo.
@psychedlicsouljam19952 жыл бұрын
Yall need therapy. Ive been raped and abused and im not as dramatic as these people crying about baby Ester and her non talent
@audreyalexishernandez2 жыл бұрын
embarrassing
@Missdianadoll2 жыл бұрын
Clearly you need therapy lol
@solameencuentro2 жыл бұрын
Wow! So hateful!!! Get help!!!!
@emmi85682 жыл бұрын
"Help me, I don't have the emotional capacity to care about more than myself and I don't know how to separate anything from my own experiences! Waahhhhh"
@BOSSTECHKIYAA2 жыл бұрын
Naw you need it troll
@nataliesue24852 жыл бұрын
I fear she was a target to predators. I TRULY hope her parents protected her from any situation of being alone with anyone. 😔 What a wonderful little girl who grew into an amazing woman. ❤️ 🤔 I wonder if she has any living descendants? I would think so.
@psychedlicsouljam19952 жыл бұрын
You need therapy.
@Missdianadoll2 жыл бұрын
@@psychedlicsouljam1995 child stars were not protected the way they are now.
@justicemarley89782 жыл бұрын
Doubt it …which is probably why she left show business all together
@ItBeL1keDatFR2 жыл бұрын
I believe it was Cory Feldman that said, "There is not a single child in Hollywood that hasn't been molested or abused." 😓😢😭😟😞
@nataliesue24852 жыл бұрын
@@ItBeL1keDatFR Yes I remember him saying that too. 😞 BUT he probably doesn't know that there are a few who had good attentive parents. Parents that did not leave their child or children alone with any of the adults.
@anamariegonzalez28552 жыл бұрын
Okay but no one's talking about how this 8,9,10 year old child is so connected to being the inspiration to the overly sexualized Betty Boop. 😳
@lizzzzyizhere2 жыл бұрын
Betty Boop was based off of Helen Kane, who took inspiration for her act from Baby Esther.
@ohhhhhgon69442 жыл бұрын
@@lizzzzyizhere Betty boop was based off Esther jones not helen Helen is the voice acter of Betty boop she falsely said she was the original Betty boop when it was Esther even the directors said it was Esther jones
@thomashatch36732 жыл бұрын
@@ohhhhhgon6944 That's not true. Betty Boop had five voice actresses in the 30s: Margie Hines, Harriet Lee, Little Ann Little, Mae Questel, and Bonnie Poe. Helen Kane was a popular performer that got her big break in 1928 and inspired all of the previous women that voiced Betty. Grim Natwick stated that he designed Betty Boop after Helen Kane, which is why she has spit curls and she has the physique of a full-grown woman. Grim Natwick: "When Dave came over to my drawing desk, I was working at the Fleischers, that was the early 1930s. And he handed me a sheet of music and it had a picture of Helen Kane on the cover, one of the really highly talented very popular nightclub singers of that time. And so I used her face more or less as an introduction to creating the Betty Boop character. She had spit curls which were very popular by the young teenagers at that time and I drew a little oval head and put spit curls hair on it and the character went on from there gradually and evolved into the Betty Boop character." (Toronto, 1982)
@ohhhhhgon69442 жыл бұрын
@@thomashatch3673 wasn’t Betty boop also inspired by Esther jones💀
@thomashatch36732 жыл бұрын
@@ohhhhhgon6944 Not directly, no. Remember, Esther Jones was a little girl at the time, Betty Boop is supposed to be a mature woman. Esther Jones didn't have any of the visual signifies or mannerisms that Betty Boop and Helen Kane have in common. Grim Natwick based Betty almost entirely on Helen Kane, with some direction from Max Fleischer to make her a bit like Clara Bow, too. Esther Jones may have had some influence on Helen Kane, but not to the point of stealing Esther's style. Helen's style was already mostly defined prior to 1928. A lot of people misinterpret the evidence Lou Bolton presented in Kane v. Fleischer as "Esther Jones invented Betty Boop's whole style!" when that's not really the case at all. It was one piece of evidence among many, from many other artists that pre-date Esther's act as well, that Helen Kane didn't invent the entire baby talk or hot licks styles, she riffed off various artists from her time to make her own work, as all artists do. The idea that Betty Boop was based on Esther Jones just doesn't stack up when you look into the facts. The PBS article that started all this even had to apologize and admit that they were inflammatory and historically inaccurate.
@samanthamorris53403 жыл бұрын
It's so creepy how they described kids back then in these reviews. Some on Baby Peggy were just gross and there was another child actress they were promoting as a "baby vamp". Like. 🤮
@sophiathedandilioness3 жыл бұрын
Yes! The original author of that article sounds like a major creep-he kept talking about her body and the way she moved and the words he used were worrying me!
@TheLordismyANCHOR832 жыл бұрын
OK I'm not the only one who picked up on that.
@elisejackson28542 жыл бұрын
Kids back then were molested and sexualized quite openly.
@annalisette5897 Жыл бұрын
The bulk of society still had the Victorian idea that anything to do with children was innocent and angelic. Thus a "baby vamp" was just innocent pretend. HOWEVER, Shirley Temple started in something called Baby Burlesque which is said to have featured toddlers in diapers and little else. It is said older men liked to watch these short films, implications being obvious. I think the innocent part of society, likely the majority of people, saw nothing wrong. Meanwhile, predators have been with us forever.
@michelletalbot2281 Жыл бұрын
And why was this person later meeting the young girl in her dressing room? Doesn't seem very proprietary to me smh u had pervs and lowest scum of thr earth back then too unfortunately
@memo-fq3ps2 жыл бұрын
It makes me sad that there are no recordings of her today.
@danyellwar773 күн бұрын
I just heard one that's reportedly the short that he mentioned I guess. At least I hope it was authentic.
@ThatGuy-kv1kw3 жыл бұрын
I can't believe we don't know if she is still alive
@layparisss3 жыл бұрын
There are Black History KZbin channels who have more info on her. She didn’t just disappear.
@donttalktomeyoureannoying87363 жыл бұрын
@@layparisss the other channels don’t even have the right baby Esther. They are frauds
@RayPointerChannel3 жыл бұрын
Esther Jones was born in 1919 or 1920. Given that, it is understandable that she must have passed away by this point in time.
@kimoramicheal83532 жыл бұрын
@@layparisss Nice! Do you know their names, so I can look them up?
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
@@RayPointerChannel Have you read the Variety articles from 1928? The ones that make it clear that the film of Esther was recorded significantly AFTER Kane had achieved stardom?
@cayanne342010 ай бұрын
It's crazy how people from just a century ago can be forgotten so quickly. All that is left is some obscure articles and some court case. But hopefully, as long as people keep remembering her, her legacy will live on.
@deliciaford43433 жыл бұрын
I wish we could hear a recording of her.
@staceynicholas34307 ай бұрын
You can they have at least 2
@yemaya_la227 ай бұрын
@@staceynicholas3430where?
@katinkamilsom9735Ай бұрын
@@yemaya_la22I found one. If you search little Esther. It’s not a good recording but it’s here on KZbin
@tshya206Ай бұрын
go and search her name now… someone found one ❤️
@Ski10411 ай бұрын
Why is it nobody finds it strange that a very popular black girl not too many decades ago existed proof is there she did and she toured all over but there's no recordings and the only one that's accounted for she sounds just like Betty boop ! Proving she's the real inspiration and that her manager brought her up in trial and there's no sudden proof that she exists nothing she hasn't came forward nobody knows when she died what did did when she got older nothing that's the strangest thing ever what happened to her where did she go she was very rich there should be big proof
@Purple_9119 ай бұрын
Holy run on sentence
@kimberlyporter95552 жыл бұрын
This screenplay should be written, directed and casted with her people. This is a life worth immortalizing in theaters.
@Purple_9119 ай бұрын
Her people don't do things like that.
@brennocalderan22013 жыл бұрын
It's good to know she was known here in Brazil.
@auroramacula3 жыл бұрын
É muito interessante pensar que uma menininha negra que cantava em um formato tão "gringo" e diferente do nosso samba foi recebida com aplausos por Getúlio Vargas no Rio de Janeiro! Eu amo muito a década de 30, mas para mim é muito clara a distinção entre as culturas e música do Brasil e dos Estados Unidos. Então, saber que um dia eles se juntaram, foi muito especial para mim!
@PauloVictorAlves19202 жыл бұрын
Pegaram até o "Charleston" e transformaram em "Charlestão"(inclusive virando tema da música: "Requebrando" de 1926, que de "Charleston" só têm a letra porque o ritmo é um Maxixe!). Mas, de qualquer forma o negócio do Brasil nos anos 20 era mesmo com Paris.
@lindboknifeandtoolАй бұрын
Lenco no pescoso
@amalzuhair44952 жыл бұрын
It's weird that there's nothing known about her once she hit her teens
@teahgurl Жыл бұрын
Probably straight up quit dancing for some unfortunate reason
@Georgia-Vic2 жыл бұрын
Since she spent a lot of time in Europe there's a chance that she may have made some recordings and they possibly could still be there somewhere!
@the.real.mothman. Жыл бұрын
Theres another video about her on youtube that has a recording of her voice, apparently.
@zolanihogana3 жыл бұрын
Wow, nobody knows when she died? Would it be possible to do a little digging on this? Please.
@janetgray40832 жыл бұрын
It'd be nice to see a movie launched about her life.
@dover44992 жыл бұрын
What is it called?
@janetgray40832 жыл бұрын
@@dover4499" Boop Boop Bi-doop" if she infect was the inspiration for the character, Betty Boop.
@RayPointerChannel Жыл бұрын
@@janetgray4083 She wasn't. We have several overlapping issues. First, Betty Boop was a composite of the 1920s flapper based on the personality of Clara Bow, the "It Girl" of the 1920. And it was Clara Bow's look that Hene Kane used in addition to taking on the Boop-oop-A-doop scat singing and variations of it, which others had been doing. The mistake was in her claiming to have originated it, which was proven by several witnesses she had not. But Esther Jones did not originate it either. She was doing impersonations of Gertrude Saunders and Florence Mills. This fad had already been established for eight years by the time Helen Kane came to prominence. And being a public figure, she was a subject of imitation and caricature. It is the voice that is the primary inspiration for Betty Boop rather than the appearance so much.
@hellokitty-ui9rd4 ай бұрын
i would love it but i dont think they would make one because weve hardly got any info abt who she is and she disappeared during her childhood which will make it harder
@RayPointerChannel Жыл бұрын
This is probably the most reasoned explanation about the connection of Betty Boop to "Baby Esther Jones." Again, had Helen Kane not tried to sue, Esther Jones would have been obscured in The United States. So in this, the Helen Kane Lawsuit did indeed help resurrect this important child performer. And for the record, the first filmed performance of Esther Jones was done as a sound-on-disc film made around April 1928--before the Movietone film that is documented, and before Helen Kane came to public attention. The sound-on-disc film had to be meticulously re-synchronized because being a two system medium, the film had been spliced in several places due to past breakage.This put the film out of synchronization when it got to the "boop-oop-a-doop" section. While recent discoverers want to argue that no such film existed and point to the Movietone film from October 1928, it should be understood that Movietone was a sound-on-film process. The fixed film was shown as the Star evidence that concluded the case, proving that Helen Kane was not the originator of the singing style. At the same time, Esther Jones was doing impersonations of Gertrude Saunders and Florence Mills who sang in the same manner.
@blackcougar19593 жыл бұрын
What a talented and sweet, little cutie she was.
@patricknunez88843 жыл бұрын
I wonder why Spike Lee has not made a movie about her, or any other Producer for that matter.
@keriscruggs17193 жыл бұрын
Her life story is very vague and unclear it’ll be hard to do a biography
@deliciaford43433 жыл бұрын
That is something.😳😳 I bet that that would be quiet interesting and maybe a box office hit!
@deliciaford43433 жыл бұрын
@@keriscruggs1719 But Hollywood know how to do it and make WONDERS!
@RayPointerChannel2 жыл бұрын
Because until recently, not a great deal was known about Esther Jones. I've been following this story for over 50 years and only came across newspaper clippings of her within the last four years or so. These were not easily found years ago.
@barronridge56133 жыл бұрын
They lied about Michael Jackson's age too when he was young.
@daviddonaghy64943 жыл бұрын
He lied about his age when he met his victims.
@beyourself24443 жыл бұрын
They lied about many young stars in those days
@kircinnamon84962 жыл бұрын
@@daviddonaghy6494 you so funny~ tell another joke!
@pornesiopparrapioАй бұрын
@@daviddonaghy6494no
@Ebony_daughterofjudah7 ай бұрын
The idea of children performing for an adult audience always makes me cringe. Though they’re innocent, the adults they’re performing for never are. At the very best their talents are exploited for financial gain, at the very worst, they are sexually exploited and abused. Her venues/audiences seem to have been adult oriented , and even listening to the account here of her body being described, it gives me a very eerie feeling.
@vladeckk213 жыл бұрын
Great story! Those final photos really capture her charm.
@eduardodeandradepereira39973 жыл бұрын
"Esther will dance and sing in Portuguese a great Brazilian samba, by Duque, composed for the extraordinary little artist. A entirely new act by Little Esther and Gordon Stretton Jazz. New acts like 'Can't give you amy more love' 'Crying to sleep'. Gordon Stretton and Little Esther performing imitating Al Johnson 'Sonny Boy' and famous 'Mammy'."
@deliciaford43433 жыл бұрын
You post the recording where I could hear her sing? Thanks
@wynwoodrican787 ай бұрын
The way the old news paper article described her is so creepy. She was only 10
@shoosh222 Жыл бұрын
Paris was ahead of its time. The French loved black women.
@saijenkins34167 ай бұрын
Lol no they were really racist too😂
@pornesiopparrapioАй бұрын
😂
@amandac.d.42167 ай бұрын
The article in Spanish at 11:06 is hysterical. It basically says "Dances like Fox-trot and Charleston are taking over like a dangerous plague, which it's ruining women's productivity, as they can't seem to stop dancing at their jobs and wasting time!" 🤣
@BreanaGizelle2 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace to the great Ester Jones!
@pgronemeier3 жыл бұрын
The one person who MIGHT have known more just died a few years ago. 'Baby' Rose Marie.
@Krullmatic2 жыл бұрын
Very well done in getting her story out there!
@noybmyob9663 Жыл бұрын
Did she have siblings, children? How can someone just drop out of sight like that? Something is not right!
@msd58083 жыл бұрын
Maybe that film from the Brazilian vault could be scanned and put online
@deliciaford43433 жыл бұрын
Hi please let me know if you find it. Thanks
@RayPointerChannel3 жыл бұрын
Some silent film footage of Esther doing acrobatic tricks his surfaced from some unknown source. What needs to be found is the actual sound film of Baby Esther Jone performing "Boop-Oop-A-Doop."
@danielburger17753 жыл бұрын
@@RayPointerChannel Why? It's a film of a Helen Kane imitator. See Variety issues October 31 1928, and December 26 1928. I posted links to these articles, but they wouldn't appear here. The film of Esther was recorded in LATE 1928 AFTER Helen Kane. In the film, Esther sings three songs that had earlier been popularized by Kane.
@ink95702 жыл бұрын
@@danielburger1775 it’s not that deep, you won’t get paid for the comment PROMISE
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
@@ink9570 What?
@kendn013 жыл бұрын
A fascinating story from a fascinating channel. Keep up the good work!
@sandiilovesu40772 жыл бұрын
She definitely had music recorded and there's a number of channels that have her songs up here's two ➷ kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnvFpn6MfrSraMU & kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4PdqqZnopKlmdU
@carolinesalpeck25672 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure both of these videos have been discredited and aren’t actually baby Esther
@Purple_9119 ай бұрын
That's not her
@woolzem Жыл бұрын
Why were people describing this ten year old as seductive.
@knelson3484 Жыл бұрын
Baby Ester is Betty Boop ❤ ❤Thank you ❤
@mindovermatterspeakup Жыл бұрын
Facts!
@em470310 күн бұрын
Then why did Fleischer Studios admitted that Helen Kane had been the inspiration for Betty Boop, and hired 4 of her impersonators to model their character after??
@no-winteronly_snow50612 жыл бұрын
Thank you Micheal Jackson for giving a solute to 'Baby Ester Lee Jones' with your renamed "Moon Walk". And I quote this video (Time index 07:54 of 17:01) "Now she dances easily on one foot, while she draws the other unused behind her." although reversed it's the same dance move.
@pw61602 жыл бұрын
That description sounds NOTHING like the Moonwalk! Both feet are used in the moonwalk, there is no "dancing on one foot while the other draws UNUSED behind..."
@JohnDoe-xf8ew3 жыл бұрын
"The Greatest scandal in Stockholm of all time" … oh what these guys don't know ...
@charmhunter56117 ай бұрын
Sickening that she was so young and exploited
@sdgakatbk3 жыл бұрын
Good for Sweden.
@KJN31110 ай бұрын
Now we got Lil'Baby and Da Baby. Full circle.
@ZooxMaze2 жыл бұрын
The Beatles were infulenced by Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Artists grow all the time, influenced by all sorts of different cultures. Yet, the Beatles in their own light were 'the first' out of the worldwide chute that originated in 'Mersey beat'. Again, from out of the proverbial herd... they earned their own independant identity due to their unique way of putting it all together. Without losing respect or shunning any of their ealier influences - no matter what ethnicity spawned the seeds of those earlier artists, either.
@deeez0010 ай бұрын
If Betty Boop was based off Esther Jones she would have been younger and had better dance moves. Betty Boop was based off of Helen Kane because she was older and didn't have as good dance moves. Helen Kane did indeed steal some of Esther Jones act though, the most popular parts. I would say the essence of Betty Boop came from Esther Jones.
@Purple_9119 ай бұрын
Betty Boop was an attractive young lady so definitely not based on little Esther.
@charmhunter56117 ай бұрын
Yet... Liars and thieves are going to be and do what they are and do⚫️👉🏿🗒
@curiousme1132 жыл бұрын
Did he say "menstrual" like a women's cycle?
@Melissa_Renee882 жыл бұрын
Ministrel
@ohmeowzer13 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the lively video on little Esther
@junbug10293 жыл бұрын
FYI, it's Jones' not Jonses.
@mr.helper14663 жыл бұрын
Shut the fuck up karen, you're not even black.
@caribbeantigress3 жыл бұрын
A white Karen speaking for a person of color: groundbreaking 🤮🤮🤮
@mr.helper14663 жыл бұрын
@@caribbeantigress lol its just a joke, calm down.
@cookee8882 жыл бұрын
🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅
@tigressm52195 ай бұрын
Ofcourse the videos are missing because they don't want to pay her family reparation. From betty boop stealing her act
@charmhunter56117 ай бұрын
More like Stockholm syndrome 🤬
@cheeseburgerbae5272 Жыл бұрын
How is this not an Oscar winning movie
@thehilaryeffect2 жыл бұрын
I’m confused how did she just disappear like nothing no one can say where she’s at how she passed m?
@stormyfleur2 жыл бұрын
I have no idea, it’s extremely shady. But it’s 2022 now so we can assume she’s long gone anyways. She either disappeared by herself or definitely was murdered or kidnapped. Being a black women/child in the early 1900’s make you serious prey
@damienthonk15062 жыл бұрын
@@stormyfleur we have literally zero evidence that she was murdered or kidnapped though. Where the fuck did that come from? It's much, MUCH more likely that Esther just moved on from the limelight after the Betty Boop controversy and lived a normal life. That happened to so many former movie stars during those times. Why tf would you just assume something horrible happened to her for no reason?
@bebebert2 жыл бұрын
Back then I imagined it was pretty easy to "disappear". It's not like now, where everyone knows the faces of celebrities so goof because of the Internet. It was much more anonymous back then. I wouldn't ne surprised if no one ever noticed or recognised her back then when she was off stage
@purity70732 жыл бұрын
@@damienthonk1506 😂😂😂😩 that’s what I’m saying. I watched someone else’s video on her & they said after the age of 22 she retired from dancing
@Purple_9119 ай бұрын
@damienthonk1506 she wasn't involved in any controversy.
@aariley2 Жыл бұрын
That thing about the King of Sweden giving her things "she was needing" sounds very much like Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" who died of a drug overdose.
@aariley2 Жыл бұрын
And it's reported she performed with Calloway, so he would have probably learned something about her life.
@sjp63412 жыл бұрын
But never a single recording or report of any boop boopee doop from her. Talk about absent evidence to accuse other performers on. Just gratuitous bashing.
@Le_Lys_Eclectique19 күн бұрын
Great video thank you heaps! Also because on Facebook there are lots of fake pictures and fake informations on Baby Esther. So thank you for your research!
@cute4real8463 жыл бұрын
Why are you calling her Baby Esther when her name is Little Esther?
@danielburger17753 жыл бұрын
Because Little Esther was a real person. "Baby" Esther was created by internet trolls in the 21st century.
@cute4real8463 жыл бұрын
@@danielburger1775 ok
@RayPointerChannel3 жыл бұрын
She was first billed as "Baby Ester Jones" between the ages of five nine. She was seven or eight when Helen Kane saw her. She became "Little Ester" by age 10 and into her early teens.
@danielburger17753 жыл бұрын
@@RayPointerChannel I posted links elsewhere, showing she was LITTLE Esther at age seven. And, Helen Kane never saw her. On the stand, Lou Bolton said that Helen Kane saw her. Did he have evidence? Helen Kane failed to recognize a photo of Esther. Really, it's only the word of Lou Bolton that Helen Kane had even heard of Esther before 1934.
@lillaurynn2 жыл бұрын
@@danielburger1775 aren’t they the same girl?
@beckyrose90684 ай бұрын
There has got to be family left out there. However the fact that she was sexualized, maybe they want to let her rest in peace.
@Mari-gt4ix3 жыл бұрын
Amazing video !
@reneedennis20112 жыл бұрын
I bever heard of her, either. Thank you for telling us her story.
@teahgurl Жыл бұрын
She inspired Betty Boop character
@Yannii220Ай бұрын
They really tried to erase her from history
@dianacooper-havlik90853 жыл бұрын
A shining star!✨
@lovesjazz2082 жыл бұрын
the original betty boop
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
Nope.
@jssy_2 жыл бұрын
@@danielburger1775 get a grip omg
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
@@jssy_ Why? This Esther person has NOTHING to do with Betty Boop. Yet, there has been a forced meme for years now that people "stole" etc. Who needs yo "get a grip"? TYFYB
@jessicathomas22717 Жыл бұрын
@@danielburger1775 you are annoying.
@HEAVYCHEVY4092 жыл бұрын
*Baby Esther aka the og Betty Boop*
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
🤮
@teahgurl Жыл бұрын
@@danielburger1775 yo trolling, hating ass
@onlyalisaawilliams3 жыл бұрын
There’s audio of Esther singing her famous Boop Boop a Doo.
@JohnDoe-xf8ew3 жыл бұрын
do you know where to find it?
@RayPointerChannel3 жыл бұрын
Is there? Where is it?
@deliciaford43433 жыл бұрын
Where can you find the audio? Thanks
@danielburger17753 жыл бұрын
No, there isn't. Some people in modern times have falsely claimed that Esther Jones was "the original Betty Boop". They gave dressed this up with photographs of other people(plural) that they claim are Esther, false "facts"(such as saying she sang at the Cotton Club), and one person has even placed what they claim to be audio of Esther on YT. But, surprise surprise, it's not a recording of Esther.
@RayPointerChannel3 жыл бұрын
That's a fake.
@barbarapineda9062 Жыл бұрын
She's Esther's Lee Jones, born the yrs, 1905&1910 victorians, Lil girls cames up 1920s she's not known.. it's much, likes baby Peggy, or Shirley timples,
@evettematthews40833 жыл бұрын
Ill bet all of her performances were lost... Smh
@robertmcclinton11049 ай бұрын
Thanks to you for bringing he story to life. Another case of African American influence made known.
@DaanaLorraine2 жыл бұрын
Her black eyes ? Or her DARK BROWN eyes smh
@damienthonk15062 жыл бұрын
People can have pure black eyes.
@teahgurl Жыл бұрын
@@damienthonk1506 where?
@DarkWinter487 ай бұрын
@@damienthonk1506There is no such thing as black eyes.
@mf65982 жыл бұрын
Vaudeville 😳🤢
@notmypotato3730 Жыл бұрын
You did a great job. I'm just not impressed with her "talent".
@angelaortiz34062 жыл бұрын
I appreciate this video
@darlalove Жыл бұрын
Wonder why it’s called scatting ? Scat means 💩
@michaelmcgee85432 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!
@skyjacksonA12 жыл бұрын
The only video that talks about her childhood which is nice but other videos actually show her singing and dancing and an adult which he has not
@The1920sChannel2 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of misconceptions about Esther Lee Jones, and those other channels are probably showing footage of Little Esther Phillips, who was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. But there is virtually no information about Esther Lee Jones after the Kane v Fleischer trial. One photo of a young woman that is said to be Esther Lee Jones as an adult is not confirmed and is widely thought to not be her, but rather an older model.
@oliviab84252 жыл бұрын
is this about Little Esther or BABY Esther?? Bc they are two different women :)
@teahgurl Жыл бұрын
BABY
@rhobot753 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@longyashiitrod52572 жыл бұрын
I’m a kid and I dance like hwr
@Chrissyb0072 жыл бұрын
She was the inspiration for Betty Boop .. a white woman ripped her act off ..
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
No she wasn't, and no she didn't.
@mantaray66252 жыл бұрын
It seems it was a mere fabrication by the defense at the trial.
@danielburger17752 жыл бұрын
@@mantaray6625 it appears that Esther made a career out of impersonating other performers. Esther started off as "Farina's Kid Sister", doing a suspiciously similar act. Following the early death of popular performer Florence Mills, Esther was billed as "The Miniature Florence Mills", doing Mills' act, and was even promoted as being Mills' little sister! After Helen Kane became famous, the infamous film of Esther singing three popular Helen Kane songs was recorded. Then Esther went to Paris, and was billed as a "miniature Josephine Baker". It is surreal that someone who was unambiguously IMITATING HELEN KANE is now being held up as "the original".
@adrianadealmeida1472 Жыл бұрын
❤
@notmypotato3730 Жыл бұрын
Lolololos not impressed 👎
@teahgurl Жыл бұрын
HATER
@bizzyfit21282 жыл бұрын
What a neat channel.
@PotatoesMashedComedy Жыл бұрын
No, Esther Jones just came up with the boop boop be doop thing and according to her manager, Helen Kane heard it in a nightclub at midnight...my question is, why was a 10 year old performing at a nightclub?
@Kyutenessss Жыл бұрын
Not true she copied her voice and persona also.
@PotatoesMashedComedy Жыл бұрын
@@Kyutenessss impossible to know since there are zero recordings of her. I read a whole book on this case and the only proof of this is her manager saying Helen was at a midnight show once. Everyone was scatting at the time so it's really hard to pin down who said what first and who heard it. The point is that Helen always had a high pitched voice and it's what got her fame in Broadway shows and movies, which is what Max Fleischer used as inspiration for Betty Boop, which one of the cartoonists admitted like 30 years after her death. They used her songs in the cartoons and one of the voice actresses they used (Mae Questal) actually won a contest impersonating Helen Kane's squeaky voice so it was clear they were looking for her likeness but didn't want to pay Helen to do it because lesser known actresses were cheaper.
@BumiSaya-mk7jz5 ай бұрын
Yeah,man she should be in school not a nightclub,what is the adult age of that time anyway !?
@raynemichelle29962 жыл бұрын
Why do you say Louis Armstrong that way?
@The1920sChannel2 жыл бұрын
Because that's how he said it
@raynemichelle29962 жыл бұрын
@@The1920sChannel I tried finding video yesterday of him saying his name and I couldn't find it, but I'll take your word for it.
@The1920sChannel2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if there's video of him saying it, but on his recording of "Hello Dolly," he says his name at the beginning