All Blog Posts Tagged 'career' (2)

Taking the role of Betty Boop made Mae Questel immortal (and perhaps vice-versa), but the Fleischers got something out of the bargain as well the first in a stable of voice actors that would make Paramount cartoons second to none in the field of vocal characterizations. With the addition of Jack Mercer (Popeye) in the mid-1930s, the Fleischer cartoons began featuring top-quality vocal tracks long before most other cartoons from either New York or Hollywood could even come close. Mae's ability to… Continue

Kane's career break came in 1927, when she appeared in a musical called A Night in Spain. Although the musical closed after only 22 performances, Paul Ash, the band conductor, put her name forward for a performance at New York's Paramount Theater). Kane's first performance at the Paramount Theater in Times Square proved to be her career's launching point. She was singing "That's My Weakne… Continue