"This thing of being a good little goodie is all very well,/ What can you do when you're loaded with plenty of health ... and vigor?" The question is asked by Helen Kane in a playful 1929 ditty called "I Want to Be Bad," its popularity significant of a new, pragmatic openness about sex in America at the time. With her signature "Boop-boop-a-doop," Kane was one of the two iconic inspirations for Max Fleischer's cartoon flapper, Betty Boop. The other was Clara Bow, also known... More >>>