SHOSTAKOVICH v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP.


196 Misc. 67 (1948)

Dmitry Shostakovich et al., Plaintiffs, v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Special Term, New York County.

June 7, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Recht for plaintiffs.

Edwin P. Kilroe for defendant.


KOCH, J.

Plaintiffs are composers of international renown. They are citizens and residents of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Defendant, a domestic corporation, has produced a picture known as "The Iron Curtain" which is now being exhibited in theatres throughout this country. In the public mind, this title has come to indicate the boundary between that part of Europe which is under the sovereignty of...

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