GUGLIELMI v. SPELLING-GOLDBERG PRODUCTIONS

Docket No. L.A. 30872.

25 Cal.3d 860 (1979)

603 P.2d 454

160 Cal. Rptr. 352

JEAN GUGLIELMI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SPELLING-GOLDBERG PRODUCTIONS et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

December 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rudin & Perlstein and Vincent H. Chieffo for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lillick, McHose & Charles, Kenneth E. Kulzick, Lawrence W. Dam and Kathleen Hallberg for Defendants and Respondents.

Selvin & Weiner and Paul P. Selvin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

THE COURT.

Appellant allegedly is the nephew of the actor Rudolph Valentino, who died in 1926. According to the complaint herein, in 1975, respondents exhibited on television a "fictionalized version" of Valentino's life, depicting the actor's name, likeness and personality without obtaining the prior consent of either Valentino or appellant. In the present action, appellant seeks damages and injunctive relief on the theory...

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