HARRIS v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION


35 F.Supp. 153 (1940)

HARRIS v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION.

District Court, S. D. New York.

September 18, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien, Driscoll & Raftery, of New York City (Arthur F. Driscoll, of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Edwin P. Kilroe, of New York City, for defendant.


MANDELBAUM, District Judge.

The plaintiff applies for a temporary injunction to restrain the defendant from distributing and exhibiting a motion picture entitled "Brigham Young" unless she receives screen credit as the author of the original story and co-author of the motion picture treatment.

The relief sought is predicated upon the contention that the failure of the defendant to give her the proper screen credit is a fraud upon her in that she is deprived...

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