WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS v. SOUVAINE SELECTIVE PICTURES

No. 105, Docket 22168.

192 F.2d 856 (1951)

WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS (Inc.) et al. v. SOUVAINE SELECTIVE PICTURES, Inc. et al.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donovan, Leisure, Newton, Lumbard & Irvine, New York City, James V. Hayes, Granville Whittlesey, Jr., Peyton H. Moss, all of New York City, Gunther R. Lessing, Burbank, Cal., J. Miller Walker and Franklin Waldheim, New York City, of counsel, for appellants.

Augenblick & Frost, New York City, Robert L. Augenblick, New York City, and Winston Frost, New York City, of counsel, for appellee Souvaine Selective Pictures, Inc.

Weisman, Celler, Quinn, Allan & Spett, New York City, Milton C. Weisman and Adolph Kaufman, New York City, of counsel, for appellees Picto Corp. and Harry A. Brandt.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant Walt Disney Productions (Incorporated) is the producer and owner and appellant RKO-Radio Pictures, Inc. is the distributor of an animated cartoon picture entitled "Alice in Wonderland," based on Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass," which was produced in the United States at a cost of approximately $3,000,000. The appellee Souvaine Selective Pictures, Inc. is the distributor of another motion picture called...

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