PREMINGER v. COLUMBIA PICTURES


49 Misc.2d 363 (1966)

Otto Preminger et al., Plaintiffs, v. Columbia Pictures Corporation et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special and Trial Term, New York County.

January 19, 1966


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan & Cromwell (Marvin Schwartz and Lester L. Cooper, Jr., of counsel), for plaintiffs. Schwartz & Frohlich (Myles J. Lane, Stuart G. Schwartz and John L. Amabile of counsel), for defendants.


ARTHUR G. KLEIN, J.

The interesting question presented for decision is the right of a producer, in the absence of specific contractual provision, to prevent, by injunction, minor cuts in his motion picture, when shown on television, and the usual breaks for commercials.

The litigation involves the production of the motion picture "Anatomy of a Murder".

The complaint alleges that plaintiff Preminger...

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