TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION v. C. I. R.

No. 52, Docket 30467.

372 F.2d 281 (1967)

TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION, Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Frisch, New York City (Robert P. Luciano, William P. Hurley, Royall, Koegel & Rogers, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard C. Pugh, First Asst. to the Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mitchell Rogovin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Harry Baum, Fred R. Becker, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WATERMAN, MOORE and KAUFMAN, Circuit Judges.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Whatever else he has called, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is rarely classified as a film critic. This does not mean that the Commissioner is without his opinions on matters cinematic. Take, for example, "A Streetcar Named Desire" (Streetcar), the film version of Tennessee Williams' play, which is the subject of the present appeal. When Streetcar was originally released it was widely hailed, with many terming the picture "a...

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