PARKER v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP.

Docket No. L.A. 29705.

3 Cal.3d 176 (1970)

474 P.2d 689

89 Cal. Rptr. 737

SHIRLEY MacLAINE PARKER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Musick, Peeler & Garrett and Bruce A. Bevan, Jr., for Defendant and Appellant.

Benjamin Neuman for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

Defendant Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation appeals from a summary judgment granting to plaintiff the recovery of agreed compensation under a written contract for her services as an actress in a motion picture. As will appear, we have concluded that the trial court correctly ruled in plaintiff's favor and that the judgment should be affirmed.

Plaintiff is well known as an actress, and in the contract...

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