MONTENEGRIN HONOR
FILM LIBEL SUIT LONDON, May 2. Prince Danilo, of Montenegro, who is residing in France, Is suing the American Film Co. for libel arising out of the exhibition of a film, “The Merry Widow,” which, he said, insulted himself and Montenegrin royalties, sifys the Paris correspondent of “The Times.”
M. Boncour, Prince Danilo’s counsel, says it is alleged that the scenario writer, an ex-Austrian officer, 'made the hero, whom he named Danilo, a drunken debauchee instead of the original pleasant character. It is recalled that the Italian, Czechoslovakian, and Jugo-Siav Governments banned the film.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16339, 13 May 1927, Page 9
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96MONTENEGRIN HONOR Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16339, 13 May 1927, Page 9
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