"THIS MAD BUSINESS"
FILM-MAKING PROBLEMS
EVIDENCE OF A STAR
\UTHORS AT WORK
LONDON. July 29
Douglas Fairbanks-, jim.. the film star, yesterday explained some of the mysteries of film production to Mr. Justice Uoddnrd in the King's Bench Division.
Fairbanks was giving evidence on behalf of Criterion Film Productions, Limited, which he had formed. The company was sued by Akos Tolnav. of Radnor Hall, Elstree, and .lames" Bailiff Williams, of Linden Gardens, Notting Hill Gate, on a contract of August IS, 1935, by which they were to write the scenario and script of an adaptation of Jeffrey Famcd's novel "The Amateur Gentleman."
They alleged thai the company had repudiated the contract, and they claimed damages, including balance of £350 alleged to be due under the agreement. The company alleged breaches of contract by the plaintiffs in not delivering material to time—which was- denied—and counter-claimed damages. The judge had expressed himself puzzled by previous evidence. This indicated that, before the film was "shot," writers produced a synopsis, a treatment, a continuity, and a "shooting" script, and that what some people in the profession called one thing was called another by others.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19127, 23 September 1936, Page 14
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