LAW OF MOTION PICTURES INCLUDING THE LAW OF THE THEATRE TREATING OF THE VARIOUS RIGHTS OF THE AUTHOR, ACTOR, PROFESSIONAL SCENARIO WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, DISTRIBUTOR...

Item #: 63483

Pages: lvi, 943 pp.
Published: Union; Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.; 500.

Thomas Edison established the first American movie studio in1893. The first studio in Hollywood opened in 1911. By 1918the motion picture industry was one of the five largestbusiness sectors in the United States. Based on the "largebody of case law peculiar to the industry" that had accruedby 1918, this is the first treatise to offer "a statement ofthe motion picture law" (v). Chapters examine the rights andliabilities of authors, producers, studio personnel, actors,distributors and theater owners. There are also interestingsections on topics like immorality and the production orviewing of movies on Sundays.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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