DAMAGES AWARDED
AGAINST. PICTURE COY. j (By Telegraph—Per Press AssociationJf i WELLINGTON* September 10. . j For breach of an agreement to take j delivery of certain’sound-synchronised | pictures, the United Artists (Austra- | lasia) Limited, was awarded damages j totalling £375 against, the Fuiler-Hav- * . ward Theatre Corporation, by the [ Chief Justice at "the' Supreme Court | to-day. '> ’ j His Honour in delivering his reserv- . ed judgment;in the case, said that the j litigation had arisen through'- a<'departure'from the/courses, o£ business con- • j templated. The defendant company 1 had agreed to exhibit “Evangeline” .1 at its theatre for ’ one' “ week, combefore December 31, 1929, I and the picture"‘‘Venus” for six suo- '■ cessive playing days, commencing be- ‘ fore, the game; date. The reason for the 1 picture not being exhibited was that ! they were so-called sound-synchronised. | pictures, which/, owing to the sudden popularity of .the ..“all talkies,” had become unprofitable to exhibit.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1931, Page 5
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