Court Case Over "Rose Marie"

Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 5, 14 August 1936, Page 28

Court Case Over "Rose Marie"

|| New Zealand Screening --- "ROSE MARIE," the M.G.M. : ‘feature with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette Macdonald, which was due for release in Australia and New Zealand about now, has been held up pending the settlement of a case brought against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the Melbourne Supreme Court by Messrs. J. C. Williamson, Limited, Williamsons contend that, as the stage rights for the play are held by them, M.G.M. has no legal right to exhibit a film version containing both dialogue and music. The attitude of M.G.M. is that’ a legitimate show and a sound film are two dissimilar types of entertainment; the right to talking picture presentation remains reserved to M.G.M, as the owners of the film rights.