Wiren v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Myra Page Wiren, plaintiff below, in 1931 filed a suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, predecessor of defendant Paramount Pictures, Inc., and others, some of whom were defendants below, appellees here. Damages were sought because of the alleged plagiarism of a dramatic work, “Most”, written by plaintiff, in the composition of the play “Death Takes A Holiday”, produced first in New York City in 1930. The District Court, deciding against plaintiff on the merits, held that her…