Jesse L. Laskey Feature Play Co. v. William Fox Vaudeville Co.

Defendants demur to the complaint, and plaintiff moves for judgment. Briefly the facts are that plaintiff is a producer of motion picture plays. One Suratt is a popular actress of unusual and unique skill who, before contracting with plaintiff, had never posed for motion pictures. The privilege to be the first to exploit such an actress in motion pictures lends an additional value to the contract. In October, 1914, Suratt contracted with plaintiff for her services in a proposed motion picture play to be staged and produced by plaintiff, such services to cover a period of about four weeks,…