Autry v. Republic Productions, Inc.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment declaring the rights and obligations of the parties under contracts between them and in effect at the time of the plaintiff’s enlistment in the United States Army in 1942.

Prior to his enlistment the plaintiff, Gene Autry, was a motion picture actor dramatizing western or cowboy roles. The defendant, Republic Productions, Inc., was a- producer of western photoplays.

On September 22, 1938, the parties entered into á written agreement by which the defendant engaged the plaintiff’s services as an actor in ten photoplays during one year commencing…