Golding v. R.K.O. Pictures, Inc.

In an action for ' the infringement of literary property, the producers of a motion picture appeal *693from a judgment awarding the authors of the assertedly plagiarized stage play damages in the sum of $25,000. The sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment is the principal question presented for decision.

Samuel R. Golding and Norbert Faulkner, both well-established writers, collaborated in writing a play entitled, “The Man and His Shadow.” They neither published nor dedicated it to the public and it was not copyrighted. The Pasadena Playhouse produced the play in December, 1942.

After…