Warner Bros. Pictures v. Brodel

31 Cal.2d 766 (1948)

WARNER BROS. PICTURES, INC. (a Corporation), Appellant,

v.

JOAN BRODEL et al., Respondents.

L. A. No. 19887.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 3, 1948.

Freston & Files, Ralph E. Lewis and Gordon L. Files for Appellant.

Oscar R. Cummins, Jennings & Belcher, Frank Belcher, Max Radin, Aaron J. Blackman and Robert Kingsley for Respondents.

TRAYNOR, J.

On March 27, 1942, plaintiff, a producer of motion pictures, entered into a written agreement with defendant Brodel, then a minor seventeen years of age, wherein the latter promised to perform dramatic services exclusively for…