Schumann v. Loew's Inc.

Tile complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are grandchildren of Bobert Schumann, the celebrated composer who died in 1856. It further alleges that the defendant produced and exhibited as a commercial venture a motion picture called the “ Song of Love ” which depicted the life of Bobert Schumann. In this picture it is shown that Schumann became mentally ill and later died suffering from the mental illness. It is also shown that a sister of his was similarly afflicted. Plaintiffs allege that the production of the picture was without their consent.

There is no complaint of the accuracy of these,…