Stadium Pictures, Inc. v. Walker

The defendant, employed under a written contract to render services as the leading actor in the production of a motion picture, was to receive as compensation a percentage of the profits with a guaranteed minimum payment. Shortly after the making of this agreement, plaintiff contracted with the Madoc Sales Co., Inc., to distribute the pictures for which the defendant had promised to pose. Plaintiff was to receive $9,000 upon the delivery of each negative. The distributor was to retain from the first proceeds an amount sufficient to reimburse it for its payment of $9,000 and thereafter pay…