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Case summaries. Warner Bros v Nelson [1937] 1 KB 209. By contract, the defendant actress Bette Davis, agreed to act exclusively for Warner Bros for two years. The contract stipulated not only that could she not act for another but also she could take no employment of any kind.
The De Haviland case has justly received much attention, but an earlier case, Warner Bros. v. Nelson, in which Bette Davis also challenged the practice of suspen-sion/extension, merits more attention than it has received.
Warner Bros v Nelson [1937] 1 KB 209. The defendant, an actress, agreed (1) to act for the plaintiff and, at the same time, (2) not to act or sing for anybody else for two years without the plaintiff’s written consent, and (3) no other employment could be taken up during this period without the plaintiff’s consent.
Warner Brothers Pictures Inc v Nelson [1937] 1 KB 209 was a judicial decision of the English courts relating to the contract of employment between the actress Bette Davis (who was sued under her married name) and Warner Bros.
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Home Books and Journals; Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review; No. 41-2, 2021; Warner bros. v. nelson: a prelude to the de havilland law
Damages as Alternative Remedy Held to be Inappropriate. Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated v. Nelson. [1937] 1 K. B. 209 Download; XML; Creminal Law. Defamatory Libel. Trivial Libei Unlikely to Disturb Peace, or Seriously to Reflect on Character, Ought not to be Prosecuted. Prosecution Need not Prove Prosecutor Unusually Likely to be ...
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