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Motion Picture News, New York, July 8, 1916.

Charlie Chaplin‘s Burlesque on Carmen Scenes

& Chaplin Loses Carmen Suit

      Appellate Division of Supreme Court Affirms Order in Favor

      of Essanay.

      Charles Chaplin has lost his last card in his legal fight

against the Essanay Company and the V-L-S-E,

which he sought to restrain from exhibiting the burlesque

on Carmen, in which he was starred, and that feature

comedy will continue to play to crowded houses throughout

the country. The Appellate Division of Supreme

Court was the tribunal to rule against the comedian this time,

it having handed down a decision affirming the order

of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants.

      Chaplin now finds himself face to face with a half-million-dollar

suit brought against him by the Essanay Company.

According to the wording of the suit, Chaplin agreed, in July,

1915, to aid in the production of ten two-reel comedies

before January 1, 1916, for each of which he was to receive

a bonus of $10,000 over and above his salary of $1,250

per week. Four of these were never completed, it is charged.

(...) Moving Picture World, July 8, 1916

„When that was denied, he appealed“

Editorial content. „Chaplin Loses Legal Fight to Restrain

      Showing of Carmen

      Decision in Favor of Essanay and V-L-S-E Is Affirmed

      by Appellate Division of Supreme Court –

      Comedian Now Faces Half Million Dollar Suit by Essanay

      Charles Chaplin has lost his last card in his legal

fight against the Essanay Company and the V-L-S-E,

which he sought to restrain from exhibiting the burlesque

on Carmen, in which he was starred.

      The Appellate Division of Supreme Court was the tribunal

to rule against the comedian, it having handed down

a decision affirming the order of the Supreme Court in favor

of the defendants.

      In his original application for an injunction to restrain the

Big Four from exploiting the Carmen feature, Chaplin

sought simply to prevent the showing of the film. When that

was denied, he appealed. This action was argued

two weeks ago, before the Appellate Division of the Supreme

Court, and the decision last week was the result.

      Chaplin now finds himself face to face with a half-million

dollar suit brought against him by the Essanay Company.

In their complaint, filed in Los Angeles, the Essanay Company

charge Chaplin with breach of contract, alleging that

he failed to appear in four comedies called for in his contract.

The suit will be called for in at a near date, Chaplin

already having been served with the papers.

      According to the wording of the suit, Chaplin agreed, in July,

1915, to aid in the production of ten two-reel comedies

before January 1, 1916, for each of which he was to receive

a bonus of $10,000 over and above his salary of $1,250

per week.“

      Partly identical text in Moving Picture World, July 8, 1916.

      Appellate Division of Supreme Court.

      Essanay‘s Carmen Fake.

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