Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Photograph included in the Exhibit: All Rise! Hollywood & the Herald Go to Court. Walt Disney testifies in a Los Angeles courthouse that his company's cartoon 'Mickey's Polo Club' did not plagiarize a rejected script that had been submitted by plaintiff John P. Wade. Disney claimed the imagery showing horses bestride their riders was a 'reversal gag' dating back to Aesop's Fables - and the judge agreed. Photograph dated January 11, 1938.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Disney, Walt,--1901-1966 Disney, Walt,--1901-1966--Trials, litigation, etc Plagiarism--California--Los Angeles Motion picture producers and directors--United States Animators--United States Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles Trials--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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