Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Entertainer Eddie Cantor (left) and producer Samuel Goldwyn, defendants (along with Jack Robbins, music publisher) in a copyright suit brought by James J. Donnelly, a Hollywood composer. Donnelly is claiming $100,000 in damages because he wasn't given credit for the use of the song "When My Ship Comes In" in a recent picture.Note: image is mislabeled in the system as 9358, it should be 9258 Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Eddie Cantor[Sam] Goldwyn 9258 Text from original nitrate sleeve: Cantor, Eddie; Goldwyn, Sam
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b&w nitrate negative
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Entertainers--California--Los Angeles Entertainment Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles Legal Copyright Motion picture producers & directors--American--California--Los Angeles Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964 Goldwyn, Samuel, 1882-1974
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