Konrad Bercovici vs. Charles S. Chaplin and United Artists Corporation court documents, docket number 14-190, 1942-1947.

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Konrad Bercovici vs. Charles S. Chaplin and United Artists Corporation court documents, docket number 14-190, 1942-1947.

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Typescript record of the examination before trial of Konrad Bercovici, conducted on March 5 and April 15, 1942; and stenographer's minutes of Bercovici's testimony from the trial, April 17, 1947.

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United States. District Court (New York : Southern District)

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Konrad Bercovici was a screenwriter who became close friends with actor and director Charlie Chaplin. In this lawsuit, Bercovici claimed that Chaplin had plagiarized from him the idea for Chaplin's film "The Great Dictator." The case went to trial in 1947, with Louis Nizer and Walter S. Beck of law firm Davidson & Davidson representing the plaintiff, and Louis D. Frohlich, Arthur H. Schwartz, and Everett A. Frohlich of Schwartz & Frohlich representing the defendant. The case was settled ...

Bercovici, Konrad, 1882-1961

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Konrad Bercovici (1882-1961) was a Romanian-American author whose works included biography, travel, history (particularly of Eastern Europe) and fiction. He published his memoirs, It's the Gypsy In Me, in 1941. From the guide to the Konrad Bercovici Collection, 1925-1964, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Nizer, Louis, 1902-1994

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Lawyer and author. From the description of Papers of Louis Nizer, 1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79632245 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Louis Nizer was a trial lawyer and author of books including My Life in Court, Catspaw, and Implosion Conspiracy. Nizer was born in 1902 in London, though his parents moved to Brooklyn, New York when Nizer was a young child and he spent most of his youth in the United States. Nizer attended Columbia College and earned his ...

Frohlich, Louis D.

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Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977

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Epithet: junior; MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x0000e2 Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Paris in 1889. He became universally known for his performances as a comedic silent screen actor. From the description of Scrapbook, 1931. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 18313546 Epithet: actor Title: Knight ...

United Artists Corporation

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