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Summary: Maclaine Parker Vs. Bloomer Girl

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2) Facts On August 6, 1965 Shirley MacLaine Parker entered a contract with Twentieth Century Fox film corporation to play the main female role in a Los Angeles musical called “Bloomer Girl.” In the contract the defendant would pay the plaintiff $53,571.42 a week for fourteen weeks starting on May, 23 1966, for a total of 750,000. On April 4, 1966 Parker received a letter from Fox stating that they canceled the production of Bloomer girl but to avoid any damages for not complying to their obligations under their written contract they offered her the leading role in a film called Big Country. Fox gave her a week to respond to the request but failed too and the offer expired. Later Parker sued Fox to recover the agreed guaranteed compensation for “Bloomer Girl” and the defendant's breach of contract. 3) Issue Was the job that Fox offered Parker in Big Country comparable employment and was Parker obligated to accept to mitigate damages? 4) Decisions The judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff. Stating that the roles are different. Fox has to prove that the new role MacLaine …show more content…

Playing in a musical can be much more demanding and tiring, due to the work of a dancer and singer being far more strenuous. Memorizing and perfecting your lyrics, lines, and choreography is not always easy. When filming a musical scene that includes singing or dancing, the scene must be completely reshot as to not disrupt the fluency. In dramas, it is easy to reshoot a simple line or action, as it can be easily edited to not disrupt the fluency. It is harder to redo a complete song vs reshooting a sentence or phrase for both the actors and the crew. Things like this puts musicals on a much higher level than a drama. So to compensate the same actress by offering her a part in a drama while dropping the musical does not only demean her skills as an actress, but it is a complete breach of the clear contract she was

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