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
Mr. Slim Jim verbally submitted an offer to Mr. Potbelly who proceeded to accept Mr. Slim Jims’ offer unequivocally (pg. 122). The “Basic Requirements of a Contract” (pg. 107) were completed. In this bilateral contract (pg. 107), “Communication of Acceptance” (pg. 123) was evident as Mr. Potbelly responded “Sure I’ll take it” when Mr. Slim Jim submitted an offer for the pottery and enthusiastically replied “I’ll take it!” when Mr. Slim Jim gave him an offer of cash for his home. As a result of this, Mr. Slim Jim is suing for the “right to obtain specific performance” asking that the agreement be upheld. Also, according to “admissions” (one of the “exceptions to the statutes of frauds” (pg. 175) Mr. Potbelly’s agreement should be upheld.
I agree with court’s decision to dismiss Ms. Marder’s grievance against Paramount. Ms. Marder made a contract with Paramount and sold away the rights to her story. The contract between Ms.Marder and Paramount was legal and binding; the courts could not favor her. Paramount became the legal own of Ms. Marder’s story at the time of its purchase; the price they paid for her story, although quite small, was the amount she had agreed to.
Joy Salmon was seeking damages for George Brown who she cared for while as a nurse and his estate. Joy Salmon hired Virgina Atkinson as her lawyer in this case. Joy Salmon entered a contingency contract with her lawyer Virgina Atkinson. This contract stated if Joy Salmons case for Geroge Brown's damages did not end in her favor she was not obligated to pay attorney fees to Virgina Atkinson however if the case was in favor of Joy Salmon she was required to Virginia Atkinson for her services. Attorney Virgina Atkinson billed Joy Salmon approximately $7200 for her services and Joy Salmon refused to pay the bill for Virginia Atkinson's services as an attorney. Virgina Atkinson was billing Joy Salmon $150 a hour for approximately forty eight hours of service to the case. Virginia Atkinson filed a lawsuit against Joy
There’s a reason that English classes have students study Oedipus the King, A Raisin in the Sun, The Crucible, and many other titles in schools across the globe. Adding music to a story focused on a serious issue doesn’t impact the message that it carries to audiences. Musicals like Next to Normal, and South Pacific carry themes of extreme social struggle like racism and mental illness all with soundtracks that stand the test of time. What I love most about how theatre affects people is that most theatre kids are well adjusted due to the exposure to these wide ranges of themes, making them the best people to be around; theatre kids are well adjusted because of the awareness of theatre, and not necessarily juggling education and stage productions.
On October 29th, 2015, I made the trip to small claims court at the Superior Court North County Division in Vista, California. The case I observed was a contract dispute between Michael Mendell and Ediga Narashima. The plaintiff (Mendell) was sueing the defendant (Narashima) for $4,000 over a breach of contract. Narashima had given Mendell the opportunity to build theatre system and a bookshelf for his home. They both came to an agreement that the total cost of this procedure would be $4,100. Mr. Mendell is a professor at APT College where he teaches telecommunications. Mendell claims that the full $4,100 was never paid to him. During the whole process of the build there was many setbacks and problems that arose. Mendell claimed that while he was working on this home theatre project, he missed out on work and money he could have obtained from his other job as a professor. That is the reason why he is sueing Narashima as well as the fact that Mendell claims Narashima did not pay him his final installment of $300 for the job. Ediga Narashima claims that the final installment was paid through a friend or third party named Mario Diaz. Mario was a friend of both the plaintiff and defendant. He had referred Mendell to Narashima for the job. Mendell counterclaims that he had never received the final installment from Mario. The big question is to whether Mario had payed the final installment to Mendell as they agreed in
10. Dan hires Eve to perform at Dan 's Club, but Eve later breaches the agreement to accept a higher-paying job at First Star Arena. Dan files a suit gainst Eve. The court will most likley: award damages to Dan.
2. Facts: Plaintiff Irene George (P) is filing suit against Defendant Jordan Marsh Co. (D) for mental anguish and emotional distress which resulted in two heart attacks. D sold goods on credit to P’s emancipated son, who purchased them on P’s account. D alleged that P stated in writing that she would pay the debts (which she did not incur), even though it is understood that P did not make this guarantee. D then attempted to intimidate P into paying these debts she did not owe by calling her at late hours, by mailing her bills, by sending her letters stating late charges were being added on and that her credit had been revoked, and by numerous other tactics. P suffered great
Gregory, a comedy writer, entered into a contract with Wessel, a comedian. The contract provided that Gregory would provide Wessel with a 15 minute monologue for his upcoming appearance on the comedy Hour and that Wessel would pay Gregory $250. All Performers on the comedy Hour make $500 per appearance. As Gregory knows, the last time Wessel appeared on the Comedy Hour he was asked to make special guest appearances at three local comedy clubs using the same monologue. Wessel earned a total of $750 for the three performances. Shortly before Wessel was scheduled to appear on the comedy Hour, Gregory informed Wessel that he was unable to provide the monologue. As a result, Wessel was forced to cancel his appearance. Wessel sued for breach of contract and requested damages of $1,250. What will result? Issue, -
28) The Plaintiff was on paid Administrative leave for over 6 months. Which was damaging his career and relationship with his children.
Mills case had an unfortunate outcome. Sawyer should have been paid for all the idea she had which helped raise profits for Mills firm. What Sawyer lacked was a written contract, and so the case fell under the one year rule. Even though she had been paid for thirteen months beforehand, because there was no written contract she lost out on future payment for her idea.
If, and only if, these elements are met, the plaintiff, in this case Ms. Lee, can effectively argue her case and potentially win this case. Conversely, if Disney is able to prove that her accusations fall short of the requirements for a breach of contract suit, Disney will be able to successfully defend against the suit.
They do a better job at playing their parts. The actors in the movie are also more professional. They have a lot more experience than stage actors. They can show more emotion, they are better at showing it. Throughout the movie they show a lot of fear and sadness, which is not shown as clear in the show production.
Movie acting is different than stage acting because they have to be prepared to cut scenes out and from couple different angles and voice directly into the camera. The actors only learn the lines from the scene they are doing at the time instead of knowing them all. It is also not shot in the order it is seen in because they don’t want to be going back and forth from location to location, so they shoot all the scenes that is needed at a certain location. They also have to take more than one shot per scene because maybe they want different angles or someone may have messed up. A perfect example of movie vs. stage acting is the scene where Stanley yells out STELLA! Because he harmed her so she left with Eunice and he goes after her to apologize but has to get her attention by screaming her name out until she came out to talk to him. This scene must have been much easier for the film because the director and actors don’t have to worry about messing up they can just retake a scene and they can adjust it to their desire. While stage acting the actors have to deal with an audience watching their every move and if they mess up they don’t have another chance. Maybe the actor didn’t project their voice enough for everyone to hear them. They also might lose their voice from the very intense screaming. As well as forgetting a line on stage and embarrassing
One of which is the type of performance. Theater is known for performances that are unedited and raw, therefore actors have to rehearse the script frequent numbers of times in order to avoid bloopers. During play the most focus is on actors and acting, rather than visuals; the stage cannot be edited or enhanced. In stage acting, actors have to deal with a lot of stress they have to be stage ready no matter what. Actors have to have oratory skill as well since they have to perform in front of the crowd. However, when it comes to creating movies actors are allowed to have bloopers, since it is possible to edit it out. Actors do not have to rehearse the script as many as theater actors do. Actors of film are performing in front of the camera, not the live audience. Filmmaking is focused a lot on the visually in order to make it look more attention-capturing. Movies are enhanced visually and can have special