SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10,
1936.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
FILM STARS CODE
REVEAL
"Unwritten Laws of Hollywood
""
AN alleged breach of Hollywood's rigid "code of conduct for stars" lies behind the contract dispute between Belte Davis, the United States film actress, and Warner Brothers in America.
Warner Brothers have threatened to seek an injunction ra. straining Miss Davis from working during her visit to London. They also wrote asking for confirmation of denial of the report that Toeplitz Productions in London have engaged her to ap- pear in two British films.
INJUNCTION
BETTE
TN answer to the question, "What are the rules of this code of con→ duct?" film stars and producers in London have revealed that, apart from the specifie "shall nots" in con- tracts, there are my Inwa recognised by Hollywood.
unwritten everyone In
Irving Asher, of Warner Brothers, was referring to the "code" when commenting
with un the dispute Miss Davis, he stated: "She was sus pended by Warnera because she did not observe discipline in a Blm in which we had east her."
"I la hardly possible to define the code in words," said Mr. Wallace Ford, the star playing in "0.H.M.S.," which is being made In England. "Yet people In Hollywood always know when any pet hy o star breaks
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best openking. ta covered by the phrase 'doing some- thing which brings himself (or her self) or the company into disrepute Anything said or done by a star which brings his affairs or troubles before the public in also included."
THREAT TO
DAVIS
"I have known cases in which stars who held up a production have been given a lecture for the Grat offener," she added.
Mr.
second time they have been fined the amount of money lost. Methods such as these have helped to for- mulate the Hollywood code."
British Michael Balcon, the preduger, who is a frequent visitor to Hollywood, stuted that it was n tribute to the success of the conduct code that there were very few enses of disputes between stars and com- punles. "Companies base their con- irnets necording to the character and reputation of Individual stars."
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"I Shall Star In A British Film'
RULES
CONDUCT
BETTE DAVIS
Gudmont-British refraining from engaging Misa Ann Dvorak or Mr. James Carey while these players were in dispute with us in Holly- wood.
War Relics Removed From Museum
CURATOR'S OBJECTION
Souvenirs and relics of the Great War have been removed out of Black. burn Museum.
"We maintain that we have a firm Miss Davis, who arrived in Lon-contract with Miss Davis, and we don following a motor tour through further claim that if contructs could Warner be defled we should be able to rold England, said: "Regarding Brothers, I have nothing to say. I British studios when we pleased. shall, however, appear in a fhm for Any studio in Hollywood would be Toeplitz Productions."
glad to have Miss Jessie Matthews, fortunale memories of the War, and but no one may approach her while I have removed these War-time ex- she is a Gaumont-British star,
hibits to make room for other objects," said Mr. Richard Ashton, the
Miss Grace Bradley, who is appear- Mr. Sam E. Morris, vice-president ing with Mr. Ford, said her ex-of Warner Brothers, said: "The perience had been that stars now sanctity of contracts between indi- "Should we receive from Toeplitz. days were required by the code not vidual stars and companies is now Productions formal confirmation of to do anything which hold up or strictly observed in Hollywood, and a contract between them and Misa spoil a film on which they were en-we have had two recent examples of Davis then we shall have no option
British co-operation in the case of but to seek an injunction." Kaged.
"We don't want to retain un-
curator.
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