Monday, Sep. 22, 1947
Complaint Department
Sued: Mrs. Lela Rogers, busy blonde mother of Cinemactress Ginger; for $2,000,000, by Playwright Emmet Lavery and Producer Martin Gosch, who charged libel and slander. Mrs. Rogers' remarks in a radio debate (with Lavery) on Communism in Hollywood, complained the suers, suggested that Lavery's play-to-be, The Gentleman from Athens, was un-American propaganda. One dismaying result, according to Gosch: five of the play's nine prospective backers suddenly backed out.
Sued: the Rev. Dr. Guy Emery Shipler and The Churchman magazine (editor: Dr. Shipler); for $105,000, by a publicity firm which charged breach of contract. Complaint: the firm never got the commissions due it for plugging a campaign to promote good will among religious and racial groups. Further complaint: Campaigner Shipler demanded the firing of one publicity worker "on religious grounds."
This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.