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Show SVDIlEYCIfl.il-OIES SVDIlEYCIfl.il-OIES EIECCf III FEE-ran Actor Discusses Various An-. An-. gles of Motion Picture Industry In-dustry as Star Witness in ' Suit Again.t His Brother Various aaglaa tnr ths motion pane ture Industry ware discussed today OS ths wltnsaa stand In Judgs Pags Morris" Mor-ris" division of ths United States district dis-trict court by Sydney Chaplin, star witness for ths dsranas In tha salt of Samuel A. King and Russell O. Sohul-dsr, Sohul-dsr, iocs I attorneys to t ecovee 1 11.000 from Charles Chaplin, emotion picture) " somsdlan, as attorneys' teas alleged as bs due the Salt Lake lawyers. Mr. Vhaolla. a brother of tha snovla star and himself a eoreea actor, related relat-ed Insldsats In connection with his Tie-Its Tie-Its to ths local law firm and his several consultations with Mr, King and Mr. Schuldsr. Hs proved an exoepUonaliy oapabls witness and all efforts of thai plaintiffs attorney to confuse and en-, tangle him In contradictory or damaging damag-ing statements proved unavailing. Thomas Harrington, secretary to tha motion picture comedian, was another witness for ths dsfsnss saamlned tender. ten-der. Mr. Chaplin told of coming to Bait Laks from New York last August oa receipt of a tslegraphle request to da ss. Hs said that ha auggeeted to his brother that local attorneye be coneult-ed coneult-ed to learn If Mildred Harris Chaplin, agalnet Whom divorce prooeedlngs had been brought, could attach ths comedian's come-dian's property In oaas It was brought to Utah. Hs told of going to Mr. King's office and of talking with him regard lag hla brother's trouble, I aakad If It waa oafs to bring any brother's property Into Utah and was I n fnl-rw that t K it tin n imiM a looked Into," said ths witness. "We thea discussed various matters Intimately. Inti-mately. The next' day I want to Mr. King's office to gat ths opinion. . I waa told that It waa not possible far my brother's wife to attsea hla prop-arty prop-arty In thla stats. I then asked If It were posslbls for ths First National exhibitors. In collusion with his wife, to attach "Ths Kid." I paid another vlalt ts las law offices) and talked rnf ths phons after tha arrival sf sorrs-spondencs sorrs-spondencs ssat for In relation to tha First National. In soother phons con vereallon I obtained ths advice that the) film coald not bs attached hers." - Mr. Chaplin's testimony tended ' s show that ths relations beta sou ' tha comedian and the First National company com-pany wars friendly and that It waa but a susploloa of his own that caused him to seek ths last opinion from Mr, King. Hs told of General Manager Williams of ths exhibitors' company Informing his brother thst ths company would doubtlees pay him l.s00,0oo for "Tha Kid" and In his teetlmony told of tha difference between feature and pro gram plotures. . Mr. Chsplin's testimony elicited tha Information that the comedian regard-ad regard-ad "Tha Kid" as a feature picture and as such to bs worth considerably mors money than any of ths. other pictures msds under his sontract with ths First Notional to furnish them with eight two or three reel pictures at front fllt.ao to tito.eeo each. Tha wlineea also declared that hs himself waa mora concerned about tha fata of "The Kid" and other, business affairs than Charlee Chaplin. "Buslnsss affairs worry ms mors than they do my brother," hs said. ' Referring to ths question of tha First National aecuring foreign copyrights copy-rights for ths Chaplin pictures eg e peel fled they should do In ths contract con-tract with ths comedian,' the witness declared hs did not need legal advice regarding this question, as ths comedian come-dian had been sdvised by other attorneys attor-neys before coming to Bait Lake that bis contract with ths First Notional could be broken In case tha sompany had not acquired them as provided for In ths contract. This testimony contradicts con-tradicts ths claim of ths local attorneys attor-neys that thsy gavs advice on this subject sub-ject which may have snablsd ths comedian come-dian to secure more money for "Tha Kid" than hs -might havs dons without with-out It. Ths courtroom wss crowded agalm ' today by local attorneyslndctthsrs In-tereeted In-tereeted In the csss. Ths Mgasowd greeted with laughter one remark af Sydney Chaplin that he did not go loathe loa-the local attorneys to find out If ths First National would, In collusion with Mildred Harris Chaplin, ssek to attach "The Kid." but If this could bs dona. Ths snswer came at the end of a long series of questions by ths attorney for ths plaintiff seeking to put the wltnssa on record regarding his suspicions that such action might os taken. Mr. Herrlngton testified that Charles Chaplin had advised him not to pay ths original bill presented by King ' di J4jrJildreesueJtJvsstoejnu |
