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Show Gay Hollywood's Lost Lore Suits TotalJl1500,C00 Only Ftw Thousand Shown a CollcUl of Huga Sum , Aakod In Pndln( Actions By ROBMAIf B. BBCtt CaHad rraaa Stoft C pinlaal HOLLYWOOD. March to Lara loaf but not paid for la Hollywood during raeant pa an In awarding to tha aUoaatios af aurnarou suit toUlad aaarly IIJOO.IM today. Acalnat thia total (Ulmad for al-logod al-logod braactt of prom Iaa, allanalloa at affarUon ay bnpropar conduct waa art tha amaU flgura af a faw t hour ltd collortod. . ull aggravating naarly a atlltlaa and a half dollar har boan fllad. hut aorar brought to trial, or bava baaa d lam land, a cbockup mi court rorwrd dlarloatd. Not anrludad la thaa wat tha ull of Jorgan Dloti. brought frlday agalnat Dougla Palrhanka ir, aak-ut( aak-ut( tM.000 damagaa for allagad alMn-atloa alMn-atloa nf tha affartlon of Mr. Boa-vaig Boa-vaig Dart, acanaratt, paw la Capao-bar Capao-bar an. Thl action brought a dlrart charga from DlaUtrt Attornay Buroa Pill, falrbank and kla wlia. Joan Craw lard, that tha ult waa "attamptad aatortlon." On tha othor hand. Durt alleged ho recently had been talaely Imprisoned for several hours until he promised to drop bla proponed action. ac-tion. SIPABATION AKNOCXCCD A ImmodlaUly after tha Diets ault we made public. Mia Crawford announced an-nounced She and Fairbanks had ana- rated, but denied the ault bad anything any-thing to do with It, and aha aald the stood ready ta help her bueband In any way possible to defend himself One of the few case which resulted la settlement or judgment was that of Thorns O'Brien against Harry Langdon, the comedian. A ault to collect 1 11.000 asaertedly promised as second payment of a breech of pronv le settlement ws brought by O'Brien. Ha alleged Langdon had signed note to that amount alter oaring 1000. Trial ended with O'Brien failing ta collect an the no taa and Langdon given no Judgment on hi aounier salt to collect the 1000 paid. The action followed marriage of Helen Walton, former wile af O'Brien, and Langdon. A few day slier Vlvlenn Sengler brought ault sgsmst Msurice Cooteilo, alleging breach of prom lea and asking ask-ing loo.oo. damage, the action wa dropped. Another ault dropped wag that of Mrs. Josef von Sternberg, wife of the director, against Mariano Dietrich. German star. Thl action wa brought la New York. Catherine Allen rued Monro Oars-ley Oars-ley tor SM.0O0 damages, charging breach of promise, and tba esse auil la pending. Suiette Renaldo. wife of Duncan Rensldo, charged Edwins Booth with Healing tha love of bar husbend during dur-ing a trip to Africa to film "Trader Horn." When tha nu mim mm trial. Mrs. Renaldo was In the sett, and the only evidence was for the defense. de-fense. Miss Booth denying the charges. Mis Booth received judgment. ALLEGES MISCONDUCT Pern Setrll. who aald lha met D W. Griffith In 12 when th went to a studio seeking work, alleged misconduct mis-conduct on hit pert In a suit for 1500,-000 1500,-000 general damage. 1100.000 exemplary exem-plary and 11000 special. She charged Griffith told her she was a moat "unusual "un-usual type" and signed her for the role of Ann R ull edge In "Abraham Lincoln." She based her rlsrmi upon he allegation that Griffith Invited her to hi apartment to discuss the role and there wa guilty of misconduct miscon-duct The suit ehowi do aervtc and I pending. Miss Sengler, after dismissing her rail against Cottello, an condition which would permit her to bring a later action, afterward sued Mrs. Edith H. Dillon, wife of John Pran-rls Pran-rls Dillon, director, and others, charging charg-ing tlsnder. whlah she alleged broke her engagement to Coslella She lost th ault on trial. |