Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-06 | Page 8 | Child Actor Restrained by Court Order

Child Actor Restrained by Court Order LOS ANGELES. Aug. (UP) Freddie Bartholomew, the boy actor ac-tor whose services are priced higher than those of the president of the United State, was restrained by court order today from performing for any other movie studio-thmn Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which has him under contract. The 13-year-old boy's movie career has ended, at least temporarily, the studio announced. His salary was stopped July IS because of his "nonperformance." "non-performance." Demands 12S0 His aunt and guardian, Miss Mil-llrent Mil-llrent Bartholomew, has refused to let him Work unless the studio pays him $2500 a week. The studio offered of-fered him $2000 a week for a 40-week 40-week year, which would gross him 180,000 a year, a ttOOO higher wage than the president's. Miss Bartholomew said that Freddie Fred-die could not meet his obligations-income obligations-income taxes, lawyers and agents' fees, contributions to his parents' and sisters and his own maintenanceHind mainte-nanceHind still save enough for his future to make the job worth while with, less than $2500. So Metro-Goldwyn-MaTer, whose contract with Freddie has three more years to run, returned his affairs af-fairs to the courtroom yesterday in a petition for injunction. The studio said that unless the boy were restrained his services "would be transplanted to various persons, firms and corporations other than the plaintiff." Would Have Signed Herman F. Selvin, studio attorney, attor-ney, aaid Miss Bartholomew's attorney at-torney called him August 4 and said: "I'm calling to let you know we are going to make another contract for Freddie Bartholomew's services with other people. This Is going to be dons right away, within the week, and I just wanted you to know the fact." Miss Bartholomew gained custody of ths boy from his parents In prolonged pro-longed litigation that cost him $29,-00 $29,-00 in lawyers' fees, practically his entire savings for two years. She has threatened to end his movie career and return him to school in England unless his salary were raissd to 12300.