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Show Continued from, page 11 OIT FAMOUS AND YOU IAND IN COUKTI A Cool $7,50- 0- Gone With Rhett Butler ing mob of teen-ag- e autograph hunters him. As they surged to waiting engulf forward a woman who happened to lie in the lobby got her toe stepped on. She sued George for $25,000 on the grounds that he had caused the riot. $100,000, Arthur said. "Its a nice round figure. teOne legal action the eminent dance instructor remembSswith special Fondness involved Judy Hollidays mother. It happened this way: The Murrays had booked Miss Holliday as a celebrity (Jance contestant on the "Arthur Murray Show on TV. As her fee Judy was to get the shows regular $1,000. And $5,000 was to go toiler favorite charity. Then, Arthur Murray got a call from Judy Hollidays mother, Mrs. Helen Tuvim. She would not allow ' a . e Mervyn IRoy, the famous director, was once discussing the merits of tne film, "Gone With the Wind, with guests at his dinner table. The name Rhett Butler, the motion-pictur- swashbuckling hero of the novel, naturally popped into the conversation several times usually with slightly disapproving comments about his character. Three. days later Mervyn LeRoy received an incredible legal document: his butler was suing him on the grounds that LeRoy had labelled him a Communist. While serving the meal, the butler had heard several references to Rhett Butler and thought LeRoy was saying "red butler. LeRoys lawyers objected and finalthe but not suit was withdrawn ly before it had cost LeRoy $7,500 in legal fees. Bride and Groom a TV prothat in specialized gram tying the nuptial knot right on the coaxial cable heard from the lawyer of a couple who got married on the show. They took legal action when the wedding presents they had been promised failed to arrive. The' program then threatened legal action against the sponsors for failure to deliver. The sponsors retaliated by accusing the program for not giving them enough of a plug on the air. By the time the wedding presents were delivered 16 months later, nobody was home.. The bride and groom were and for suing each other for divorce of the gifts! custody Arthur Murray, the tango titan, is generally recognized as the uncrowned king of suing circles. Mr. Murray recently told us he actually enjoys being the butt as well as the instigator of lawsuits. Not long ago, for instance, his dentist sued the multimillionaire for non-payme- nt of an $850 bill. Arthur countered with a suit for $100,000 for work that had to be redone. MfHaMif 12 "I always sue for THIS WEEK MoflotlM Aut 24, 1962 |
