Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-02-11 | Page 13 | Film Actor Sues to Quit Contract

00 FILM ACTOR SUES TO QUIT CONTRACT LOS ANGELES Fell Fe 11 CB By ByThe ByThe The Associated Press Hod Rod La LaRocque Rocque film actor Thursday rued filed suit to cancel his five fhe years ears con con- contract con contract tract with Cecil B D DeMille and the 1 Cecil B n DeMille DeMilio pictures cor- cor corporation cor corporation because on four oc- oc occasions oc occasions his name was wa not adver adver- advertised advertised advertised In as IlS large type typo as hll hL agreement stipulated The actors actor's suit declares the niP salary feature of the contract which he ho signed two years ears altO ago a and pro pro pro Ides for tor a sliding scale wale wage ranging from 2600 2500 to a a week Is satisfactory The contract however specifies lIh th t tIn tin tIn In all advertising La Rocques Rocque's name shall be In type as large as the name of the production He also complains that when Inspiration pictures borrowed him for the thO filming of Re Resurrection Do De Mills 1 received tor for th the actors adors services service but held out from I-a I Rocques Rocque's Later this was given him but h he holds It con constituted a breach breath ot of contract and Injured his feelings 3