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Mr. Exhibitor:
You and I owe a whole lot to the motion picture public. The bootleggers of the industry are at it again. Let us hit them right between the horns and prove our gratitude to that motion picture public which supports us.
Let any real exhibitor read the following letter — and buckle on his sixshooter.
HENRY WETHERHORN FRANK C. HOYT LEWIS SHERMAN JONES
WETHERHORN, HOYT & JONES
AttorneysAt-Law
543 Title Insurance Building
Los Angeles
Telephone: Main 3883
October 27, 1920.
Mr. William S. Hart,
1215 Bates Ave.,
Los Angeles, California. "v
Dear Mr. Hart: —
As your attorneys, we are pleased to advise you that in both the actions which we recently instituted in your behalf against the Peerless Film Service and against L. F. O'Donnell, to restrain the exhibition of your old pictures under false and misleading titles, the Superior Court of this County has this day granted a permanent injunction in accordance with the prayer of your complaint.
The decrees specifically prohibit the exhibition of your old pictures under any of the following false titles:
Dakota Dan, Double Crossed, The Last Card, A Square Deal, Horns and Hoofs, The Bad Man, The Gentleman from Blue Gulch, The Silent Stranger, The Marked Deck, The Haters, Taming the Fourflushers, Mr. Nobody, The Convert, Over the Great Divide, A Reformed Outlaw, The Two Gun Man in the Bargain, The Bandit and the Preacher, The Hell Hound of Alaska, Staking His Life, The Lion of the Hills.
Nor can these pictures be exhibited under any titles, except the ones under which they were originally released, for the decree contains th is additional provision :
"And it is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that the said defendant and each of them, their agents, servants and employees, cease and desist from leasing, distributing, advertising or exhibiting, or causing to be leased, distributed, advertised or exhibited, any of the old motion picture films made or acted in by the plaintiff William S. Hart, under any titles other than the original and true titles."
We feel confident that the issuance of these injunctions will put an end to this nefarious practice, but if any distributor' or exhibitor, no matter who he may be, or where located, should commit or attempt to commit a similar ly unlawful act, we shall proceed immediately, in accordance with your instructions, to file suit and shall demand both an injunction and damages.
Yours very truly,
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