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ticnal observaticn, however, that there is ne reason for your neving any “astonishment” or “amazement” beceuse you clearly
knew and it wes tola you in plein lencuaze that we did not + shere your opinion that the Music Hall had bresched their econtrect with us, bdut that ir the spirit of cooveretion, with 2 view of hélping you once again to get what you wented,we were willing to send to the spre Héii whet we term "a self serving decleretion" that theynad rigger the contrect. I repeat that this letter to the itusic Hall wes dictete® by your counsel, Mr. Dwight, ena I am sure you will not deny this. Is it not obvious ‘* to you thet if there had been e clearcut bresch of contract by the Music Hall, that the question of indemnity would not have erisen? The fact thet we asked for an indemnity is proof pcsitive that we did not share your view and therefore wanted to be protected.
Referring to the second paresraph of your letter, on pege 3. We emphatically told you, priof to May 23rd, that we did not share your view that there had been a breach by the Music Hell, out, as above explained, at your insistence, we wrote the letter to the Musie Hall.
I must teke issue with your Mr. Mulvey that he did not know we contemplated nersotiatinre with the Rivoli Theatre for the exhibition of FOUR FEA S. On our way out to Californie, on _ , Mulvey what & erest picture bir. Korda hed in FOUR F#ATHERS and thet we vleying seme at the Rivoli Theetre commencing ebout July i5th, pointi out to him thet if it ray, four or five weeks it would be avelisvle for general release in New York City, the deginni of September. I am advised that shortly after Mr. “Mulvey's arrivel in Ceiifornie he télephoned to New-York City and gpowe with Mr. John Wright, Manecer of the-Rivoli Theetre, and comenced negotiations with him for July 15th for MUSIC SCHOOL, this being after he knew we contemplated pievying FOUe FEATHERS at thet time, in the Rivoli Theatre.
Regarding our obligations as to when to release FOUR FEATHERS, thet of course is no concern of yours, as iong as we do not infringe upon your rights under your distribution contrect, which, of course, we do not intend to do and es we have hitherto never done.
al would itee-to-remind your Mr. Mulvey, es evidently he has forgotten, of Cieuse 14 in the distribution contract, whichprovides for priority of releases accordine to delivery dstes, and if your reference hed been rede to thatClause it would have been unnecessary to write as you did in that respect.