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Documents related to Charles De Haven's suit against Chaplin and United Artists for alleged plagiarism of Hynkel's baloon-dance sequence. De Haven claims that the same situation appears in his dramatic composition 'Mulligan & Mulligan from the West' from "Follies of 1776", that he wrote with Fred Nice and is known by the title "Comedy Balloon Dance", copyright registered on December 30 1920.

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Document held in the "Charles De Haven. Re: claim 'The Great Dictator'" register. - Two copies included.

22 c. ; 20x30 cm.

ECCIN0000176, CH235