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The file contains 43 letters regarding 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.

Typescript , Signed ms. , Signed typescript (carbon copy, original)
Hollywood ; Carmel, California ; Los Angeles ; New York
Ms. title on file folder. - Author from signatures on leaves.
Los Angeles ; New York ; Hollywood ; Carmel, California
Charles Chaplin Film Corporation, 1416 North La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, California ; Schwartz & Frohlich, 1450 Broadway, New York
1 dossier (43 letters) ; 28 cm.
ECCI00312806, CH088