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Groucho Marx — Part 1
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Memo for the Diractor. - 2 ~ 4-~1-~37,
division and it was noted that they were substantially identical,
Graham advised that he had learned through a confidential source that
wheu Groucho Marx had requested his xa, writer, 4] Broasberg, to get
sousthing ready for the Cane &aravan EBroaicas ? Dreasverg—a fu the
Graham Brothers' copyrighted story, brushed it off a bit, and handed it
over to the Marx Brothers as an original story written by hin.
Mr. Graham advised that a civil suit had been instituted by Garrett
Graham and that in this suit the defendant alleged that Broasberg's
rewrite of the copyrighted manuscript was and is an criginal composition.
The facts of this complaint were discussed with Assistant United
States Attorney Willian Fleet Paluer, who advised that prosecution would
probably be authorized ander Section 28, Title 17, United States Code,
upon completion of the investigation.
The master covy of the ata whe the Camel Caravan program is now
in the possession of Mr. Donald ¥.thornberg, of the Columbia Broadcasting
System, Hollywood, California.
The Washington field division has been requested to obtain a certified
photostatic copy of the manuscript copyrighted by Mr. Garrett Grehaa.
Reepectfully,
ec Tb
P. E. Foxworth.
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