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JON EDGAR HOOVER ®@ ®@ oY“ REP: VVK Rniteh States Bepartment of ustice | 28-899 Washingtan, B. ¢. Ret aroucnd 1 MARK; curcoCuanx; _f f COPTRIGIT ACT. : On November 2, 1986, Hr. Russell Graham, Attorney at Law, 756 South Broadway, Los Angelea, California, contacted the Los Angeles division of = the Bureau and alleged that on Septeaber 1, 1956, Groucho and Chico Marx, ! radio and motion picture entertainers, presented a radio sketch on the ! Re -f Reynolds. Tobacco Company's Camel Caravan nationwide broadcast at oS _ thelHollywood Music Box Theatre, through Station KBJ, Los Angeles, California, f Hollywood outlet for the Columbia Br :adeasting Systea, Ruper? Hughes, / . etmouncer. ‘The sketch was substantially the same as the radio serial ‘ comedy entitled, "The Hollywood Adventures of itr. Divble and-Mr.-Babhie®,——— + Chapter One, copyrighted by Garrett Graham on April 16, 1934. . ©. MM. Grenem averred that the Harx Brothers presented the sketch that “ "hed been written and copyrighted by Garrett Graham, with the kmowledge that _- St wag copyrighted uaterial; that they gained this knowledge through aw. “Regotlations had between the Marx Brothers and the\fraham Brothers, Garrett 4. +, and Carroll, for the use of the copyrighted sketch Ig a pending dea] with - t ae thal Ringo Seap Company, prospective sponsors of a radio serial. This was in 1335 and the Warx Brothers were to-be-enployed 2s perfaruers ons actions ---F wide radie hookup. This deal feli through, but the Marx Brothers had been | : « furnished with coplea of the copyrighted manuscript. ir. Greham alleged that the program as presented on Septeaber 1, 1986, contained several ainor changes thay brought the sketch up-to-date; that it centainad several new gags end thet the names Dibble and Dabble were changed to Greucko and Chico, but thet the general theme wee identical, including the announcer's prologue and that the greatest pertion of the program wag given verbatia from the original copyrighted article, Copies of the program préessated oi Septesber 1, L956, and the original manuscript copyrighted by Garrett Graham were furnisned to the Los sngeles 4 f wv 0 yo Recomm 2K - 314 ~~