Telegram sent August 9, 1964,
To METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER and FILMWAYS,
c/o Legal Dept. MGM Studios, Culver City, Calif.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY REPETITION WHATSOEVER OF YOUR FULL PAGE ADVERTISEMENT APPEARING IN THE AUGUST 9, 1964 EDITION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE LEGAL ACTION FOR RESTRAINT AND DAMAGES. THE AFORESAID ADVERTISEMENT HAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED MY CLIENTS, POLARIS PRODUCTIONS, STANLEY KUBRICK AND PETER GEORGE, IN THAT YOU HAVE DELIBERATELY ATTEMPTED TO MISLEAD THE PUBLIC INTO BELIEVING THAT THE WORLD-WIDE ACCLAIMED MOTION PICTURE, “DOCTOR STRANGELOVE,” WAS WRITTEN BY YOUR EMPLOYEE, TERRY SOUTHERN, WHEN, AT ALL TIMES, YOU WERE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT HIS CONTRIBUTION WAS IDENTIFIED BY HIS THIRD POSITION SCREENPLAY CREDIT BEHIND MR. KUBRICK AND MR. GEORGE.
LOUIS C. BLAU
ATTORNEY AT LAW
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIAThis is actually sad and shameful.
I love this movie.
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