BILLING
Loren v. Samuel Bronston Productions, Inc.
Provisions for billing in advertisements for the film in the contract of 14 October 1960:
CHARLTON HESTON SOPHIA LOREN
in
EL CID
Advertising on the marquee:
CHARLTON HESTON
SOPHIA LOREN
in
EL CID
Gold Leaf Group, Ltd. v. Stigwood Group, Ltd.
Provisions of the film/record contract of 29 October 1976: sole star billing for Peter Frampton
Provisions of the soundtrack contract of 21 January 1977: "Frampton's name be billed in the same manner as the names of other artists . . . utilized in connection with the said album."
PETER FRAMPTON
BEE GEES
in
SARGENT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
Advertising for the movie and sound recording:
PETER FRAMPTON BEE GEES
in
SARGENT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
Smithers v. Metro-Golden-Mayer Studios
"MOST FAVORED NATIONS BILLING":
"Except for the parts of DON WALLING, HELEN WALLING, AND HOWARD RUTLEDGE, this deal is on a Most Favored Nations basis, i.e., if any other performer receives greater compensation than Artist, Artist shall receive that compensation."
"Additionally, no other performer shall receive more prominent billing or a better billing provision than the artist (except with respect to where his name is placed alphabetically on the crawl)."
Smithers is listed as #11 instead of #4