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Writers’ Strike The PAGE 52 May 2008 / $4 EARN MCLE CREDIT Substantial Similarity in Idea Submission Cases page 33 Los Angeles lawyer Schuyler M. Moore (center) advises Sophia Loren Financing and Edoardo Ponti on the intricacies of twenty-first century Drama film financing page 26 PLUS Copyright Law and Web 2.0 page 12 Misappropriation of Likeness page 19 Video Gaming Regulation page 42 CongratulationsCHAPMAN UNIVERSITY to SCHOOL OF LAW for its move up the U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT RANKING (3RD TIER, APRIL 2008) From the Desk of... Dean John C. Eastman Dean John Eastman TO DO From the Desk of... TO DO K Improve US News ranking: K Third Tier by 2009 2008! K Bring up the US News & World Report ranks K Second Tier by 2012 K Increase CA Bar pass rate percentage 72% July 2007! K Challenge fund and support an Early Bar Prep programsK Continue to move to hire CA stellar bar pass faculty, so that such ason Nobel par Laureate with otherVernon top Smith CA ABA schools) -- 72% July 2007!!! K Launch joint JD/MFA in Film & Television degree program K K FindContinue Be one of to only host two unique Law events Schools such inas Constructionthe Defect countryJudicial with Symposium, a Nobel Laureate ABOTA Masters to law in Trial, Entertainment Law Symposium, etc. K ExplainK Exceed 90% job placement rate for Chapman grads K Compete head to head with nation’s best advocacy and moot K Fundcourt competition teams K Expand existing clinical programs such as current Family K FundDocumentaryViolence Clinic, Elder Law Clinic, and Tax Clinic Film Clinic – first documentary film, to be shot K Explore new clinical programs such as an Immigration Law in Cambodia in summer 2008!) Clinic and Legal Documentary Film Clinic (with film school) K Bring top scholars to Chapman for high caliber lectures K FundDocumentary Filmand Clinic debates – first documentary film, to be shot in CambodiaK "Chapman Dialogues"– in summer with 2008!) renowned scholars (Harvard, Yale, etc.) K "FIRST Lectures" – with rising scholars www.chapman.edu/law 1.877.CHAPLAW K FundDocumentary Do corporate counsel really go to Martindale-Hubbell® to find lawyers and expertise? GREGG FORMELLA, SENIOR ATTORNEY, AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. “Yes I do.” “If I can’t find a lawyer or firm in Martindale-Hubbell, it raises a red flag. Are they committed and connected to the legal community?” Martindale-Hubbell® Will he find you? Make sure your firm is plugged into the Martindale-Hubbell® Global Legal Network, the trusted first choice for companies seeking outside counsel. Go to www.martindale.com or call 1.800.526.4902 x2191 A MEMBER BENEFIT OF LexisNexis, the Knowledge Burst logo, and Martindale-Hubbell are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license. Other products or services may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. © 2008 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. LCD00242 FEATURES 26 Financing Drama BY SCHUYLER M. MOORE The globalization of the movie industry has led to opportunities and hazards in film financing 33 The Very Idea BY LEE S. BRENNER Although the inquiry in idea submission cases is fact specific, case law provides ample guidance on what constitutes substantial similarity Plus: Earn MCLE credit. MCLE Test No. 170 appears on page 35. 42 Clean Games BY ROXANNE CHRIST AND FARNAZ ALEMI Virtually every attempt to protect children through regulation of video games has failed under First Amendment analysis DEPARTMENTS Los Angeles Lawyer 10 Barristers Tips 52 Closing Argument Reflections on the writers’ strike the magazine of Tips for the beginning entertainment law attorney BY PATRIC M. VERRONE The Los Angeles County BY BERNARD M. RESNICK Bar Association 49 Classifieds 12 Practice Tips May 2008 Applying copyright law to user-generated 50 Index to Advertisers Volume 31, No. 3 content BY CHARLES J. BIEDERMAN AND DANNY ANDREWS 51 CLE Preview 19 Practice Tips COVER PHOTO: TOM KELLER Calculation of damages in right of publicity claims 05.08BY LAWRENCE E. HELLER AND SHULA R. 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    1 AN ORIGINAL EXHIBITION BY THE MUSEO ITALO AMERICANO MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM THE WRITTEN BY Joseph McBride CO-CURATED BY Joseph McBride & Mary Serventi Steiner ASSISTANT CURATORS Bianca Friundi & Mark Schiavenza GRAPHIC DESIGN Julie Giles SPECIAL THANKS TO American Zoetrope Courtney Garcia Anahid Nazarian Fox Carney Michael Gortz Guy Perego Anne Coco Matt Itelson San Francisco State University Katherine Colridge-Rodriguez Tamara Khalaf Faye Thompson Roy Conli The Margaret Herrick Library Silvia Turchin Roman Coppola of the Academy of Motion Walt Disney Animation Joe Dante Picture Arts and Sciences Research Library Lily Dierkes Irene Mecchi Mary Walsh Susan Filippo James Mockoski SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 MARCH 17, 2016 THROUGH THROUGH MARCH 6, 2016 SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 Fort Mason Center 442 Flint Street Rudolph Valentino and Hungarian 2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. C Reno, NV 89501 actress Vilma Banky in The Son San Francisco, CA 94123 775.333.0313 of the Sheik (1926). Courtesy of United Artists/Photofest. 415.673.2200 www.arteitaliausa.com OPPOSITE: Exhibit author and www.sfmuseo.org Thursdays through co-curator Joseph McBride (left) Tuesdays through Sundays 12 – 4 pm Sundays 12 – 5 pm with Frank Capra, 1985. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures. 2 3 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Italian American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas 6 FOUNDATIONS: THE PIONEERS The Long Early Journey 9 A Landmark Film: The Italian 10 “Capraesque” 11 The Latin Lover of the Roaring Twenties 12 Capra’s Contemporaries 13 Banking on the Movies 13 Little Rico & Big Tony 14 From Ellis Island to the Suburbs 15 FROM THE STUDIOS TO THE STREETS: 1940s–1960s Crooning, Acting, and Rat-Packing 17 The Musical Man 18 Funnymen 19 One of a Kind 20 Whaddya Wanna Do Tonight, Marty? 21 Imported from Italy 22 The Western All’italiana 23 A Woman of Many Parts 24 Into the Mainstream 25 ANIMATED PEOPLE The Golden Age – The Modern Era 26 THE MODERN ERA: 1970 TO TODAY Everybody Is Italian 29 Wiseguys, Palookas, & Buffoons 30 A Valentino for the Seventies 32 Director Frank Capra (seated), 1927.