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...lyric was published in sheet music form and copyrighted by Irving Berlin. It was also used in the Vitaphone production "Weary River", which it will be recalled was at the University Theatre some two months ago. It was here that Craig first obtained knowledge of the theft of his song, and soon discovered that the structure of the two songs was identical, the melodies being the same note for note except to accommodate the new lyric...
...learned yesterday that E. F. Craig '25, song writer, who recently exposed the "Weary River" song theft to the CRIMSON, is at resent in New York City where he is completing arrangements to bring suit against Louis Silvers for using one of the songs from the 1925 Hasty Pudding Show for the current Richard Barthelmess movie production. Craig has as his lawyers Paul N. Turner, who is the most prominent attorney in America to handle cases for authors and actors. Turner is bringing a combined suit in Craig's name against Warner Bros. Company and Irving Berlin, who later copyrighted...
...first knowledge Craig had of the theft of his piece was when he went to see "Weary River". He was stunned to hear his song played to less than eight times in addition to being sung by Richard Barthelmess...
Ghouls or a pressagent? That was the question that newspaper editors had to ask themselves as they read despatches last week describing the theft of the body of Floyd Collins. The corpse had been on exhibition in a bronze and glass coffin in Crystal Cave, Ky., some seven miles from Sand Cave, where Collins died in 1925 after a 17-day effort to dig him out alive. Crystal Cave is owned by a Dr. Harry Thomas of Horse Cave. Ky. The admission price to see Floyd Collins...
Credulous editors printed the despatches at face value. Skeptical editors (and Kentucky editors were notably skeptical) reflected that the caves were about to open for the season, that tourist trade was desirable, that the alleged theft of Collins's body was singularly timely for publicity purposes...