Olivia de Havilland, like Bette Davis, fought her studio Warner for better roles and better contracts, for which she was occasionally suspended.
At the end of De Havilland’s seven-year contract, Warner refused to release her, demanding that the contract be extended to include the duration of her suspensions.
De Havilland sued, winning a landmark victory with a court’s decision setting the outside limit of a player’s contract at seven years, including suspensions.
Absent from the screen for three years, Olivia De Havilland celebrated her comeback with a Best Actress Oscar for To Each His Own.
