Olivia de Havilland appeared on the cover of TIME ... Locked into a restrictive deal with Warner Bros., even after being “loaned out” for a role in Gone With the Wind, the biggest movie ...

Image Credit: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce/United States Information Agency/PhotoQuest/Getty Images ... by Warner Bros. Executives and players. Left to right: Mickey Rooney, Olivia De Havilland ...

But the Grande Dame on set was Olivia de Havilland ... for stars to have a say in their careers.” De Havilland, under contract with Warner Bros., grew dissatisfied with the quality of the ...

Olivia de Havilland — who died July 26 in Paris — was 20 when on May 5, 1936, she signed a seven-year contract with Warner Bros. (She was loaned to MGM for the filming of GWTW two years later.) ...

Two-time Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland ... addressed her landmark legal battle against Warner Bros. studios. De Havilland's feud with her sister, actress Joan Fontaine, also was part ...

Olivia de Havilland's death Sunday at 104 in Paris has left many of her fans in mourning. To express their grief, such fans -- some of whom famous themselves -- have taken to social media.

Olivia de Havilland began her career at the height of the classical Hollywood studio system, signing a long-term contract with Warner Bros. in 1935. (Under the prevailing practice of this era ...

Actress Olivia de Havilland ... and the time they were suspended was added to their contracts. De Havilland also thought Warner Bros. was giving her inferior roles. "She expected her home studios ...

Olivia de Havilland represented ... she was not someone with which to trifle. De Havilland, famously, had gone to court to protect her rights before, suing Warner Bros. – at the height of ...

Over her eventful 104 years, more than half of them as a Hollywood leading lady, Olivia de Havilland ... who lost her battle with Warner Brothers while de Havilland won the war.

In 1943, de Havilland sued Warner Brothers for unfair labor practices and won. Her actions helped lead to the demise of the Hollywood “studio system,” with rigid studio control over an actor ...

Olivia de Havilland celebrates her 100th ... Less well known is her historic role in De Havilland vs. Warner Bros. Pictures, a landmark lawsuit that altered the business of Hollywood forever.