Hollywood Area Theatre (HAT) Rulebook 10-13 - Actors

shall be at the Actor’s convenience and with the Actor’s agreement, and the Actor shall bepaid transportation to and from any interview or personal appearance. The Producer shallhave the right to designate the form of transportation.(E) Written Authorization. The Producer must obtain the Actor’s prior written authorizationbefore the Actor’s picture may be used in conjunction with a commercial product. A Riderstipulating the specific commercial product, the photograph(s) to be utilized, the agreedupon compensation and the duration of the permission shall be executed between theProducer and the Actor and filed with Equity.(1) If the Actor consents to the use of the Actor’s picture, as aforesaid, the Actorshall be paid not less than $500 for said use.(2) Actors called to a picture call for the purposes described above, whether saidcall is at the theatre or elsewhere, shall be paid $250 per hour for photo call. Inaddition to the hourly fee for a picture call, the Actor shall receive the minimum of$500, as stated in 45(E)(1) above.46. PRESS RELEASESThe Producer shall use reasonable care that the Producer’s press department shall deletethe name of the Actor from advertising and publicity as soon as possible after the Actorleaves the company. The Actor is at liberty to announce any future engagement, which theActor has entered into. (See Rule 7, BILLING AND PROGRAMS and Rule 45(B)(7),PHOTOGRAPHS AND PUBLICITY).47. PRODUCTION PROSECUTED(A) Should the production in which the Actor is engaged be complained of as being inviolation of any statute, ordinance, or law of the United States, or any State or anymunicipality in any State, and should a claim or charge be made against the Actor onaccount of being engaged in such production, either civil or criminal, the Producer shalldefend the Actor at the Producer’s own expense, or shall pay any and all reasonablecharges laid out or incurred by the Actor in the Producer’s defense, and indemnify the Actoragainst any loss or damage which the Actor may suffer on account of being engaged in anysuch production.(B) It is specifically agreed and understood between the Actor and the Producer that thelanguage, business and costuming of the play are under the control and direction of theProducer and author, who according to custom, can at any time erase or amend the scenesand lines, and that consequently the Actor has no certain method of knowing duringrehearsals, whether in its final presentation the play is susceptible of being consideredimmoral or indecent. Therefore the Producer represents to the Actor that the play asproduced shall not violate any law or give offense which is punishable by any law, andexpressly agrees that should the Producer or the author be arrested or summoned on suchcharges, that (Equity consenting), the Actor may end and terminate the engagementforthwith. Upon such termination the Producer shall pay to the Actor forthwith all sums dueunder this Agreement plus one week’s salary, as compensation for the termination of theengagement without notice, but in no event shall the Actor receive less than a total of twoweeks’ salary.(C) This Rule shall not apply to any case or any set of conditions where its enforcementwould be illegal or against public policy. In the case of an arrest on account of the nature ofthe play or its production, the Producer shall forthwith furnish bail for the Actor; and, in the34