A range of unbiased film producers had been also disappointed with the compromise and formed a union recognised as the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers and sued Paramount for the monopoly they nevertheless had about the Detroit Theaters - as Paramount was also attaining dominance by actors like Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, Betty Hutton, crooner Bing Crosby, Alan Ladd, and longtime actor for studio Gary Cooper way.