A variety of impartial movie producers had been also sad with the compromise and shaped a union recognised as the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers and sued Paramount for the monopoly they still experienced in excess of 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 too-.