Olivia de Havilland's legal loss means historical fiction gets to survive

Many people might be flattered to be portrayed by Catherine Zeta-Jones in a TV miniseries. Oscar-winning actress Olivia de Havilland, however, was not.

Zeta-Jones played De Havilland last year in “Feud: Bette and Joan,” the FX channel miniseries about the rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette...