2739
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1936-12-22
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Letter
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Regarding the process of obtaining films from member companies for the National Archives. Film preservation.
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1168
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1936-12-23
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Memo
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Summary of the development of the Production Code prior to the Trade Practice Conference of 1927.
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3131
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1936-12-23
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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3185
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1936-12-23
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Memo
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Summary of significant modifications of the Production Code between 1930 and 1934.
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1271
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1936-12-24
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Letter
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The Federated Church Brotherhoods of California is tired of waiting for the improvements promised by the Code. Milliken...
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2735
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1936-12-24
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Details of an accord between America and Italy regarding the exporting of American films to Italy. Foreign. This is the ...
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2796
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1936-12-24
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Letter
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Sending Hess copies of the form letters that will be sent to member and non-member companies respectively when a PCA cer...
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3366
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1936-12-30
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Letters
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Levy has written a paper on the Federal Social Security Act and how it will affect exhibitors.
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1154
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1936-12-31
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Letter
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Hays has just returned from a visit to the Pope and Mussolini. The advertising managers are concerned about details of a...
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2713
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1936-12-31
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Memo
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Summary of recommendations of Moyne committee in Britain -- deals with British films. Recommendations of quotas, etc.
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2801
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1936-12-31
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Memo
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Copy of the nameless, dateless memo outlining the Dos and Don'ts of crime pictures. Referred to as the eight point memo ...
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1172
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1937-01-01
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Memo
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Listing of motion pictures having World War I as a background, 1925-1933. Includes company, date and single-sentence su...
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2870
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1937-01-01
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Letter
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Regarding the title "Court House Square" -- MGM was in negotiations to buy the book of that name then bought a book with...
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2879
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1937-01-01
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Club documents
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An organisation chart of the MPTOA, according to revised Constitution adopted at their 1932 convention.
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2891
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1937-01-04
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File
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Information regarding the adoption of the Progressive Education Association Agreement between PEA and motion picture com...
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2961
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1937-01-04
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Letter
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Concerning clearance and runs -- what is the exact situation in regards to length of clearance between first and second ...
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2889
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1937-01-05
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Correspondence
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The DeWendel family, French munition makers, do not want any references made to them in any films depicting armament or ...
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2875
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1937-01-06
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Memo
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Walter Wagner Productions, Inc. has become a member of the MPPDA.
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3148
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1937-01-07
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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3143
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1937-01-11
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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1171
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1937-01-15
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Press clipping
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A profile of the new chairman of the Pennsylvania censor board, Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer.
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3145
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1937-01-15
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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1124
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1937-01-18
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Letter
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The use of the word "dame" in titles is eliminated, because it is "an industry liability." Columbia wants to use it in a...
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3138
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1937-01-22
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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3146
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1937-01-22
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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3179
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1937-01-22
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Memo
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Returning Milliken documents on development of the Production Code prior to 1927 and modifications to the Resolution for...
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1170
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1937-01-25
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Miscellaneous
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The Pennsylvania censor board has been asked by the state Liquor Control Board to eliminate all drinking in pictures, an...
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2842
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1937-01-26
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Memo
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Calling for an informal inquiry into members of Allied States obtaining liability insurance from foreign companies -- in...
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3151
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1937-01-26
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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1167
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1937-01-28
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Letter
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Restrictions on kidnapping are to be officially interpreted as meaning "abduction, or illegal detention, in modern times...
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3153
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1937-01-28
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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2869
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1937-01-31
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Correspondence
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Small file on the sound rights to "Baby Mine". MGM.
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3373
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1937-02-03
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Report
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Press Summary - transcriptions from press reports. Breen has ordered deletion of all scenes of excessive or unnecessary...
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3372
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1937-02-09
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Bulletin/circular
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Trade Practice proposals.
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2843
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1937-02-10
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Petition
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Petition for relief from "contracts, combinations, conspiracies and monopolies in the motion picture industry" to the Un...
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3371
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1937-02-15
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Letter
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MPTOA strongly opposes Neely and Pettengill Bills.
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3135
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1937-02-17
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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2856
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1937-02-24
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Letter
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Double feature screening of The Stowaway (with Shirley Temple) and At The Opera (Charlie Chan film) -- young boy was fri...
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3370
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1937-03-01
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Press statement
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Publicly releasing letter from Al Lichtman, Vice-President, MGM Pictures, clarifying MGM's acceptance of MPTOA trade pra...
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2888
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1937-03-04
|
Letter
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Depictions of U.S. currency are against the law -- does this apply to news reels? The answer Hess gives is yes. Breen s...
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2887
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1937-03-09
|
Letter
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All scenes depicting U.S. currency must be deleted from films -- including news reels.
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2890
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1937-03-11
|
Letter
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If sufficient changes are made to the MGM film Manhattan Melodrama, it can be submitted and approved by the PCA -- it se...
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3147
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1937-03-11
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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2948
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1937-03-16
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Letter
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Congratulatory letter to Warner Bros. for having very few references to liquor or drinking in their recent films.
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2838
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1937-03-17
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Memo
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Memo regarding the candid camera situation -- currently there is an agreement that studios have control over the images ...
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2874
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1937-03-17
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Telegram
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Grand National keen to become a member of the MPPDA. It will be discussed at the upcoming meeting.
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2873
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1937-03-18
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Telegram
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Grand National keen to become a member of the MPPDA.
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2893
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1937-03-18
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Memo
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With the merging of subsidiaries and RKO, Hays wants to arrange for Leo Spitz to represent the company as member and dir...
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2855
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1937-03-19
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Letter
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Opposing double features -- argues that block booking is responsible for the need for double features. She also claims t...
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2878
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1937-03-19
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Resolution/s
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Resolutions adopted by the MPTOA at their Miami convention - block booking, designated play dates, prestige pictures (co...
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