2880
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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 (con...
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2854
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1937-03-22
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Letter
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Block booking is not responsible for the screening of double features.
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2892
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1937-03-23
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Letter
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Sending RKO a form letter to officially inform MPPDA of the merger of the subsidiary corporations with RKO Radio Picture...
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2853
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1937-03-27
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Letter
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Double feature showing of Lloyd's of London and Winner Take All -- Butler found Winner Take All to be very offensive.
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2474
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1937-03-30
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Letter
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Hess wants Moriarity to return documents loaned on 23 October 1935. Includes handwritten list of documents lent to Moria...
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2847
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1937-03-31
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Letter, report
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Regarding the advisory committee on motion pictures in education -- includes preliminary proposal of the work of the com...
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3139
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1937-04-02
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Court notice
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US District Court, Southern District of New York, Receiver's notice of the sale of the assets of DW Griffith Inc., pursu...
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2867
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1937-04-03
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Press release
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Hays has been re-elected as President of the MPPDA.
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2881
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1937-04-07
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Memo
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The Production Code should not be used to further the circulation of films made for advertising purposes.
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2857
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1937-04-10
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Memo, report
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Proposal of the Advisory Committee on Motion Pictures in Education.
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3136
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1937-04-10
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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3154
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1937-04-10
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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3144
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1937-04-19
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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3369
|
1937-04-21
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Bulletin/circular
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The general bulletins of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America for 1937.MPTOA Miami Convention report.
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1156
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1937-05-04
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Correspondence
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Asking for a copy of the decision in Samuel Cummins vs. D.C. Coleman, in which Judge Worth E. Trammell of Dade County ha...
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2877
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1937-05-06
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Letter and enclosure/s
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Brandt wants to bring back the arbitration boards -- he has written an enclosed article on the subject.
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1169
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1937-05-08
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Miscellaneous
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Documents relating to the Motion Picture Project of the Progressive Education Association, which involves using excerpts...
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2309
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1937-05-11
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Letter
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Letter from Hays or Milliken complaining about advertisements (included) for a striptease stage show at the Orpheum Thea...
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2876
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1937-05-11
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Memo
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Harry Brandt wants to bring back the arbitration boards -- Hays says that the MPPDA is unable to involve itself in the m...
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3152
|
1937-05-12
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
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2885
|
1937-05-17
|
Letter
|
No striptease is appropriate screen material.
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2886
|
1937-05-17
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Memo
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No striptease is appropriate screen material.
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2848
|
1937-05-24
|
Memo
|
A stop order has been placed on Condor Pictures, Inc. by the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission.
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3150
|
1937-05-26
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Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
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2896
|
1937-05-28
|
File
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Small file on Erwin Panofsky -- leading academic in Fine Arts. He is referred to as the Einstein of Fine Arts. He has wr...
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3142
|
1937-06-03
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Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
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1166
|
1937-06-05
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Editorial
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Breen returns from a visit to London promising to incorporate several requirements of English censors into the PCA routi...
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2865
|
1937-06-10
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Press release
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A committee has been set up to further investigate the use of motion pictures for educational purposes -- committee cons...
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3141
|
1937-06-10
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Press release
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Board has appointed a committee "to study further the question of films for use in classroom work in schools under the s...
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3149
|
1937-06-16
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
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2884
|
1937-06-23
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Letter
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Passing on information regarding a British Censorship ban -- harrowing and gruesome representations of illness and surgi...
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2883
|
1937-06-24
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Letter
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Acknowledging receipt of information regarding a British Censorship ban -- harrowing and gruesome representations of ill...
|
2835
|
1937-06-29
|
Letter
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Relating to photographs of Joan Blondell taken by a 'candid cameraman' and printed in Modern Screen magazine.
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2836
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1937-06-29
|
Letter
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Concerning photographs of John Blondell in 'a state of undress' taken by a candid cameraman. These photos are considered...
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2837
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1937-06-30
|
Memo
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Relating to photographs of Joan Blondell taken by a 'candid cameraman' and printed in Modern Screen magazine. This break...
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2864
|
1937-07-01
|
Speech/address
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"Educational Possibilities of Motion Pictures". Address by May to the National Educational Association Convention.
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3155
|
1937-07-01
|
Memo
|
From S.S., re: Louis Aldrich -- Beekman Film vs. Warner Bros., to do with obtaining information from the Army Signal Cor...
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2852
|
1937-07-07
|
Memo
|
Reporting a Phoenix theatre owner who does not show double features -- his shows consist of a feature, newsreel and shor...
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1158
|
1937-08-04
|
Letter
|
Complaint that Goldwyn has cooperated with Saturday Evening Post articles by Alva Johnston which portray him as a "natur...
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3375
|
1937-08-19
|
Letter
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Replying to MacKay's enquiry about the use of the company's name in the titles of pictures planned by Selznick and Twent...
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3368
|
1937-08-23
|
Bulletin/circular
|
The general bulletins of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America for 1937.Trade Practice Plans Blocked by the Distr...
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2954
|
1937-09-01
|
Advertising clippings
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Advertisements for various reissues.
|
2839
|
1937-09-07
|
Letter
|
Relating to the issue of advertising and stars who are loaned out to other studios. These stars can not be advertised as...
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1165
|
1937-09-13
|
Correspondence
|
Frederic L. Ullman Jr of Path inquires about possible treatment of activities aboard shipboard nightclubs. Amongst othe...
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1155
|
1937-09-22
|
Miscellaneous
|
Allied States reports minor legislative victories for the independent exhibitors. They are campaigning for a regulatory...
|
2841
|
1937-09-22
|
Letter
|
Sending a copy of the speech given by Abram F. Myers at the convention of Allied Theatres of New Jersey suggesting a sim...
|
2863
|
1937-09-29
|
Letter
|
Asking for attendance at a meeting with the Advisory Committee on Motion Pictures in Education - there are a couple of r...
|
2861
|
1937-10-01
|
Report
|
Report of the Advisory Committee on Motion Pictures in Education.
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2840
|
1937-10-05
|
Memo, report
|
Examines two recent legal decisions that favour Independent exhibitors -- Paramount vs. United Motion Picture Theatre Ow...
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2862
|
1937-10-05
|
Memo
|
Outlines the situation of all member companies in relation to the motion pictures in education short subject programs - ...
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