2780
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1936-01-06
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Memo
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Regarding the creation of local conciliation boards for trade disputes between exhibitors and distributors.
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2824
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1936-01-06
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Memo
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Lists the number of foreign films released in the United States in 1934 and the countries of origin. Total 174. Germany ...
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2825
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1936-01-06
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Memo
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Issues relating to the fees charged for foreign films submitted to the PCA for approval. Included is small amount of cor...
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1151
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1936-01-08
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Memo
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The PCA policy on illegitimacy.
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2786
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1936-01-09
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Memo
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Bell and Howell's application for membership to the MPPDA is still pending.
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2821
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1936-01-31
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Memo
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Fox is refusing to continue submitting a couple of short subject series to the PCA for approval as they are made up of n...
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2820
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1936-02-05
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Letter
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Regarding the situation of short subject series that are made up of news reel footage -- should they be submitted to PCA...
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2822
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1936-02-19
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Memo
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Outlines which companies have and have not been using the clause of 4 March 1933 -- clause to be inserted into contracts...
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2817
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1936-03-21
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Memo
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Many member and non member companies are in contact with the PCA regarding questionable material, sequences, characters,...
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2764
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1936-03-27
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List of personnel
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Attendance list and list of proxies for the Board of Directors meeting.
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2756
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1936-04-21
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Telegram
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The Pope's encyclical has been mistranslated -- he hasn't demanded a greater control of motion pictures -- he has congra...
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2757
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1936-04-21
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Memo
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There has been a mistranslation of an address given by the Pope -- confusing the words control and regulation in relatio...
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2753
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1936-04-22
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Telegram
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Pope has praised Catholic bishops and citizens in the United States for the improved moral decency of motion pictures.
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2754
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1936-04-22
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Letter
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In relation to the improvements of the quality and morality of motion pictures -- "I may say that they are moving in the...
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2755
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1936-04-22
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Telegram
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The Pope's encyclical has been mistranslated -- he hasn't demanded a greater control of motion pictures -- he has congra...
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2752
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1936-04-23
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Letter
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The Pope has praised the motion pictures and their improved moral decency.
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2785
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1936-04-30
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Telegram
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Pickford-Lasky Productions wants to apply for Class A membership to the MPPDA.
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2816
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1936-05-01
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Memo
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Some foreign films (particularly British films) while approved by the PCA are not carrying the official PCA seal of appr...
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2815
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1936-05-04
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Memo
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Foreign films -- particularly British films -- have been approved by the PCA but do not carry the official PCA seal of a...
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1143
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1936-05-11
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Memo
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Re trade practice regulation to counter statutory control of the motion picture industry
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2778
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1936-05-11
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Memo
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Trade practice conference held between executive committee of MPTOA and the sales managers of the distributors -- discus...
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2779
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1936-05-11
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Memo
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Trade practice issues - influenced by the end of the NRA.
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2818
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1936-05-17
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Letter
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Breen wants Hays to instruct all companies that requests for the opinion of the PCA on potential production material mus...
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2812
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1936-05-18
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Letter
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Acknowledging the position of Lenauer -- a distributor of foreign films -- in regards to the costs of obtaining the PCA ...
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2809
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1936-06-01
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Letter
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Sending Hays information regarding the release of independent productions that have not received the formal PCA seal of ...
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2823
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1936-06-10
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Letter
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Outlining, for the PCA records, the fees relating to obtaining PCA approval. Small file included relating to the issue o...
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2808
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1936-06-11
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Letter
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Independents are releasing films prior to receiving PCA approval.
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2728
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1936-06-22
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Memo
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Proposes to tackle the problem of double features as an economic trend -- find a solution through economics instead of d...
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2726
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1936-07-06
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Memo
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Thoughts on double features -- more theatres are playing double features in self defense than those playing them to rais...
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2777
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1936-09-14
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Memo
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Allied States Association is starting a slush fund for lobbying and legal costs -- demanding changes to the current trad...
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2782
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1936-09-25
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Letter
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Sending Samuel Goldwyn an application form for Class A membership to the MPPDA.
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2781
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1936-09-28
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Telegram
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Arranging for time for Board of Directors to discuss Samuel Goldwyn Productions' application for Class A membership to t...
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2769
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1936-10-02
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Letter
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Educational Studios, Inc. has resigned from the MPPDA -- no longer producing in Hollywood.
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2773
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1936-10-07
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Memo
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Regarding trade practice regulation -- the current proposed bills to divorce exhibition from production. Primary issues ...
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2772
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1936-10-16
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Memo
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Outlines a discussion with MGM -- attempting to change the exhibition contract to ease trade relations between distribut...
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2802
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1936-10-21
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Letter
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Sending out a copy of the Production Code, resolution for uniform interpretation, the memo on crime pictures and the res...
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2771
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1936-10-22
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Memo
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Exhibitors in Philadelphia have voiced an internal interest in working out local conciliation within their organisation ...
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2725
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1936-10-30
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Resolution
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Resolution on double features in Maryland -- no longer obligated to exhibited low grade films designed solely to be seco...
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2826
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1936-11-02
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Memo, press summary
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Don Craig has written an article for the Washington DC News that criticizes the work of the PCA on the grounds that it w...
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2770
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1936-11-04
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Memo
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Independent exhibitors in Iowa are beginning to work together and lobby for reforms to exhibition contracts and tax laws...
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2790
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1936-11-05
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Correspondence
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Regarding a theatre in Indianapolis connected to a circuit for Paramount-Fox pictures.
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1145
|
1936-12-14
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Letter
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Hays is concerned there may be a development of jokes concerning the abdication of King Edward VIII. The importance of a...
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2800
|
1936-12-14
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Letter
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Hays is concerned there may be a development of jokes concerning the abdication of King Edward VIII. The fear is offensi...
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2799
|
1936-12-18
|
Letter
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Hays is concerned there may be a development of jokes concerning the abdication of King Edward VIII -- Breen assures him...
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1168
|
1936-12-23
|
Memo
|
Summary of the development of the Production Code prior to the Trade Practice Conference of 1927.
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3185
|
1936-12-23
|
Memo
|
Summary of significant modifications of the Production Code between 1930 and 1934.
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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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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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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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2948
|
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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