443
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1928-11-26
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Letter and reply
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Virginia censorship officials request the submission of sound scripts pending the outcome of a test case. Nate Sauber o...
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1443
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1928-11-23
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Correspondence
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Cooper inquiring about the use of sound news reels in Britain and how this could possibly affect Canada. By rule of the ...
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450
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1928-11-20
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Letter & enclosure
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'The foreign situation continues, of course, to challenge our earnest thought. This is not lessened any by the projecti...
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1451
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1928-11-01
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Speech/address
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Copy of a speech (delivered where is unknown) entitled "Evolution of Motion Pictures" given to or on behalf of the Natio...
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1446
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1928-10-25
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Letter
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With sound pictures comprised of shorter reels, questions being asked regarding censorship fees. Paramount wants to know...
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436
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1928-10-20
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Memo
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Initial responses of various state censorship boards to the introduction of sound. Hess is anxious to find a test case ...
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1466
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1928-10-06
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Memo
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A memo concerning Edwin McDougall with the instruction for it to be placed in his file. These previous documents are fou...
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441
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1928-08-30
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Letter
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Thomas points out that the expensive court actions taken by Warners over the question of sound censorship are designed t...
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439
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1928-08-28
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Letter
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This letter was sent to all MPPDA members. Hays is attempting to orchestrate the response of the industry to sound cens...
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437
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1928-08-14
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Statement
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'Statement in Regard to Licensing by Pennsylvania Board of Censors of Film Entitled "Hoover's Acceptance Speech." The F...
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402
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1928-08-08
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Press clipping/s
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"Talkies Cite Free Speech in War on Censor." Article from The New York Telegram. There is also a smaller clipping, "Ta...
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438
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1928-08-03
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Miscellaneous
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A meeting is called between General Sales Managers, General Counsel, and representatives of news-reel divisions, concern...
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440
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1928-08-01
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Correspondence
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This relates to the presentation of the Hoover Acceptance Speech (Fox Movietone) to the board of censors in Columbus, Oh...
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442
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1928-06-28
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Statement
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Statement (by Trotti?) critical of the actions of the Pennsylvania Board of Censors in assuming the right to censor spok...
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424
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1928-06-25
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Letter and reply
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Companies are being advised of specific violations they have made of the Don'ts and Be-Carefuls. Warners is reprimanded...
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466
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1928-06-21
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Press release
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This reports Hays' annual review of the state of the motion picture industry delivered at a meeting of the MPPDA Board o...
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397
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1928-06-18
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Letter
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Censorship problems posed by the introduction of sound, and some strategies for coping with them.
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416
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1928-04-27
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Letter
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Isaacs is Assistant Trade Commissioner at the U.S. Department of Commerce in London. These are his reactions to the int...
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403
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1928-03-13
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Speech/address
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'Censorship in the United States," an address delivered at the Association of the Bar, N.Y. This is a consideration of ...
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1474
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1928-01-05
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Correspondence
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Small amount on the meetings of the general sales managers in 1928. Included is the attendance of each meeting. Also inc...
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2079
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1927-10-24
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Letter and enclosure/s
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Hays sends Warner clippings about Vitaphone
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1407
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1927-03-01
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Letter and reply
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Mr Purcell believes Vitaphone infringes his patent, which he calls Realistic Moving Pictures. Hess replies, instructing ...
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1413
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1927-03-01
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Correspondence
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The beginnings of a discourse on the acquiring of rights in regard to "talking movies." Should they be acquired and incl...
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191
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1924-05-21
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Memo
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An early demonstration of synchronous sound.Demonstration of the Phonofilm, in which synchronous music accompanies the ...
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