1106
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1934-07-01
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Press release
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Steps in Motion Picture Betterment. The movement towards the use of an "umpire" to rule absolutely upon standards: fir...
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2410
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1934-07-01
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Press release
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Announcing amplified authority of the Production Code, effective 15 July 1934. Essentially, Breen will have final say ov...
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3192
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1934-07-01
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Press release
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Announcing amplified authority of the Production Code, effective 15 July 1934. Essentially, Breen will have final say ov...
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2419
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1934-06-22
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Press release
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Appeals of the decisions of the Production Code Administration will no longer occur.
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1109
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1934-06-21
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Press release
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Statement issued by the Catholic Bishops Committee after their meeting in Cincinnati 22 June 1934, concerning the campai...
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820
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1932-05-23
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Press release
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The truth about motion-picture.
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1716
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1932-05-23
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Press release
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"New York censors pass Scarface to avoid law suit." Hailed by Quarberg as a knockout victory for Hughes, the previously ...
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1717
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1932-05-04
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Press release
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"Censors on defensive in Scarface controversy." Announcing Hughes is taking legal action against state censor boards, st...
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1715
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1932-05-03
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Press release
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Announcing Hughes "nationwide legal battle" to prevent the censoring of Scarface.
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1713
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1932-05-01
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Press release
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"No compromise with censors declares Hughes."
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1682
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1932-04-26
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Press release
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Allied claiming that the theatre-owning producers, through the MPPDA, are consciously attempting to destroy, or at least...
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1718
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1932-03-30
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Press release
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"National Board of Review approves Scarface. NBR both passes Scarface and praises it. Billie Dove returns to Hollywood ...
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1719
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1932-03-30
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Press release
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Advance screening of Scarface - very positive comments.
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1700
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1932-02-26
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Press release
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Scarface will be released under its original title.
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1702
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1932-02-06
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Press release
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Announcing the release of Scarface, under its new title "Scar of a Nation," on 3 January 1932.
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746
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1931-06-29
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Press release
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Re FCCCA report on "The Public Relations of the Motion Picture Industry" -- indicates a "lack of confidence in its prog...
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2234
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1931-06-29
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Press release
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Statements by Hays and Milliken on the FCCCA report
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768
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1931-03-31
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Press release
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Abstract of Hays address to MPPDA annual meeting. He says tide of public opinion shifting "from rawness to romance" com...
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1245
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1930-05-29
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Press release
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'Observers abroad see improvement in American films; New Code will be in effect by winter of 1930." Favourable Australi...
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1598
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1930-05-07
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Press release
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World Conference on Mental Hygiene. Dr Franz Alexander from Berlin, takes a very positive stance on the effect of motion...
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1247
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1930-04-29
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Press release
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Beetson and Joy meet production Executives to explain the imperatives of the "Code of Ethics'
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1251
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1930-04-16
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Press release
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At an AMPP meeting, directors express support for the Code and state that it is not contrary to their artistic aims -- ...
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1253
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1930-04-02
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Press release
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Announcement of agreement by MPPDA Board of Directors on uniform interpretation of Code. Endorsement of Code by promine...
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2256
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1930-04-02
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Press release
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On methods of uniform interpretation of the Code, agreed by MPPDA
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1256
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1930-04-01
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Press release
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"Motion picture industry formulates New Code made necessary by sound" on MPPDA approval of Code
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1574
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1930-01-12
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Press release
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Press release from Caddo announcing the near-future world premiere of Hell's Angels, produced and directed by Howard Hug...
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1573
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1930-01-10
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Press release
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Press release from Caddo announcing the arrival of new star, Jean Harlow. Gives biographical information and promotes th...
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573
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1929-12-13
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Press release
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Cadmans press statement explains that, contrary to a report in the Herald Tribune (12-13-1929), Hays and Milliken were n...
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2138
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1929-10-31
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Press release
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At the annual MPTOA conference, Kent announces that the MPPDA distributors have agreed to rental reductions on sound fil...
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636
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1929-10-30
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Press release
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At the annual MPTOA conference, M.E. Comerford (theatre chain owner, Penn) credited Hays "with having been a major influ...
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634
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1929-10-18
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Press release
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Judge Thacher has ruled that the producers and FBTs have violated the Sheridan Anti-trust law, and are in restraint in t...
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635
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1929-10-16
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Press release
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Reaction to Judge Thacher's ruling: "The decision sustains the position taken by the Allied States Association that the ...
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2126
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1929-07-29
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Press release
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Expresses his views on the FTC resolution investigating US Steel and DuPont: "bureaucracy gone insane."
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557
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1929-07-22
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Press release
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Myers claims that "the plan for exhibitor relief worked out by representatives of the producers and representatives of a...
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593
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1929-06-18
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Press release
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Movies are officially recognized as a fine art at Harvard. Titles are announced of 12 films to be kept in perpetuity at ...
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2125
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1929-05-26
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Press release
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Announces that West Coast Theatres and others have been ordered to discontinue combining to compel distributors not to s...
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520
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1929-01-17
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Press release
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AMPP annual Board of Directors meeting -- industry must take action to resist censorship of sound
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518
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1929-01-14
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Press release
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Hays on censor boards attempts to censor sound -- they "are presuming to censor speech
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458
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1928-11-12
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Press release
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Hays and the Women's Clubs are promoting a film on women's achievements in public life, called Rising Woman.
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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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472
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1928-03-01
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Press release
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The MPPDA replies to charges of pro-Hoover political bias in newsreels, instigated by Frank Rembusch ('Mr. Hays operates...
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2067
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1927-12-27
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Press release
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"Movies to Hold annual Peace Pipe Meetings," issued after Trade Practice conference. Claims that agreement was reached ...
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352
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1927-10-01
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Press release
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Claims that the Federal Trade Commission conference has been a success and that similar meetings will be held annually. ...
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2057
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1927-07-06
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Press release
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Description of the Academy and its branches.
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2051
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1927-05-11
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Press release
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Announcement of establishment of the Academy -- no date on release. Describes proposed activities and lists membership o...
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2054
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1927-05-11
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Press release
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Announcement of establishment of the Academy -- no date on release. Describes proposed activities and lists membership o...
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327
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1927-03-16
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Press release
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'Youngest of the Arts Recognized by Oldest of American Universities." The Harvard film library is being established "in...
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328
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1927-03-05
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Press release
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'Motion Picture Course Inaugurated by Harvard." Harvard Business School is holding a series of lectures on the film ind...
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259
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1926-11-01
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Press release
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The motion picture is now being used to teach Americanization to immigrant passengers in the steerage of trans-Atlantic ...
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3274
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1926-08-26
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Press release
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As a result of complaints received from owners of motion picture theatres the Department has conducted an extensive inve...
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2043
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1926-02-27
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Press release
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"Comprehensive survey of public taste furnished in analysis of de Mille Contest." Outcomes of a contest by de Mille and ...
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1323
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1925-02-12
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Press release
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Annual meeting of AMPP. Schenck re-elected as president. Ensuring Los Angeles remains the greatest area of productivity ...
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2
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1923-01-04
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Press release
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Press release concerning Public Relations Committee meeting, containing the resolution on the Arbuckle matter taken at t...
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124
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1922-06-15
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Press release
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Announcement of commencement of negotiations between the MPPDA, led by Hays, and the Board of Directors of the MPTOA, le...
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3286
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1922-06-15
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Press release
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Documents relating to meetings between MPPDA and exhibitor representatives discussing the Uniform Contract in June 1922...
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