599
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1929-09-20
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Letter
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The Eastern Studio Relations Committee gets into action advising producers of potentially censorable material.
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2237
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1929-09-20
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Letter
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Commenting on Churchman editorials and encouraging McConnell to set up an investigation -- suggests it will damage coope...
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568
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1929-09-17
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Letter
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Columbia Amusement Co. are using this trailer on sound pictures: "The management of this theatre begs your indulgence fo...
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607
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1929-09-12
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Letter
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There have been a number of objections to Smiling Irish Eyes on "racial" grounds. Russell comments, "You will perhaps w...
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538
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1929-09-11
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Letter
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Mentions that Father Francis Talbot -- literary editor of America -- sat in on a review of Smiling Irish Eyes to che...
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606
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1929-09-11
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Letter
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AIMF. McGoldrick affirms that in the opinion of the International Federation of Catholic Alumni (IFCA) Smiling Irish Ey...
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658
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1929-09-11
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Letter
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Warners have filed a complaint against Western Electric and ERPI, and Michaels sees in them an ally in his personal camp...
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1511
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1929-09-05
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Letter
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Eastman Teaching Films are interested in a film on the mechanics of the human brain entitled "Travelogue" (shown at Yale...
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666
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1929-08-30
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Letter
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Violations of profanity Don'ts in The Lady Lies. "The Company members have been very careful to avoid these definite vi...
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1534
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1929-08-29
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Letter
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"With reference to our correspondence regarding the use of the title "The Racketeer", I beg to say that we plan to place...
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608
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1929-08-23
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Letter
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Milliken lets Depinet know the pains that the MPPDA has gone to protect Smiling Irish Eyes from "vituperative and unjust...
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2107
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1929-08-15
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Letter
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Asking for support for the Technical Bureau of the AMPP, which has a tentative budget of $35,000 per year. Also raises ...
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2158
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1929-08-10
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Letter
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Proposing that the MPPDA set up a "Sound Bureau" to deal with "sound grief," which mainly comes from exhibitors using bo...
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609
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1929-08-03
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Letter
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John E. Otterson, President of ERPI, has complained to Hays about some scenes of by-play (specified) involving a telepho...
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2162
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1929-08-01
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Letter
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Letter complaining that Universal has stolen her story "Three rainy Nights," and asking for Hays' help. Hess replies su...
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638
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1929-07-30
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Letter
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Metzger details the complaints of the exhibitors against the arbitration system, the Standard Exhibition Contract, and t...
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618
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1929-07-27
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Letter
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Responding to a complaint: We are in the midst of an extreme situation created by the sudden and (one might say) violent...
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613
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1929-07-25
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Letter
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This is a request for free after-dinner movies for the King of Ethiopia, currently supplied by European companies. It w...
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627
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1929-07-22
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Letter
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Herron clarifies the relationship of the MPPDA to deFeo and the International Educational Cinematograph Institute in Rom...
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617
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1929-07-17
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Letter
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Club women "object to a mediocre plot, to vulgarity, and ask for that which meets their demands in good taste, morals, a...
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1305
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1929-07-11
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Letter
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Canada censorship. Censorship problems in Canada over MGM's The Big City -- recalled in Montreal and Quebec after origin...
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2114
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1929-07-11
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Letter
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Asking for assistance over difficulties with the Quebec censor board's treatment of The Trial of Mary Dugan
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642
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1929-07-10
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Letter
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The MPPDA has been inundated with protests about The Godless Girl by administrators of corrective institutions (deMille ...
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623
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1929-06-20
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Letter
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Report of the reception of English-language sound films in San Juan.
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2129
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1929-06-18
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Letter
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Hamner passes on information from a British conference on the Welfare of Youth held in October 1928, containing favourab...
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566
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1929-06-14
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Letter
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Hays explains the efforts of the MPPDA to accommodate the sensibilities of other countries. Note: also copy following r...
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555
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1929-06-06
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Letter
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Hays emphasizes the extreme importance of eliminating salacious advertising, especially in the light of the Trade Practi...
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659
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1929-06-06
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Letter
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The writer advises against adaptation of the play Mr. Gilhooley because of the probability that it would inspire hostili...
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1543
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1929-06-01
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Letter
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Lists all the tax law changes and legal decisions in the state in which they have occurred.
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1487
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1929-05-17
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Letter
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Beetson informing Hays of the Academy's second annual meeting and their awards of merit. Included is relevant material a...
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1531
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1929-05-07
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Letter
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Letter regarding the decision in L. K. Brin vs. MGM concerning The Trial of Mary Dugan. It is decided that the film is n...
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2171
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1929-04-30
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Letter
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Details of an MPPDA-produced film, Will to Peace, made from newsreel material, particularly covering the signing of the ...
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522
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1929-04-25
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Letter
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Opinion that under the Kansas censorship act they do not have power to censor sound films
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561
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1929-04-03
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Letter
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The current state of sound in Australia, and a general expression of confidence in "the sincerity of Mr Hays."
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529
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1929-04-01
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Letter
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Newspaper editorial on censorship:'There is no doubt, of course, that in theory there is no defense for censorship. Yet...
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3323
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1929-03-19
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Letter
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Canada censorship. Trouble with Canadian censors who are all over 70, and may order eliminations and bans to justify the...
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3331
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1929-03-19
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Letter
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Discussion of bill for legal services in Ohio
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597
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1929-03-16
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Letter
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McKenzie has noticed a two-page advertisement for Black Waters (World Wide Pictures) in Film Daily which violates the pr...
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558
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1929-03-05
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Letter
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Concerns the introduction of sound technology and the problem of sensibly deciding upon a system when "sound itself is i...
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2163
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1929-03-01
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Letter
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Letter complaining about Universal in relation to a dispute with Rogers involving Ken Maynard. Metzger of Universal deni...
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3324
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1929-02-23
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Letter
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Canada censorship. Trouble with Canadian censors who are all over 70, and may order eliminations and bans to justify the...
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562
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1929-02-19
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Letter
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Herron informs managers of agreement reached between authors and dramatists and the MPPDA "which I think it would be wel...
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512
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1929-02-09
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Letter
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Formula as amended -- its purpose is "to discharge our obvious duty, and incidentally to protect the industry not mere...
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3325
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1929-02-07
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Letter
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Letter following up on a meeting discussing the censorship of sound. Attached are extracts from editorials.
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523
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1929-02-02
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Letter
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Encloses memo from John Shea of First National with memo from Rockett on internal censorship at the studio: "one more ev...
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3329
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1929-01-25
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Letter
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McDougall does not feel Jack White Comedy Corporation's two-reel comedies are prone to scenes of prolonged love-making l...
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526
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1929-01-24
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Letter
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reply to 15 January 1929 letter, pledge of improvement to make censorship unnecessary
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2164
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1929-01-16
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Letter
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Proposes making a silent and sound version of Broadway, to gauge public reaction, as an experiment
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515
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1929-01-05
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Letter
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problem he addresses in 04 January 1929 letter will not recur under new Formula. Negotiations with Authors League over ...
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514
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1929-01-04
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Letter
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protesting advertising of A Woman of Affairs as The Green Hat and suggesting Authors Agreement is unworkable, since adve...
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