1538
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1929-01-04
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Letter
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Regarding a clause included in a contract for the purpose of purchasing the literary rights to cover sound or dialogue r...
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1453
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1928-12-31
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Letter
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Finegan, on request, is informing Trotti of Eastman Teaching Film's intention to produce a series of "health" films for ...
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388
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1928-12-21
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Letter
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Hays tries to answer Brookharts criticisms of the arbitration system.
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1476
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1928-12-06
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Letter
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Beetson updating Hays on the current patent situation which relates to composite motion pictures, particularly the proce...
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430
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1928-11-28
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Letter
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E.S. Gregg, Export Manager of Electrical Research Products, Inc., ERPI wants to know what percentage of foreign movie in...
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446
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1928-11-28
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Letter
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An example of the kind of dissatisfaction produced by the present exhibition contract. This exhibitor finds himself stu...
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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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412
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1928-10-22
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Letter
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It has been proposed that crime motion pictures be banned in Louisville. In a detailed letter, Milliken brings Wolz's a...
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3299
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1928-10-21
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Letter
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Arranging meeting at which the MPPDA members will come to a final position, indicating that it has been rather difficul...
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423
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1928-09-24
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Letter
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There is concern about violation of the Don'ts and Be-Carefuls by non-member companies, as these are damaging the genera...
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410
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1928-09-11
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Letter
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This is an excellent summary of the present international copyright situation. It makes reference to an extensive repor...
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3241
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1928-09-11
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Letter
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Extensive report by Charles Campbell Jr, who attended a recent Rome conference which was held to revise the Berne Conven...
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2092
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1928-09-10
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Letter
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Hays reply -- a standard letter -- to Hampel of Milwaukee Motion Picture Commission 31 August 1928 protesting the number...
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1292
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1928-08-31
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Letter
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Letter from Hampel of Milwaukee Motion Picture Commission 08-31-1928 protesting the number of crime films: "The Commissi...
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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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2099
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1928-08-21
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Letter
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Television licences have been granted to several companies and individuals, including RCA and Westinghouse. "Inasmuch as...
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487
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1928-08-15
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Letter
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Tiffany-Stahl has produced a picture dealing in part with the life of the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she has retained ...
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476
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1928-08-13
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Letter
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Joy warns Selznick of potential censorship hazards in Varsity. Joy argues that some drinking scenes will be cut because ...
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2085
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1928-07-14
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Letter
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Reporting appointment of AMPP Board. Henry King elected as the director's representative.
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479
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1928-06-26
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Letter
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The Navy has made a couple of complaints about the depiction of uniformed personnel which the writer recognizes as spuri...
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1297
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1928-06-26
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Letter
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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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2082
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1928-06-16
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Letter
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Asking assistance in promoting an arbitration bill in Louisiana.
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501
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1928-06-07
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Letter
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DeBra tries to offset the escalating costs of his pet project, Woman Marches On, by making a deal with McBride.
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433
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1928-06-04
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Letter
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The Worcester Censor-Board has rejected Adam and Evil, apparently an innocuous farce. DeBra says, "I think I know your ...
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2084
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1928-05-23
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Letter
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Reporting meetings relating to a cameraman's code of ethics.
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1463
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1928-05-17
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Letter
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Finkelstein and Ruben, Minneapolis theatre owners, write to Milliken about public relations activities they have initiat...
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400
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1928-05-07
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Letter
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In part: "Concerted effort on the part of all in this office [the AMPP] to line everybody up solidly in order that there...
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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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454
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1928-04-25
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Letter
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Concerning the censorship of the English picture Dawn - whether it can be shown at all in the US, and if so how it shoul...
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393
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1928-04-16
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Letter
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Coston is complaining about a change in the programming policy of the Tower Theatre (Chicago). He reveals that it used ...
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1467
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1928-04-10
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Letter
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Relating to the invention of a non-burning celluloid film. Alkus has invented it and the MPPDA are trying to arrange a d...
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419
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1928-04-02
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Letter
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Lott, former Department of Justice official, is out for blood over block-booking and the Film Boards of Trade and "their...
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495
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1928-03-26
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Letter
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McGoldrick and Father Talbot (literary editor of "America') unanimously declare Grease Paint to be "utter trash [with] n...
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494
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1928-03-23
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Letter
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Universal has doubts about aspects of the scenario of Grease Paint, which it proposes to film. They refer the question ...
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1435
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1928-03-09
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Letter
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Regarding a bill currently before House of Representatives which would increase the amount of money in dispute for arbit...
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453
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1928-03-07
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Letter
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Critique of French claims that they cannot their films distributed in the US. Contains a revealing paragraph about produ...
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2083
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1928-03-07
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Letter
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Letter opposing Brookhart Bill
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1436
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1928-03-01
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Letter
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A letter and document acknowledging Hess as the chosen arbitrator for an upcoming case.
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1429
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1928-02-17
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Letter
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Discusses the relationship between the Amateur Cinema League and the professionals represented by the MPPDA. Hays wants ...
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394
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1928-02-07
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Letter
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The MPPDA has been complaining about the activities of the Dipson-Zimmerman Booking Circuit, which has formed an "illega...
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1441
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1928-02-07
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Letter
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Offering the figures for the importation of film into Canada. There is a significant drop from 1926 to 1927 due to the f...
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1445
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1928-01-17
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Letter
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Cooper informing Milliken of the new film classification system being implemented in parts of Canada. Two classification...
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1470
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1928-01-11
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Letter
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Ferguson has written to MPPDA claiming to have developed a movie camera for color films and wants to know who to contact...
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481
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1928-01-10
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Letter
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Judge Watkins of Fulton County Juvenile Court is quoted in the Atlanta Constitution as blaming movies for juvenile crime...
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1304
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1928-01-04
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Letter
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Harry Warner to Hays, denouncing advertising for Woman of Affairs and a few other companies as well. Hays writes to comp...
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1471
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1928-01-04
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Letter
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McGee, a friend of Hays, is developing a trackless train idea, like one recently done, that could be used for publicity ...
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3234
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1927-12-23
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Letter
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Suggests that it would be better for the negotiations on the Standard Exhibition Contract if there was no representative...
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2048
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1927-12-21
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Letter
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Reporting activities of the Academy: free-lance actors' contract completed, technicians examining improved methods of li...
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1390
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1927-12-07
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Letter
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A copy of letter to all sales managers regarding a meeting to discuss the 1928 budgets for the Film Boards of Trade and ...
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372
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1927-12-03
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Letter
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Expressing his approval and admiration of the recently-advertised Don'ts and Be-Carefuls, then objecting to a picture th...
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371
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1927-12-02
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Letter
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In Baraboo, Wisconsin, they want shows that will "cater to the general family trade with thorough guarantee against show...
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2872
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1927-11-19
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Letter
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Arranging a meeting between Byrne and Milliken -- presumably to discuss MPPDA membership. Byrne produces films for adver...
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377
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1927-11-18
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Letter
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Apparently the French Ambassador has been criticizing the industry, and Hays has come to its defence.
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383
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1927-11-13
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Letter
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Allen protests about the gross political and cultural insensitivity of Across the Pacific in its portrayal of the Philip...
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309
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1927-10-28
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Letter
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Exchange of letters. Brecher points out to Hays that regardless of any agreement reached at the Trade Practice Conferenc...
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1401
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1927-10-22
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Letter
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United Artists want to know how the National Motion Picture League obtained and reviewed a copy of their yet to be relea...
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345
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1927-09-06
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Letter
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This informs Andrews of a resolution of the Federated Church Brotherhoods of California, to the effect that the stage an...
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3232
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1927-09-06
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Letter
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Information about an international friendship exchange of dolls organized by the Federal Council of Churches -- suggeste...
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1420
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1927-07-26
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Letter
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Beatty informing Silverman that an advertisement displayed in a recent issue of Variety claiming that the El Brendel pro...
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464
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1927-07-19
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Letter
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AMPAS economy meetings with actors. Beetson: "The result I gleaned from the conference was that the freelance actor, es...
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1372
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1927-07-05
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Letter
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Letter regarding press article from Liberty dated 07-02-1927 entitled "Extra! Extra! Why The Girls Who Leave Home Are So...
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376
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1927-06-29
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Letter
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Herron informs Castle of German propaganda films relevant to the issue of the German-Polish frontier. Castle already kn...
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325
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1927-06-08
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Letter
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Steps to be followed in making films available for the Harvard Film Library. Other correspondence on the same theme is ...
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308
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1927-05-26
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Letter
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Fatty Arbuckle is to appear in a revival of the play "Baby Mine" which is soon to be brought out as a motion picture. C...
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321
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1927-05-26
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Letter
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Reasons for film rejections are given in response to an inquiry from Douglas.
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312
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1927-05-19
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Letter
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Information on the system of film classification employed by British censors. Includes the numbers of films recently cla...
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326
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1927-05-03
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Letter
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Gives composition of film selection committee. Harvard plans the acquisition of film journals as well as the films them...
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313
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1927-04-20
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Letter
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The film classification system in Alberta, and minutes relating to the censorship situation in other provinces of Canada...
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342
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1927-03-31
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Letter
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The Pasadena clubs have taken a stand in favour of censorship. The California Federation contacts them to explain why t...
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378
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1927-03-10
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Letter
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The National Board of Review (NBR) is putting together a picture which includes some German war pictures which the Consu...
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348
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1927-02-28
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Letter
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The FTC seeks to clarify the status of the MPPDA in relation to "the inquiry into open price associations."
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1380
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1927-02-20
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Letter
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Letter to Hays concerning Famous Players-Lasky's failure to uphold the conditions of a contract with the H. Schoenstadt ...
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2056
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1927-01-01
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Letter
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Describes a meeting at Mayer's house to discuss the creation of the Academy -- lists those present, and includes list of...
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273
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1926-12-16
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Letter
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The judge has been quoted in the press as opposing the "unrestrained youthful patronage of motion picture shows," (clipp...
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267
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1926-12-03
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Letter
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Hays is on the Committee of the Church and Drama Association, and Andrews writes to him for approval of some minor busin...
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274
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1926-11-22
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Letter
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The judge has been quoted in the press as saying that motion pictures contribute to juvenile delinquency. Here Hays res...
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260
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1926-11-15
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Letter
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Perepelkin's continued interest in the screening of movies on immigrant ships is encouraged. "Human cargo on a great ad...
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296
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1926-09-22
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Letter
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This, and a follow-up letter written the following day, express concern about the admission of Russian films to the U.S.
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3271
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1926-09-13
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Letter
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The Department of Justice after an 18 months investigation of the Film Boards of Trade issued a statement that the Arbit...
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294
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1926-08-18
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Letter
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'I think I have things pretty well lined up regarding the film The Death Battalion by Gloria Swanson, as I had a long ta...
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293
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1926-08-04
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Letter
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Castle acknowledges recent letters from Herron concerning the Soviet film situation, and expresses the opinion that Coff...
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291
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1926-07-28
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Letter
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Concern that Zamkovoy is negotiating with U.A. to make Russian propaganda pictures in the U.S., particularly The Death B...
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292
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1926-07-19
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Letter
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Castle asks Coffin about Potemkin, which he saw with Fairbanks and Pickford ('Doug and Mary'). Coffin recognizes the po...
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290
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1926-07-16
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Letter
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Films available from Sovkino in the U.S., including a synopsis of The Wedding of the Bear.
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289
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1926-06-28
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Letter
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Not only is Potemkin already available in the U.S., but Mr Zamkovoy of Sovkino is trying to get Bolshevik shots into all...
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288
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1926-06-24
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Letter
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Castle is is Chief of Western European Division, Department of State. He is concerned about reports that Armored Cruise...
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1355
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1926-06-18
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Letter
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AMPP calling for the introduction of "the same term in all studios for the same class of work and that so far as possibl...
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830
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1926-06-14
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Letter
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Early correspondence about King of Kings and Andrews' willingness to co-operate under conditions spelled out in the lett...
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854
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1926-06-14
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Letter
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George Reid Andrews makes his proposition to Hays concerning his own role in the production of King of Kings (10% of the...
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284
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1926-02-26
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Letter
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Canavan informs Hays of a resolution taken by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Pictur...
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299
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1926-02-10
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Letter
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Zierler's case provides a good example of a small independent exhibitor shut out of the industry through lack of access ...
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1364
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1926-01-21
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Letter
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Weeks is informing Hays of the proposed new tax currently being discussed in the Virginia General Assembly. It is a ten ...
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2038
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1925-12-15
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Letter
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Submitting a copy of the Rules of Film Boards of Trade for the establishment of Credit Committees
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239
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1925-08-11
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Letter
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Woll is upset that motion picture printing is often not produced in union shops, and does not carry the Allied Printing ...
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3216
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1925-07-13
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Letter
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Letter endorsing Greater Movie Season: "Such a movement to emphasize the desirability of worthy motion pictures will be ...
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230
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1925-06-19
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Letter
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Morgan inquires about labor regulations pertaining to children in response to a request by the German government, which ...
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231
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1925-06-15
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Letter
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Frank Gilmore of Actors' Equity has been taking a tough line over actors' rights, accusing Hays of indifference, and has...
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253
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1925-06-02
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Letter
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Weyers complains about the representation of the Hudson's Bay Company in movies, and cites an unspecified case where a L...
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