1007
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1934-07-28
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Correspondence
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MPPDA should agree not to make a picture based on the life of Dillinger - affirmative replies from Albert Warner, Zukor,...
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2386
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1934-07-23
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Correspondence
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Sending process for East Coast producers to obtain PCA seal of approval. Small amount of correspondence relating to this...
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2412
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1934-07-01
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Correspondence
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File relating to the signing of the Resolution giving the Production Code Administration the authority to approve all fi...
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1996
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1934-05-12
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Correspondence
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Letters and a resolution made by the church -- in support of Hays.
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2456
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1934-04-19
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Correspondence
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Small file relating to the taxes and charges incurred when leasing independent theatres. The Chrystie Theatre Corporati...
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999
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1934-03-23
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Correspondence
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Milliken writes to editors of papers which have run articles on the Dillinger film, correcting their reports.
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2346
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1934-02-07
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Correspondence
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Robert Tansey and Paul D. Wyman's film Taming The Jungle has been distributed by Monogram Pictures. The two claim Monogr...
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954
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1934-01-23
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Correspondence
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Advertising Code operation working: the men at the studios are cooperating splendidly. Universal not currently producin...
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978
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1934-01-17
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Correspondence
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Bentel is concerned that September Morn, a stage property authored by his client Edward W. Rowland, is being unfairly bl...
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1840
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1933-12-01
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Correspondence
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Various letters relating to the Federal film archives building and its progress.
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1941
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1933-07-26
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Correspondence
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Regarding the litigation between Tiffany and Cinevox (Swiss company) -- is there any help Hays can offer. He replies: h...
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1843
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1933-05-16
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Correspondence
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Various correspondence relating to the Kunsky/Detroit theatres deal.
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1884
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1933-03-01
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Correspondence
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Various correspondence regarding the producer-distributor clause -- responding to Hays' letter dated 4 March 1933.Hays w...
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1922
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1933-02-28
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Correspondence
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Correspondence re Admission Tax Bill. Unlike the current federal bill, this new bill proposes a straight ten percent tax...
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1835
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1933-01-26
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Correspondence
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Various correspondence -- censorship procedures concerning animated films.
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1820
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1933-01-01
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Correspondence
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Various correspondence concerning thoughts on distribution economics. All companies have done what they can alone, yet n...
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1767
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1932-12-02
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Correspondence
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Creation of a clause allowing local producers and distributors, affiliated with a member company, to make pro-rata payme...
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1787
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1932-11-01
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Correspondence
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Meeting held involving all the exchanges in the Philadelphia area and the local exhibitors. Exhibitors attempting to pre...
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857
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1932-08-01
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Correspondence
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Joy has found several properties -- from scenarios to finished films -- to be inadmissible under the Code. Hays sen...
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1785
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1932-08-01
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Correspondence
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Communications between MPPDA and the Museum of Modern Art. Museum interested in creating a collection of films with "art...
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1686
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1932-07-30
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Correspondence
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Protesting Scarface. Demanding all Italian names be removed from the picture. Hays replies (4 August 1932), defending th...
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1731
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1932-06-20
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Correspondence
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General information regarding the Committee on Distribution Economics and their upcoming meeting. Includes other brief c...
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1777
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1932-05-25
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Correspondence
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Letter sent to all companies. O'Toole attempting to remove state censorship all together. Asking companies for informati...
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1695
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1932-04-19
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Correspondence
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Relating to a list of changes required to the first print of Scarface exhibited to the board. All changes involve acts o...
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1698
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1932-03-23
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Correspondence
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Questioning an included report claiming the film will be released under the title Scarface.
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1784
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1932-03-01
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Correspondence
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Various correspondence between Palfreyman, Pettijohn, O'Toole and McGuinness relating to the arrangements made for the u...
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2261
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1931-12-26
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Correspondence
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Routine correspondence
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1666
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1931-10-08
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Correspondence
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Contractual dispute between Columbia Pictures and Talking Pictures Company of Porto Rico over the distribution of Columb...
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2250
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1931-07-31
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Correspondence
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MPTO Eastern Pennsylvania has passed a resolution against non-theatrical exhibition that may be in breach of antitrust ...
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1671
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1931-06-04
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Correspondence
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A situation has arisen in Michigan where in a member of the local FBT has come up with the idea that if an exhibitor has...
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1672
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1931-05-07
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Correspondence
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MPPDA rallying around Charles W. Picquet as distribution contracts are forcing him out of business due to his owning the...
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2252
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1931-05-01
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Correspondence
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routine letters about missing Board meetings
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2259
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1931-05-01
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Correspondence
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The joining of Tiffany, Educational and World Wide has been completed and all is seemingly going smoothly. Letters of pl...
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1664
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1931-03-01
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Correspondence
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Ongoing conversation regarding the financial situation of various exhibitors Columbia is currently taking or intending ...
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2229
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1931-02-04
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Correspondence
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Exchange of letters between Hess and Myers concerning the activities of the Copyright Protection Bureau, trigged by an a...
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2231
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1931-01-07
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Correspondence
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Informing Kent that Myers has called off a proposed amalgamation of Allied States and the MPTOA, allegedly because the U...
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1678
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1931-01-06
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Correspondence
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Dispute between a theatre owner in Iowa and Universal. Regarding serials. Universal is, apparently, no longer a friend o...
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2211
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1930-12-17
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Correspondence
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Trotti passes on a copy of a resolution by the MPTOA -- North and South Carolina requesting the studios not to use white...
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2210
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1930-12-15
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Correspondence
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Complaint by New Jersey exhibitor about collusion in price-fixing by United Artists and Path, denied by UA's lawyers
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1628
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1930-12-04
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Correspondence
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Fox Film Corporation is seeking a construction permit and license for a radio station in Beverly Hills. From attached co...
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3339
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1930-10-30
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Correspondence
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Hays seems to have missed a meeting with the American College of Surgeons to promote surgical films, and Martin is conce...
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1240
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1930-10-16
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Correspondence
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enclosing memo by McKenzie 30 September 1930: re War Nurse, MGM Trotti: "This is another striking evidence of the worki...
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1553
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1930-10-01
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Correspondence
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A discussion over the use of the word "risqu" in motion picture advertising. Began as a result of the advertising for T...
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1564
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1930-09-25
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Correspondence
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Concerning the Columbia film Africa Speaks. Two main issues: the authenticity of the film and the claims of its brutalit...
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1616
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1930-09-25
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Correspondence
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Regarding original copy of Code and Resolutions for Uniform Interpretation. Most companies have signed the Code but MPPD...
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2205
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1930-09-24
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Correspondence
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Various correspondence regarding application for membership to the MPPDA from Tiffany productions.
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1630
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1930-09-18
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Correspondence
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Correspondence on the forced buying of shorts from companies in order to secure their features. Block-booking. Exhibitor...
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1555
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1930-09-01
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Correspondence
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Small group of correspondence concerning the advertising for the Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. film The Little Accident which i...
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1556
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1930-08-01
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Correspondence
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Correspondence regarding the Warner Bros." film The Matrimonial Bed and the way in which it is advertised in Washington....
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1561
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1930-05-01
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Correspondence
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In Dayton, Ohio, Loew's Theatres are advertising Free and Easy as a Anita Page and William Haines picture when it is act...
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