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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1569
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1930-04-19
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Correspondence
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Various correspondence between MPPDA and the American Humane Society and the American Society for the Prevention of Crue...
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1575
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1930-04-09
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Correspondence
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Censorship problems for Hughes Hell's Angels, primarily sex and profanity. Detailed correspondence involving the changes...
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1565
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1930-04-01
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Correspondence
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Furore over an article printed in Variety (23 April 1930) which, reportedly, attributed embarrassing quotes to the Hays ...
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1608
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1930-04-01
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Correspondence
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Foreign medical films. Investigating German surgical films for use in America. Previously, foreign medical films have be...
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1254
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1930-03-29
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Correspondence
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The public relations push behind the launching of the Code. Drafts of letters to be sent to supporters of the industry,...
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2212
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1930-03-10
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Correspondence
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Correspondence asking for help in an exhibitor's getting relief from playing questionable pictures, and comments on the ...
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1264
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1930-03-01
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Correspondence
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Hays seeks the opinions of member companies as to whether to adopt Joy's suggestion to sever links with the National Boa...
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1586
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1930-02-12
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Correspondence
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Declaration of a protest by the Portland District of Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers. The Broadway and Hollywood...
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1614
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1930-02-01
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Correspondence
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Various correspondence regarding applications for membership to the MPPDA. Companies discussed here are Disney, Technico...
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1647
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1930-01-27
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Correspondence
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Regarding the MGM-Universal controversy over the similarities between Universal's Jailbreak and a MGM film. Included her...
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1629
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1930-01-03
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Correspondence
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With the upcoming release of Her Unborn Child, there are attempts to sell sex hygiene pictures to exhibitors. There appe...
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1532
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1929-12-18
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Correspondence
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Correspondence regarding the silent picture Porto Rico, owned by the Governor Theodore Roosevelt. Distribution a problem...
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528
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1929-12-01
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Correspondence
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Large volume of correspondence over the provision of a sound screening facility in Boston by distributors for the use of...
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1527
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1929-11-19
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Correspondence
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Financial situation of the Motion Picture Relief Fund. MPPDA is arranging to raise the money needed since the fund's sep...
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2120
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1929-11-14
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Correspondence
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Correspondence between DeBra and the Psychological Corporation, which is planning a study of the educational effects of ...
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643
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1929-10-22
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Correspondence
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The National Billiard Association, in objecting to pool-hall scenes, now claims to represent SIX MILLION BILLIARD PLAYER...
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2104
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1929-10-10
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Correspondence
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Correspondence relating to standardizing the shape of camera and projector apertures, and investigating illumination. R...
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2119
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1929-09-17
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Correspondence
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Correspondence relating to a dispute between Educational and MGM over a contract to sell shorts to an Indianapolis exhib...
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2115
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1929-08-28
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Correspondence
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Correspondence generated by a request from the censorship board of Virginia for copies of scripts for all sound pictures...
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2108
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1929-08-15
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Correspondence
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Correspondence relating to a possible patents claim over the use of photographic miniatures in combination with full-sca...
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2160
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1929-07-10
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Correspondence
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Correspondence relating to a San Francisco personal property tax
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1494
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1929-07-03
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Correspondence
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Correspondence between Mrs. Alonzo Richardson (BOR, Atlanta) and Milliken and Trotti in relation to The Very Idea. Contr...
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2168
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1929-07-01
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Correspondence
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Letters to two exhibitors cancelling contracts because of the unsuitability of their sound equipment.
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511
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1929-06-01
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Correspondence
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Formula imposed on play The Bachelor Father as film The Lion's Share -- useful as a case study of changes required.
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1526
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1929-04-30
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Correspondence
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General information about MPPDA membership, principally applications for membership and the payment of fees.
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1535
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1929-04-04
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Correspondence
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The King of Kings is back and it now has sound. A screening is being booked at the Chautauqua Institution and the arrang...
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661
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1929-03-27
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Correspondence
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Guthrie wants ten Navy planes flying in formation for The Green Goddess. He asks McKenzie to "kindly take this matter u...
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3321
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1929-03-14
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Correspondence
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Correspondence about an article on 'The Authors' League Agreement with the Motion Picture Producers," to be published un...
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2127
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1929-03-06
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Correspondence
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Series of reports and correspondence relating to news reports of children being inspired to crime by movies. Detectives...
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2110
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1929-02-26
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Correspondence
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Correspondence relating to the Authors' League Agreement, and with several claims for copyright over stories.
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