2739
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1936-12-22
|
Letter
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Regarding the process of obtaining films from member companies for the National Archives. Film preservation.
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1168
|
1936-12-23
|
Memo
|
Summary of the development of the Production Code prior to the Trade Practice Conference of 1927.
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3131
|
1936-12-23
|
Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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3185
|
1936-12-23
|
Memo
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Summary of significant modifications of the Production Code between 1930 and 1934.
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1271
|
1936-12-24
|
Letter
|
The Federated Church Brotherhoods of California is tired of waiting for the improvements promised by the Code. Milliken...
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2735
|
1936-12-24
|
|
Details of an accord between America and Italy regarding the exporting of American films to Italy. Foreign. This is the ...
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2796
|
1936-12-24
|
Letter
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Sending Hess copies of the form letters that will be sent to member and non-member companies respectively when a PCA cer...
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3366
|
1936-12-30
|
Letters
|
Levy has written a paper on the Federal Social Security Act and how it will affect exhibitors.
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1154
|
1936-12-31
|
Letter
|
Hays has just returned from a visit to the Pope and Mussolini. The advertising managers are concerned about details of a...
|
2713
|
1936-12-31
|
Memo
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Summary of recommendations of Moyne committee in Britain -- deals with British films. Recommendations of quotas, etc.
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2801
|
1936-12-31
|
Memo
|
Copy of the nameless, dateless memo outlining the Dos and Don'ts of crime pictures. Referred to as the eight point memo ...
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1172
|
1937-01-01
|
Memo
|
Listing of motion pictures having World War I as a background, 1925-1933. Includes company, date and single-sentence su...
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2870
|
1937-01-01
|
Letter
|
Regarding the title "Court House Square" -- MGM was in negotiations to buy the book of that name then bought a book with...
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2879
|
1937-01-01
|
Club documents
|
An organisation chart of the MPTOA, according to revised Constitution adopted at their 1932 convention.
|
2891
|
1937-01-04
|
File
|
Information regarding the adoption of the Progressive Education Association Agreement between PEA and motion picture com...
|
2961
|
1937-01-04
|
Letter
|
Concerning clearance and runs -- what is the exact situation in regards to length of clearance between first and second ...
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2889
|
1937-01-05
|
Correspondence
|
The DeWendel family, French munition makers, do not want any references made to them in any films depicting armament or ...
|
2875
|
1937-01-06
|
Memo
|
Walter Wagner Productions, Inc. has become a member of the MPPDA.
|
3148
|
1937-01-07
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
3143
|
1937-01-11
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
1171
|
1937-01-15
|
Press clipping
|
A profile of the new chairman of the Pennsylvania censor board, Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer.
|
3145
|
1937-01-15
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
1124
|
1937-01-18
|
Letter
|
The use of the word "dame" in titles is eliminated, because it is "an industry liability." Columbia wants to use it in a...
|
3138
|
1937-01-22
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
3146
|
1937-01-22
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
3179
|
1937-01-22
|
Memo
|
Returning Milliken documents on development of the Production Code prior to 1927 and modifications to the Resolution for...
|
1170
|
1937-01-25
|
Miscellaneous
|
The Pennsylvania censor board has been asked by the state Liquor Control Board to eliminate all drinking in pictures, an...
|
2842
|
1937-01-26
|
Memo
|
Calling for an informal inquiry into members of Allied States obtaining liability insurance from foreign companies -- in...
|
3151
|
1937-01-26
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
1167
|
1937-01-28
|
Letter
|
Restrictions on kidnapping are to be officially interpreted as meaning "abduction, or illegal detention, in modern times...
|
3153
|
1937-01-28
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2869
|
1937-01-31
|
Correspondence
|
Small file on the sound rights to "Baby Mine". MGM.
|
3373
|
1937-02-03
|
Report
|
Press Summary - transcriptions from press reports. Breen has ordered deletion of all scenes of excessive or unnecessary...
|
3372
|
1937-02-09
|
Bulletin/circular
|
Trade Practice proposals.
|
2843
|
1937-02-10
|
Petition
|
Petition for relief from "contracts, combinations, conspiracies and monopolies in the motion picture industry" to the Un...
|
3371
|
1937-02-15
|
Letter
|
MPTOA strongly opposes Neely and Pettengill Bills.
|
3135
|
1937-02-17
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2856
|
1937-02-24
|
Letter
|
Double feature screening of The Stowaway (with Shirley Temple) and At The Opera (Charlie Chan film) -- young boy was fri...
|
3370
|
1937-03-01
|
Press statement
|
Publicly releasing letter from Al Lichtman, Vice-President, MGM Pictures, clarifying MGM's acceptance of MPTOA trade pra...
|
2888
|
1937-03-04
|
Letter
|
Depictions of U.S. currency are against the law -- does this apply to news reels? The answer Hess gives is yes. Breen s...
|
2887
|
1937-03-09
|
Letter
|
All scenes depicting U.S. currency must be deleted from films -- including news reels.
|
2890
|
1937-03-11
|
Letter
|
If sufficient changes are made to the MGM film Manhattan Melodrama, it can be submitted and approved by the PCA -- it se...
|
3147
|
1937-03-11
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2948
|
1937-03-16
|
Letter
|
Congratulatory letter to Warner Bros. for having very few references to liquor or drinking in their recent films.
|
2838
|
1937-03-17
|
Memo
|
Memo regarding the candid camera situation -- currently there is an agreement that studios have control over the images ...
|
2874
|
1937-03-17
|
Telegram
|
Grand National keen to become a member of the MPPDA. It will be discussed at the upcoming meeting.
|
2873
|
1937-03-18
|
Telegram
|
Grand National keen to become a member of the MPPDA.
|
2893
|
1937-03-18
|
Memo
|
With the merging of subsidiaries and RKO, Hays wants to arrange for Leo Spitz to represent the company as member and dir...
|
2855
|
1937-03-19
|
Letter
|
Opposing double features -- argues that block booking is responsible for the need for double features. She also claims t...
|
2878
|
1937-03-19
|
Resolution/s
|
Resolutions adopted by the MPTOA at their Miami convention - block booking, designated play dates, prestige pictures (co...
|
2880
|
1937-03-19
|
Resolution/s
|
Resolutions adopted by the MPTOA at their Miami convention. block booking, designated play dates, prestige pictures (con...
|
2854
|
1937-03-22
|
Letter
|
Block booking is not responsible for the screening of double features.
|
2892
|
1937-03-23
|
Letter
|
Sending RKO a form letter to officially inform MPPDA of the merger of the subsidiary corporations with RKO Radio Picture...
|
2853
|
1937-03-27
|
Letter
|
Double feature showing of Lloyd's of London and Winner Take All -- Butler found Winner Take All to be very offensive.
|
2474
|
1937-03-30
|
Letter
|
Hess wants Moriarity to return documents loaned on 23 October 1935. Includes handwritten list of documents lent to Moria...
|
2847
|
1937-03-31
|
Letter, report
|
Regarding the advisory committee on motion pictures in education -- includes preliminary proposal of the work of the com...
|
3139
|
1937-04-02
|
Court notice
|
US District Court, Southern District of New York, Receiver's notice of the sale of the assets of DW Griffith Inc., pursu...
|
2867
|
1937-04-03
|
Press release
|
Hays has been re-elected as President of the MPPDA.
|
2881
|
1937-04-07
|
Memo
|
The Production Code should not be used to further the circulation of films made for advertising purposes.
|
2857
|
1937-04-10
|
Memo, report
|
Proposal of the Advisory Committee on Motion Pictures in Education.
|
3136
|
1937-04-10
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
3154
|
1937-04-10
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
3144
|
1937-04-19
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
3369
|
1937-04-21
|
Bulletin/circular
|
The general bulletins of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America for 1937.MPTOA Miami Convention report.
|
1156
|
1937-05-04
|
Correspondence
|
Asking for a copy of the decision in Samuel Cummins vs. D.C. Coleman, in which Judge Worth E. Trammell of Dade County ha...
|
2877
|
1937-05-06
|
Letter and enclosure/s
|
Brandt wants to bring back the arbitration boards -- he has written an enclosed article on the subject.
|
1169
|
1937-05-08
|
Miscellaneous
|
Documents relating to the Motion Picture Project of the Progressive Education Association, which involves using excerpts...
|
2309
|
1937-05-11
|
Letter
|
Letter from Hays or Milliken complaining about advertisements (included) for a striptease stage show at the Orpheum Thea...
|
2876
|
1937-05-11
|
Memo
|
Harry Brandt wants to bring back the arbitration boards -- Hays says that the MPPDA is unable to involve itself in the m...
|
3152
|
1937-05-12
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2885
|
1937-05-17
|
Letter
|
No striptease is appropriate screen material.
|
2886
|
1937-05-17
|
Memo
|
No striptease is appropriate screen material.
|
2848
|
1937-05-24
|
Memo
|
A stop order has been placed on Condor Pictures, Inc. by the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission.
|
3150
|
1937-05-26
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2896
|
1937-05-28
|
File
|
Small file on Erwin Panofsky -- leading academic in Fine Arts. He is referred to as the Einstein of Fine Arts. He has wr...
|
3142
|
1937-06-03
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
1166
|
1937-06-05
|
Editorial
|
Breen returns from a visit to London promising to incorporate several requirements of English censors into the PCA routi...
|
2865
|
1937-06-10
|
Press release
|
A committee has been set up to further investigate the use of motion pictures for educational purposes -- committee cons...
|
3141
|
1937-06-10
|
Press release
|
Board has appointed a committee "to study further the question of films for use in classroom work in schools under the s...
|
3149
|
1937-06-16
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2884
|
1937-06-23
|
Letter
|
Passing on information regarding a British Censorship ban -- harrowing and gruesome representations of illness and surgi...
|
2883
|
1937-06-24
|
Letter
|
Acknowledging receipt of information regarding a British Censorship ban -- harrowing and gruesome representations of ill...
|
2835
|
1937-06-29
|
Letter
|
Relating to photographs of Joan Blondell taken by a 'candid cameraman' and printed in Modern Screen magazine.
|
2836
|
1937-06-29
|
Letter
|
Concerning photographs of John Blondell in 'a state of undress' taken by a candid cameraman. These photos are considered...
|
2837
|
1937-06-30
|
Memo
|
Relating to photographs of Joan Blondell taken by a 'candid cameraman' and printed in Modern Screen magazine. This break...
|
2864
|
1937-07-01
|
Speech/address
|
"Educational Possibilities of Motion Pictures". Address by May to the National Educational Association Convention.
|
3155
|
1937-07-01
|
Memo
|
From S.S., re: Louis Aldrich -- Beekman Film vs. Warner Bros., to do with obtaining information from the Army Signal Cor...
|
2852
|
1937-07-07
|
Memo
|
Reporting a Phoenix theatre owner who does not show double features -- his shows consist of a feature, newsreel and shor...
|
1158
|
1937-08-04
|
Letter
|
Complaint that Goldwyn has cooperated with Saturday Evening Post articles by Alva Johnston which portray him as a "natur...
|
3375
|
1937-08-19
|
Letter
|
Replying to MacKay's enquiry about the use of the company's name in the titles of pictures planned by Selznick and Twent...
|
3368
|
1937-08-23
|
Bulletin/circular
|
The general bulletins of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America for 1937.Trade Practice Plans Blocked by the Distr...
|
2954
|
1937-09-01
|
Advertising clippings
|
Advertisements for various reissues.
|
2839
|
1937-09-07
|
Letter
|
Relating to the issue of advertising and stars who are loaned out to other studios. These stars can not be advertised as...
|
1165
|
1937-09-13
|
Correspondence
|
Frederic L. Ullman Jr of Path inquires about possible treatment of activities aboard shipboard nightclubs. Amongst othe...
|
1155
|
1937-09-22
|
Miscellaneous
|
Allied States reports minor legislative victories for the independent exhibitors. They are campaigning for a regulatory...
|
2841
|
1937-09-22
|
Letter
|
Sending a copy of the speech given by Abram F. Myers at the convention of Allied Theatres of New Jersey suggesting a sim...
|
2863
|
1937-09-29
|
Letter
|
Asking for attendance at a meeting with the Advisory Committee on Motion Pictures in Education - there are a couple of r...
|
2861
|
1937-10-01
|
Report
|
Report of the Advisory Committee on Motion Pictures in Education.
|
2840
|
1937-10-05
|
Memo, report
|
Examines two recent legal decisions that favour Independent exhibitors -- Paramount vs. United Motion Picture Theatre Ow...
|
2862
|
1937-10-05
|
Memo
|
Outlines the situation of all member companies in relation to the motion pictures in education short subject programs - ...
|