2881
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1937-04-07
|
Memo
|
The Production Code should not be used to further the circulation of films made for advertising purposes.
|
2867
|
1937-04-03
|
Press release
|
Hays has been re-elected as President of the MPPDA.
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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...
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2847
|
1937-03-31
|
Letter, report
|
Regarding the advisory committee on motion pictures in education -- includes preliminary proposal of the work of the com...
|
2474
|
1937-03-30
|
Letter
|
Hess wants Moriarity to return documents loaned on 23 October 1935. Includes handwritten list of documents lent to Moria...
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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.
|
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...
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2854
|
1937-03-22
|
Letter
|
Block booking is not responsible for the screening of double features.
|
2880
|
1937-03-19
|
Resolution/s
|
Resolutions adopted by the MPTOA at their Miami convention. block booking, designated play dates, prestige pictures (con...
|
2878
|
1937-03-19
|
Resolution/s
|
Resolutions adopted by the MPTOA at their Miami convention - block booking, designated play dates, prestige pictures (co...
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2855
|
1937-03-19
|
Letter
|
Opposing double features -- argues that block booking is responsible for the need for double features. She also claims t...
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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...
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2873
|
1937-03-18
|
Telegram
|
Grand National keen to become a member of the MPPDA.
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2874
|
1937-03-17
|
Telegram
|
Grand National keen to become a member of the MPPDA. It will be discussed at the upcoming meeting.
|
2838
|
1937-03-17
|
Memo
|
Memo regarding the candid camera situation -- currently there is an agreement that studios have control over the images ...
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2948
|
1937-03-16
|
Letter
|
Congratulatory letter to Warner Bros. for having very few references to liquor or drinking in their recent films.
|
3147
|
1937-03-11
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
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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...
|
2887
|
1937-03-09
|
Letter
|
All scenes depicting U.S. currency must be deleted from films -- including news reels.
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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...
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3370
|
1937-03-01
|
Press statement
|
Publicly releasing letter from Al Lichtman, Vice-President, MGM Pictures, clarifying MGM's acceptance of MPTOA trade pra...
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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...
|
3135
|
1937-02-17
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
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3371
|
1937-02-15
|
Letter
|
MPTOA strongly opposes Neely and Pettengill Bills.
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2843
|
1937-02-10
|
Petition
|
Petition for relief from "contracts, combinations, conspiracies and monopolies in the motion picture industry" to the Un...
|
3372
|
1937-02-09
|
Bulletin/circular
|
Trade Practice proposals.
|
3373
|
1937-02-03
|
Report
|
Press Summary - transcriptions from press reports. Breen has ordered deletion of all scenes of excessive or unnecessary...
|
2869
|
1937-01-31
|
Correspondence
|
Small file on the sound rights to "Baby Mine". MGM.
|
3153
|
1937-01-28
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
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1167
|
1937-01-28
|
Letter
|
Restrictions on kidnapping are to be officially interpreted as meaning "abduction, or illegal detention, in modern times...
|
3151
|
1937-01-26
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
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2842
|
1937-01-26
|
Memo
|
Calling for an informal inquiry into members of Allied States obtaining liability insurance from foreign companies -- in...
|
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...
|
3179
|
1937-01-22
|
Memo
|
Returning Milliken documents on development of the Production Code prior to 1927 and modifications to the Resolution for...
|
3146
|
1937-01-22
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
3138
|
1937-01-22
|
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...
|
3145
|
1937-01-15
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
1171
|
1937-01-15
|
Press clipping
|
A profile of the new chairman of the Pennsylvania censor board, Mrs. A. Mitchell Palmer.
|
3143
|
1937-01-11
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
3148
|
1937-01-07
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2875
|
1937-01-06
|
Memo
|
Walter Wagner Productions, Inc. has become a member of the MPPDA.
|
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 ...
|
2961
|
1937-01-04
|
Letter
|
Concerning clearance and runs -- what is the exact situation in regards to length of clearance between first and second ...
|
2891
|
1937-01-04
|
File
|
Information regarding the adoption of the Progressive Education Association Agreement between PEA and motion picture com...
|
2879
|
1937-01-01
|
Club documents
|
An organisation chart of the MPTOA, according to revised Constitution adopted at their 1932 convention.
|
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...
|
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...
|
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 ...
|
2713
|
1936-12-31
|
Memo
|
Summary of recommendations of Moyne committee in Britain -- deals with British films. Recommendations of quotas, etc.
|
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...
|
3366
|
1936-12-30
|
Letters
|
Levy has written a paper on the Federal Social Security Act and how it will affect exhibitors.
|
2796
|
1936-12-24
|
Letter
|
Sending Hess copies of the form letters that will be sent to member and non-member companies respectively when a PCA cer...
|
2735
|
1936-12-24
|
|
Details of an accord between America and Italy regarding the exporting of American films to Italy. Foreign. This is the ...
|
1271
|
1936-12-24
|
Letter
|
The Federated Church Brotherhoods of California is tired of waiting for the improvements promised by the Code. Milliken...
|
3185
|
1936-12-23
|
Memo
|
Summary of significant modifications of the Production Code between 1930 and 1934.
|
3131
|
1936-12-23
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
1168
|
1936-12-23
|
Memo
|
Summary of the development of the Production Code prior to the Trade Practice Conference of 1927.
|
2739
|
1936-12-22
|
Letter
|
Regarding the process of obtaining films from member companies for the National Archives. Film preservation.
|
2799
|
1936-12-18
|
Letter
|
Hays is concerned there may be a development of jokes concerning the abdication of King Edward VIII -- Breen assures him...
|
3118
|
1936-12-17
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2740
|
1936-12-17
|
Letter
|
Arranging for a meeting with Hays to discuss obtaining films from member companies for the National Archives. Film prese...
|
2797
|
1936-12-16
|
Memo
|
Sending Hess copies of the form letters that will be sent to member and non-member companies respectively when a PCA cer...
|
2800
|
1936-12-14
|
Letter
|
Hays is concerned there may be a development of jokes concerning the abdication of King Edward VIII. The fear is offensi...
|
1145
|
1936-12-14
|
Letter
|
Hays is concerned there may be a development of jokes concerning the abdication of King Edward VIII. The importance of a...
|
3121
|
1936-12-12
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2741
|
1936-12-11
|
Letter
|
Outlining the process of the film library in the National Archives. There is already a collection of films given by gove...
|
2798
|
1936-12-08
|
Memo
|
Regarding the form letter sent to member and non-member companies when a PCA certificate of approval is assigned.
|
2714
|
1936-12-04
|
Letter
|
Lists the approved and rejected press books of reissues. All exchanges have been notified that objectionable material mu...
|
2830
|
1936-11-19
|
Telegram
|
Asking about libeling the dead in biographical films -- are there cases of legal action against studios?
|
2829
|
1936-11-19
|
Letter, telegram
|
Informing RKO about legal position of libeling the dead in biographical films.
|
3116
|
1936-11-16
|
Memo
|
Routine correspondence.
|
2828
|
1936-11-11
|
Correspondence
|
RCA Manufacturing Company, Inc. is the successor corporation of RCA Photophone, Inc. Small amount of correspondence incl...
|
2736
|
1936-11-11
|
Report
|
A summary of various press reports relevant to the industry. Includes item on Japanese censorship; Gold Seal Production...
|
2737
|
1936-11-09
|
Memo
|
Otto Peters (his company is Gold Seal Productions) will be making shorts with amateurs -- planning to expand into featur...
|
2831
|
1936-11-08
|
Report
|
Information about the work of the Will Rogers Memorial Commission.
|
2723
|
1936-11-06
|
Letter
|
Advising Kent regarding a resolution passed by the MPTO of Maryland on double features. Demands that exhibitors be relie...
|
2790
|
1936-11-05
|
Correspondence
|
Regarding a theatre in Indianapolis connected to a circuit for Paramount-Fox pictures.
|
2724
|
1936-11-05
|
Letter
|
Acknowledging the receipt of the resolution passed by the MPTO of Maryland relating to double features.
|
2770
|
1936-11-04
|
Memo
|
Independent exhibitors in Iowa are beginning to work together and lobby for reforms to exhibition contracts and tax laws...
|
2826
|
1936-11-02
|
Memo, press summary
|
Don Craig has written an article for the Washington DC News that criticizes the work of the PCA on the grounds that it w...
|
2743
|
1936-11-02
|
Report
|
Report on the National Bureau of Standards project investigating preservation of records on motion picture film. Outline...
|
2742
|
1936-11-02
|
Letter
|
Sending a copy of the report given to the Society of Motion Picture Engineers on film preservation. See report 11-1202.
|
2711
|
1936-11-01
|
Report
|
Parliamentary report of a committee appointed by the Board of Trade, London. Dealing with the dominance of Hollywood, t...
|
2832
|
1936-10-31
|
Letter
|
Outlines the fund-raising drives held by the Will Rogers Memorial Commission.
|
2803
|
1936-10-31
|
Correspondence
|
Quigley has accused John Maxwell (Associated British Pictures Association) of attacking the PCA and asking the British p...
|
2725
|
1936-10-30
|
Resolution
|
Resolution on double features in Maryland -- no longer obligated to exhibited low grade films designed solely to be seco...
|
2722
|
1936-10-30
|
Speech/address
|
"Censorship in Ohio." Speech given to the Ohio Motion Picture Council convention -- outlines censorship in Ohio -- Reich...
|
2771
|
1936-10-22
|
Memo
|
Exhibitors in Philadelphia have voiced an internal interest in working out local conciliation within their organisation ...
|
2802
|
1936-10-21
|
Letter
|
Sending out a copy of the Production Code, resolution for uniform interpretation, the memo on crime pictures and the res...
|
1153
|
1936-10-19
|
Press summary
|
Complaint that the current Code enforcement is keeping reissues and revivals from the screen. Breen and Boettiger asser...
|
2772
|
1936-10-16
|
Memo
|
Outlines a discussion with MGM -- attempting to change the exhibition contract to ease trade relations between distribut...
|
2805
|
1936-10-07
|
Letter
|
Asking that the PCA is advised of all changes to titles of features and shorts that have been assigned a PCA certificate...
|
2804
|
1936-10-07
|
Letter
|
Asking that the PCA is advised of all changes to titles of features and shorts that have been assigned a PCA certificate...
|
2773
|
1936-10-07
|
Memo
|
Regarding trade practice regulation -- the current proposed bills to divorce exhibition from production. Primary issues ...
|
2774
|
1936-10-06
|
Press clipping
|
Decision pending in the MPTOA's proposed plan for trade relations between distributors and exhibitors.
|
1146
|
1936-10-06
|
Memo
|
An explanation of the PCA policy on Compensating Moral ValuesMemo on what the PCA refers to as compensating moral values...
|
2769
|
1936-10-02
|
Letter
|
Educational Studios, Inc. has resigned from the MPPDA -- no longer producing in Hollywood.
|
2775
|
1936-09-30
|
Memo
|
Memo on proposed changes to distributor/exhibitor trade practices -- score charge, conciliation boards, appeal boards, b...
|
2768
|
1936-09-30
|
Memo
|
Re MPPDA membership -- Samuel Goldwyn and Pioneer Pictures have become members, Pickford-Lasky Productions resigned from...
|