153
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1924-04-23
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Letter
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This is a synopsis of the trouble that the AMPP has been having with Mrs Wright and the Animal Defense League. It conta...
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192
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1924-04-01
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Correspondence
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Italian industrialist Filoteo Alberini has invented the Panoramic Moving Picture Camera which extends the visual field o...
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155
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1924-03-17
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Letter
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Beetson informs Hays that 'So far I have succeeded in keeping Mrs. Wright off any of the important committees of the Fed...
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219
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1924-03-03
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Letter
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Dr Millar is the General Secretary of the New York Federation of Churches. Like Mr Wells, he complains of the denigrati...
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184
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1924-03-01
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Report of activities
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Numerical summary of letters and literature mailed, conferences held, and pictures reviewed by the Executive Secretary o...
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164
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1924-02-26
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Telegram
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Concerns initiation of MPPDA assessment of literary material. Resolved that each member of this organization instruct i...
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208
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1924-02-21
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Memo
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Platten reports on the use of motion pictures on trans-oceanic and coastal passenger steamers, quoting extensively from ...
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223
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1924-02-17
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Correspondence
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Exhibitors and distributors are negotiating some modifications to the Uniform Contract. There are some worries about th...
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165
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1924-02-13
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Record of meeting
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Main business, beyond new appointments and resignations, concerns action to be taken against motion picture taxes - ta...
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3221
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1924-02-11
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Letter
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Requesting that he send a message to his Hollywood office endorsing the resolutions taken at the first AMPP meeting.
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188
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1924-02-01
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Correspondence
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Ethel Dorrance Smith sold rights to her novel Damned to Universal when Hays was promising that "the prevalent kind of bo...
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166
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1924-01-29
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Articles of Incorporation
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Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the AMPP." . . . the purposes for which said corporation is formed are not for ...
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3262
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1924-01-25
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Memo
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Censor BoardsUseful statement showing the various censor boards and the branches controlling the territories over which ...
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206
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1924-01-23
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Contract
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The MPTOA Standard Contract, and their Code of Ethics. Cohen's letter describes progress in negotiations with MPPDA over...
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140
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1924-01-21
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Letter
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Apparently Russell has sought the opinions of editors on motion picture advertising. Marshall's letter deplores scandal...
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182
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1924-01-09
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Report/s
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Reports of Public Relations Committee meetings throughout 1924.
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183
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1924-01-05
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Report of activities
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Activities of the office of the Executive Secretary of the Public Relations Committee, week by week, in 1924.
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220
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1924-01-04
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Letter
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This is a complaint about the habitual movie portrayal of telephone operators as a "novel reading gum chewer or flapper....
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197
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1924-01-01
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Pamphlet
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This introduces the Motion Picture Chamber of Commerce of America -- Non-Theatrical Incorporated, lists its aims and mem...
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263
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1923-12-31
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Pamphlet
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'The Growth of the Censorship Idea," an anti-censorship tract by George Haven Putnam, published by the American Rights L...
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114
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1923-12-15
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Resume
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Progress report on plans for New England better films committee. Mr Donaldson has toured Massachusetts on behalf of the ...
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154
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1923-12-10
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Letter
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Mrs Wright recommends action to get certain movies banned. (Letter from Beetson to Hays, 03-17-1924, indicates Mrs King...
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113
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1923-12-08
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Resume
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At the Committee meeting the question of block booking was raised. Members were assured that it was dying out. "Recentl...
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34
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1923-12-01
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Miscellaneous
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A listing of Joy's activities as Executive Secretary, December 1923 -- November 1924. Constitutes summary of numbers o...
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112
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1923-12-01
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Resume
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Music and films. Mr Zuro talks about the relationship between music and motion pictures, especially filmed operas. 6 fil...
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39
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1923-11-27
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Letter
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Notification of British National Film League resolution concerning copyright policy.
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111
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1923-11-27
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Report
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26 of 30 Film Boards of Trade (FBT) report better films committees in their areaReports from the Film Boards of Trade se...
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110
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1923-11-24
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Record of meeting
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Distinctive Pictures: Friend to Joy "a surprising thing. The people, represented in our membership, although theoretical...
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109
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1923-11-20
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Record of meeting
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Mr. Friend of Distinctive Pictures talks to the Committee on Public Relations
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108
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1923-11-17
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Record of meeting
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Evidence of exhibitor support for better films movement - woman hired by New England chain of theatres to run public rel...
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107
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1923-11-10
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Record of meeting
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Famous Players-Lasky (FPL) announced complete shut down of their studio on October 26 with a view to eliminate waste and...
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106
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1923-11-03
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Record of meeting
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Educational films National Catholic Welfare Council (NCWC) has started bi-monthly review of motion pictures - "These re...
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248
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1923-11-01
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Pamphlet
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The Civic Forum leads with the article, "Churches Unite for Wholesome Motion Pictures," and goes on to outline several i...
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105
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1923-10-27
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Report
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THE COVERED WAGON not yet available for small theatres because of its success. Children's matinees will permit more fle...
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104
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1923-10-20
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Report
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Report on the promotion of screen-writing through a college contest sponsored by Universal.Laemmle screenwriting contest...
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103
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1923-10-13
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Report
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At the Committee meeting, short subjects were screened and discussed. Shorts make up almost 50% of the average motion p...
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102
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1923-10-06
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Report
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General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) meeting in October on motion pictures.Information has recently come to my att...
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47
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1923-10-01
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List of personnel
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Officers, directors and members of Film Boards of Trade in key cities throughout the U.S.
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101
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1923-09-29
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Report
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Notes on Committee meeting of Sept. 25, mainly comprising detailed explanation of the Yale Chronicles of America film pr...
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100
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1923-09-25
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Record of meeting
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Committee on Public Relations (CPR) meeting. Yale Chronicles of America films presented by Prof. Stevenson - films in ed...
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99
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1923-09-22
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Report
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Relative box-office success of different films measured against THE SHEIK as 100%. Films in prisons making progressFigu...
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98
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1923-09-15
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Report
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Hanmer speech against censorship in favour of locally, not centrally organized Better Films committees working with exhi...
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97
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1923-09-08
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Report
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D.W. Griffith to make a film of American Revolution, encouraged by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and CP...
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56
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1923-09-07
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Memo
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In response to concern about rising production costs (mainly due to directorial extravagance), a plan is mooted whereby ...
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2022
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1923-09-07
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Letter
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MPPDA has established contact with the National Vigilance Committee of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, wh...
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96
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1923-09-01
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Report
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Famous Players-Lasky (FPL) abandon block-booking from 11-01-1923 - possibilities for community activity promoting more w...
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3282
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1923-08-27
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Letter
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Letter contains a memo on the Uniform Contract to be sent to all Branch managers aim is to send out uniform instruction...
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95
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1923-08-25
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Report
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Plans for regional conferences for Better films committees, especially in relation to New England.. A chart is included ...
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3251
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1923-08-24
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Newspaper article
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SAYS MOVIES WON'T REQUIRE CENSORSHIP. CHICAGO, Aug. 24 -- Another ten years will see the passing of the movie censor, de...
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94
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1923-08-18
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Report
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Report on conference convened by Better Films Committee of Atlanta - apparently the 1st such - establishment of organiza...
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