2959
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1938-12-09
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Agreement
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Copy of the Licensing agreement between companies and educators for the use of motion pictures as an educational tool --...
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1181
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1938-11-30
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Memo
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Spyros Skouras has been complaining to Palfreyman about double-billing, which has escalated in some cases to 3 or 4 movi...
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1177
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1938-11-28
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Memo
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DeBra reports on the organization "Films for Democracy" (earlier "Frontier Films'), which wants to make entertainment fi...
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2932
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1938-11-25
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Letter
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Sending Harmon the file on the film Angels With Dirty Faces.
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2933
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1938-11-23
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Memo
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Almost all the studios now have a boys gang series -- this trend is worrying as they do not adhere to the general princi...
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1187
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1938-11-23
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Miscellaneous
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Breen and Harmon want to add a new paragraph to the Regulations, specifically to enable them to deal with the increasing...
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2934
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1938-11-22
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Memo
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Universal is making a film which depicts male youths being injured -- a bad boy type film. Boy gang films are concerning...
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2922
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1938-11-22
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Memo
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Reliance Pictures is finishing up but Reliance vice-president Ed Small is forming Ed Small Productions -- can MPPDA memb...
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2911
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1938-11-18
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Memo
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Lists the meetings to be held on 19 November 1938 -- in relation to the representation of Nazi Germany in American newsr...
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1183
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1938-11-18
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Memo
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Film Daily 17 November 1938 included an item "Newsreels to Huddle on Nazi Outrages." This memo confirms that the indust...
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1184
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1938-11-15
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Report
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The report of the Advertising Committee on Motion Pictures' Greatest Year -- the improved profits have to do with the im...
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3158
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1938-11-14
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Memo
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Routine correspondence.
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2960
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1938-11-14
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Various
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File on the Teaching Film Custodians, Inc. General information about the formation and working of the group. Motion Pic...
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1201
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1938-11-10
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Memo
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Re Motion Picture's Greatest Year Advertising campaign. While direct box-office results are hard to prove, this was eff...
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2936
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1938-11-09
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Letter
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Lists the prison films made by member companies in the last two years. Production Trends.
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2935
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1938-11-09
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Memo
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A list of films considered boy gang pictures -- this type of film is concerning the PCA. The depiction of youth acting i...
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1176
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1938-11-04
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Bulletin/circular
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The Growth of Screen Advertising." The public pays for entertainment but gets advertising. Movie houses threaten to co...
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2939
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1938-10-31
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Letter
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Paramount has been combining the PCA seal of approval and the NBR insignia -- there is a fear this will confuse audience...
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2921
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1938-10-31
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Press excerpts
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Collection of press editorials written about and during the industry publicity drive Motion Pictures' Greatest Year.
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2937
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1938-10-20
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Letter
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The PCA charges will be waived for the MGM two reel short The World Is Ours -- the film was made as part of the industry...
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