145
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1924-09-01
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Report
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A record of the circulation of the AMPP resolutions concerning advertising principles. Several different form letters a...
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167
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1924-09-01
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Correspondence
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Censorship trouble over Vitagraph's Between Friends. The New York censors passed it on condition that certain eliminati...
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170
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1924-09-01
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Memos
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Herron, Hess and Smith spent an objectionable night at the movies with Father Kelly and friend, watching Between Friends...
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3209
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1924-09-03
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Memo
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Memo summarises newspaper article of views of M.C. Levee on the effect the Formula will have on fiction.
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200
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1924-09-09
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Memo
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Notices of MPPDA Board meetings, June to September 1924
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194
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1924-09-10
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Record of meeting
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Reports of Meetings of Publicity Managers, August-December 1924. Includes discussion of withdrawing financial support fr...
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144
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1924-09-17
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Letter
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Resolutions concerning advertising principles (not included here), passed at a Californian AMPP meeting, are being sent ...
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168
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1924-09-24
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Letter
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McMahon suggests three specific additional eliminations that would make Between Friends tolerable from the Catholic poin...
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169
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1924-09-25
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Letter
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Smith agrees at once to recall all prints of Between Friends and make the cuts suggested by McMahon. (Later -- 10-10-...
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207
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1924-09-26
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Report
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Detailed report describing the activities of the U.S. Navy Motion Picture Exchange, including its method of circulating ...
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213
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1924-09-27
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Report
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This is a 42 page survey on the Use of Motion Pictures in Teaching, possibly commissioned by Eastman Kodak. It demonstr...
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156
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1924-10-01
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Press clipping/s
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Articles concerning the example shown by Hays' initiatives in the motion picture industry, in demonstrating the advantag...
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186
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1924-10-01
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Correspondence
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Various letters concerning the rights to film the play Wildfire. Swarts is buying the rights from T. Hays Hunter and wa...
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190
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1924-10-01
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Correspondence
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Mr Vidavar has invented a Film Inspection Machine which is being promoted by the Film Inspection Machine Co., Inc. Zuko...
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157
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1924-10-03
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Memo
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Reports the establishment of a Joint Arbitration Board at a "neutral location" in New York City.
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149
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1924-10-07
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Letter
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Donaldson is in charge of MPPDA "institutional advertising." The Board has passed a resolution that each member should ...
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135
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1924-10-08
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Memo
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Restrictions upon advertising, and admonition not to release information on costs, wages and receipts.
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179
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1924-10-09
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Memo
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Outlines the necessity of providing special programmes for children, since it is unreasonable "to judge all motion pictu...
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202
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1924-10-25
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Letter
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Includes a copy of the resolution taken at the MPPDA Board of Directors meeting of 10-23-1924, which recognizes that "re...
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171
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1924-10-28
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Resolution
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AMPP Resolution to cooperate with L.A. Child Welfare Department, and to donate "school rooms, etc."
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209
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1924-11-01
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Correspondence
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Mrs Margaretta Reeve, National President of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, resigns from the Public Relat...
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214
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1924-11-01
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Correspondence
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The National Billiard Association and branches, claiming to represent over FOUR MILLION BILLIARD PLAYERS in America, obj...
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178
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1924-11-06
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Memo
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Suggestions for a small dramatic leader to introduce all the children's matinee programmes. In one suggestion, Hays him...
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195
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1924-11-06
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Record of meeting
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Reports of Scenario Editors' Meetings, November-December 1924
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211
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1924-11-10
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Letter
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Scanlon complains about motion pictures being run "according to the caprice, cupidity or standards of half a dozen peopl...
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216
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1924-11-14
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Memo
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Suggestions for specific cuts and alterations that Film Box Office (FBO) should make in Life's Greatest Game in order to...
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142
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1924-11-17
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Letter
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This is a letter from the Cinematograph Exhibitors Association of Great Britain and Ireland, informing the the MPPDA of ...
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221
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1924-11-21
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Letter
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Lawhead regrets the action of his publicity men in perpetrating a bomb hoax, and reports that that they "were placed in ...
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210
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1924-11-26
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Correspondence
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Rev. Charles Scanlon is director of the Department of Moral Welfare, Board of Christian Education, Presbyterian Church. ...
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212
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1924-11-26
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Memo
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Platten comes up with a strategy for dealing with Rev. Scanlon, involving his Dean Lathrop, the representative of all t...
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181
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1924-11-30
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Letter
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Mrs Bennett is President of the Citizens League of Maryland for Better Motion Pictures. She lists 32 salacious film tit...
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147
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1924-12-01
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Correspondence
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Memos from Ward Wooldridge, McKenzie, Smith and Platten concerning the development of a suitable emblem and trademark. ...
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150
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1924-12-01
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Correspondence
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The American Animal Defense League (AADL) has been waging a propaganda campaign, including billboard announcements, alle...
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177
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1924-12-01
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Report of activities
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44 whole children's matinee programmes are listed, giving the titles, stars, releasing company, and number of reels. NO ...
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185
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1924-12-01
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Miscellaneous
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Documentation relating to copyright, including a 1924 legislative proposal for extending the rights of the author, and a...
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134
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1924-12-02
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Letter
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Donaldson advises White to emphasize the entertainment value of EFC Educational films when writing his ads, rather than ...
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175
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1924-12-03
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Memo
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An account of the review of the children's matinee programmes by members of the Committee on Public Relations. Details ...
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148
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1924-12-04
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Memo
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Amongst the trademark correspondence are a series of summaries of advertisements or possible articles by an independent ...
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189
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1924-12-04
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Letter
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Mr. Clark, a projectionist at Grenada Opera House, has invented a new improved Film Waxing Machine. (Hays expresses his...
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174
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1924-12-09
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Letter
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The children's matinee programmes are to be given a trial run in Atlanta, where there will be a Ministers Conference in ...
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176
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1924-12-11
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Memo
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The annual MPPDA budget for the children's matinees.
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3222
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1924-12-11
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Memo
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Keogh has arranged for prints of the FP-L pictures that Woolridge has requested to be delivered to him. Letter details ...
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173
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1924-12-12
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Letter
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Details of how the logistics and financial arrangements will operate when the children's matinee programmes are introduc...
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172
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1924-12-22
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Letter
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Details of MPPDA scheme to distribute children's matinee programmes, of 7-8 reels of varied material from member compani...
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180
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1924-12-29
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Letter
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Mrs Gibbs is Vice President of The Citizens League of Maryland for Better Motion Pictures. Her letter is explicitly ant...
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3223
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1924-12-29
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Pamphlet
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The Motion Picture Situation and the Need for Federal Regulation of the Film Industry
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205
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1924-12-30
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Letter
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Concerning the split of the Motion Picture Relief Fund of America, Inc. from the Actors' Fund. According to an enclosed...
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133
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1924-12-31
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Memo
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Concerns the need to discourage offensive advertising, titles and themes, after complaint received from L.A. Better Busi...
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1329
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1924-12-31
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Plan
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The Railway Express Film Transport Company Incorporated's plan for centralized physical distribution of motion pictures ...
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1330
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1924-12-31
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Articles of agreement
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The Railway Express Film Transport Company Incorporated's uniform contract for the physical distribution of motion pictu...
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