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such coupons or thrift tickets is kivch.
attempts to evade the classification of any thea
^••U upon the price charged for admission
thereto by any plan or device whatsoever permitting
the admission oi persons at less than the established
ol admission, shall, upon proof thereof made
Before the Continuing Zoning Committee, authorize
such ■ on e-classify such theatre under this
uniform zoning plan based upon the actual value of such admission thereto.
i .11 purposes of this uniform zoning plan the
initial exhibition of a motion picture in a city or -Hall be deemed a first run thereof regardless ■ character or. location of the theatre, or the price charged for admission thereto. "A road showing" of any motion picture shall not be deemed a Rrsl run thereof, and any exhibition of a motion picture Eor more than one show week shall be deemed an extended run.
It any of the provisions of this Zoning Plan concerning admission prices, the order of availability of notice of availability thereof, are in contradiction of or modify any o( the provisions of any of the numbered articles of any Standard License Agreement hereafter adopted and genera '.ly used in the industry, the provisions of said numbered articles of such Standard License Agreement shall be controlling and all such provisions of this Zoning Plan deemed of no effect.
IT IS AGREED that all situations known as KEY CITIES in the Chicago territory other than mentioned elsewhere herein, shall play their pictures within forty-two days after availability or forfeit the protection on subsequent runs accorded them in this schedule.
IT IS \LSO AGREED that the cities of SPRINGFIELD and SOUTH BEND are not to be governed by the foregoing arrangement, but may play their pictures on or immediately after national release date without regard to the Chicago first-run showing. It is understood, however, that if the cities of Springfiel 1 and South Bend do not play their pictures within forty two days after the close of the Chicago firstrun showing, they forfeit the protection accorded them in this schedule.
A CONTINUING ZONING COMMITTEE to hear existing and future complaints with reference to any individual situation is hereby constituted as follows:
Circuit affiliated theatres: Messrs. Max Balaban and James Cbston.
Circuit unaffiliated theatres: Messrs. Floyd Brockell and E. E. Alger.
Unaffiliated exhibitors: Messrs. Jack Miller and Aaron Superstein.
Distributors: Messrs. Clyde Eckhardt and Norman Moray.
Miss Edna Pfister designated as secretary of the committee.
The Continuing Zoning Committee shall_ be at all times representative of distributors, unaffiliated exhibitors and affiliated exhibitors and is authorized to recommend the classification of theatres such as that contained in this Uniform Zoning Plan and such other reasonable classification as may hereafter from time to time be used in the motion picture industry; and to recommend the zoning of theatres and the clearance and protection of motion pictures as between theatres, including clearances and protection according to runs and ) or prices of admission. The Continuing Zoning Committee also is authorized to recommend the classification of and protection and clearance for any theatre not herein provided for.
The Continuing Zoning Committee shall be convened upon the call of the chairman or a majority of the members thereof.
The Continuing Zoning Committee shall hear the complaint of any exhibitor or distributor concerning any of the provisions of this Uniform Zoning Plan and to recommend in each such case a fair disposition thereof. Any such complaint shall be in writing and delivered to the chairman or secretary of the Continuing Zoning Committee, who shall notify the complainant and all others concerned or interested, of the time and place fixed for a hearing thereon.
The authority of the Continuing Zoning Committee shall be limited by the provisions hereof.
No change or modification of this Zoning Plan after its adoption shall be recommended by any Continuing Zoning Committee which increases or reduces the length and / or area of protection herein specified for any one or more of a group or classification of theatres unless such increase or reduction shall be made to apply to all theatres of such group or classification.
PROTECTION
Illinois
No. of Exhibitor's Location Extended Protection Days
AURORA Naperville 14
Sixty days' protection Batavia 14
on subsequent runs. Piano 14
Yorkville 14
Sandwich 14
West Chicago 14
Hincklev 14
Etburn ' 14
Geneva 14
BLOOMINGTON Clinton 14
Hey worth 14
Thirty days' protection Le Roy 14
on subsequent runs. Sa vbrook 14
Colfax 14
Irving Theatre — Sixty Lexington 14
davs' protection on Fl Paso 14
subsequent runs. Farmer City 14
Chenoa 14
Gridley 14
BLUE ISLAND Dolton 14
Sixty days' protection on subsequent runs.
CHAMPAIGN Urbana 60
Sixty days" protection on subsequent runs.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS Stegei 14
Sixty days' protection Homewood 14
on subsequent runs.
DANVILLE Catlin 14
Thirty days' protection Westville 14
on subsequent runs. Fairmount 14
Side i 14
Ridge Farm 14
Fischer Theatre — Sixty Georgetown 14
days' protection on Kossville 14
subsequent runs. Chrisman 14
Homer 14
Hoopeston 14
St. Joseph 14
Rankin 14
Newport, Ind 14
Covington, Ind 14
DECATUR Maroa 14
Thirty days* protection Monticello 14
on subsequent runs. Bement 14
Cerro Gordo 14
Lincoln Square Theatre Illiopolis 14
—Sixty days' protec Warrensburg 14
tion on subsequent Blue Mound 14
runs. Macon 14
I.jovington 14
Su'.livan *
Moweaqua 14
Taylorville *
Pana *
ELGIN Barrington 14
Sixty days' protection Crystal Lake 14
on subsequent runs. Palatine 14
Arlington Heights....... 14
Hampshire 14
Dundee 14
Huntley 14
Algonquin 14
Fox River Grove 14
Genoa 14
FREEPORT Stockton 14
Pecatonica 14
Sixty days' protection Forreston 14
on subsequent runs. Elizabeth 14
Hanover 14
GALESBURG Monmouth 14
Sixty days' protection Abingdon 14
on subsequent runs. Knoxville 30
Oneida 14
Alexis 14
HARVEY Dolton 14
Sixty days' protection on subsequent runs.
JOLIET Lemont 14
Thirty days' protection Lockport 14
on subsequent runs. Morris 14
Rockdale 14
Rialto Theatre — Sixty Plainfield 14
days' protection on Wilmington 14
subsequent runs. Manhattan 30
Coal City 14
Braidwood 14
Argo 14
KANKAKEE Peotone 14
Thirty days' protection Momence 14
on subsequent runs. Bradley 14
Manteno 14
Majestic Theatre — Sixty St. Anne 14
days' protection on Chebanse 14
subsequent runs. Clifton 14
Oilman 14
Bourbonnais 14
Watseka *
KEWANEE Buda «. 14
Sixty days' protection Tulon 14
on subsequent runs. Galva 14
Woodhull 14
Cambridge 14
Sheffield 14
Nenonset 14
Atkinson 14
Genesee 14
Wyoming 14
Annawan 14
LA SALLE Peru 30
Sixty days' protection (Peru shall play 30 days
on subsequent runs. after Majestic and 14
days after La Salle.)
Majestic Theatre — Sixty Oglesby 14
days' protection on Spring Valley 14
subsequent runs.
La Salle Theatre— ;Thir Ladd 14
ty days' protection on DePue 14
subsequent runs. Henry 14
Bureau 14
Mendota *
Wayanet 14
Tiskilwa 14
Seatonville 14
Hennenin 14
Granville 14
Standard 14
Lamoille 14
Princeton *
PEORIA Lacon 14
Thirty days' protection Chi.licothe 14
on subsequent runs. East Peoria 30
Washburn 14
Madison Theatre — Sixty Metamore 14
days' protection on Washington 14
subsequent runs. Eureka 14
Morton 14
Pekin 14
Tremont 14
Manito 14
Farmington 14
Fairview 14
Elmwood 14
Brimfteld 14
Princeville 14
Canton 14
"Immediately after.
ROCKFORD Belvidere 7
Thirty days' protection Marengo 14
on subsequent runs, Kirkland 14
Rochelle 14
Coronado Theatre — Six Woodstock 7
ty days' protection on Harvard 7
subsequent runs. Capron 14
Byron 14
Mt. Morris 14
Forreston 14
Pecatonica 14
Rockton 14
Durand 14
Winnebago 14
Oregon 14
SPRINGFIELD Petersburg •
Thirty days' protection Athens *
on subsequent runs. Pawnee 14
Riverton 14
Waver ly 14
Dawson 14
Buffalo 14
Edinburg 14
Chatam 14
Lincoln *
Taulla *
SPRING VALLEY Bureau 14
Thirty days' protection Ladd 14
on subsequent runs. Cherry 14
Standard 14
STERLING Rock Falls 30
Sixty days' protection Morriston 14
on subsequent runs. Prophetstown 14
Tampico 14
Milledgeville 14
Fulton 14
Walnut 14
Polo 14
STREATOR Kangley 14
Sixty days' protection Wenona 14
on subsequent runs. Rutland 14
To'ucca 14
Odell 14
Dwight 7
Long Point 14
Minonk 14
Lostant 14
Pontiac 7
WAUKEGAN North Chicago 14
Sixty days' protection Libertyville 14
on subsequent runs. Great Lakes 14
Gray's Lake 14
Antioch 14
Lake Bluff 14
'Immediately after.
Indiana
GARY Valparaiso 7
Thirty days' protection. Crown Point 14
First run. Hobart 14
Bebron 14
HAMMOND Indiana Harbor. Day & date
Sixty days over all (If the Indiana Theatre
houses. charges the same eve
ning adult admission price as first run theatres in Hammond it shall play day and date with Hammond. If the Indiana Theatre charges a lesser admission than Hammond it shall play one week later than Hammond.
East Chicago 7
Lowell 14
Whiting 7
MICHIGAN CITY Chesterton 14
Tivoli Theatre — Sixty New Buffalo 14
days' protection on Porter 14
subsequent runs.
Starland Theatre— Thirty days' protection on subsequent runs.
SOUTH BEND Walkerton 14
Thirty days' protection Mishawaka 30
on subsequent runs. Elkhart 14
Goshen 14
Plymouth 14
New Carlisle 14
Niles. Mich 14
Nappanee 14
"Immediately after.