The film daily year book of motion pictures (1933)

paragraph 2 hereof are hereby respectively defined as follows: Treatment: A complete story outline indicating character development in, and the action of, each sequence. First Draft of Continuity. The first complete draft of any script, in continuity form including full dialogue. Final Continuity: A completed revision of the continuity, in substantial accordance with the instructions of the producer. PARAGRAPH THREE Credit to screen authors shall be governed by the following provisions: (a) The provisions of this paragraph 3 shall apply to all screen authors, whether free lance or under long term employment contract; provided, however, that in the case of any screen author whose contract of employment requires that credit be given him, the provisions of this paragraph 3 shall not be operative unless and until the producer shall have received from such screen author a written waiver of his right to receive credit. (b) Where more than one screen author has been engaged on the treatment and continuity of a photoplay, then all screen authors who have been so engaged shall have the right to agree amongst themselves as to which one or two of them shall receive credit for such authorship. The producer shall give the screen authors an opportunity to view a showing of the photoplay at any time between its first rough cut and its final version, the exact time to be designated by the producer on twentyfour hours' notice, either by wire, letter or phone; or if in the judgment of the producer a showing of the photoplay on twenty-four hours' notice would not be practical, then the producer may forward to each of such screen authors a cutting continuity of such photoplay. If within twenty-four hours after such showing or within twenty-four hours after the forwarding of such cutting continuity, as the case may be, all of such screen authors have unanimously designated to the producer in writing the names of the one or two screen authors to whom credit shall be given, then and in that event the producer shall give credit to the screen authors so designated by causing the names of such designated screen authors to be printed in the release prints of such photoplay in the following manner: (1) Such credit shall be worded as follows: "Screen Play By provided, however, that if such photoplay be based upon an original story and/or play written by one of said designated screen authors, then and in that event the producer, at its option, may give credit to such screen author by using only the following wording: "By " 12) The producer shall have the right to de termine in which one of the following places such credit shall appear: tw) On the main title card of the photoplay; or (x) On a separate title card; or (y) On the same title card as that on which the name of the director appears; or (z) On a title card on which credits are given to persons other than the director or the author provided, however, that in the case provided for in this subdivision (z) credit to the screen authors shall appear at the top of such title card and in type materially larger than that used to display the names of the other persons whose names appear on such title card. (3) Excepting only credit to be given the author of an original and/or published story and or play, and in the absence of contractual obligations to the contrary, all so-called screen "writing credits" shall be on one title card, (c) If all of the screen authors have not unanimously designated to the producer in writing the names of the one or two screen authors to whom credit shall be given, within twentyfour hours after the showing of the photoplay or the forwarding of the cutting continuity, then and in that event the producer shall have the right to give credit to as many screen authors as it may desire, and such credit or credits shall be in such manner and/or form and or place as the producer may designate and shall in no way be limited or restricted by the provisions of subdivision (b) hereof or otherwise. It is recommended, however, that where the producer has the right to designate the screen authors to whom credit shall be given, the producer shall endeavor to limit the same to as few credits as the producer may deem reasonably consistent with the particular circumstances of each case. (Signed) Motion Picture Companies and Producers' Representatives: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Harry Cohn; Fox Film Corporation, Al Rockett; Feature Productions, Joseph M. Schenck; Metro-GoldwynMayer, Irving G. Thalberg; Paramount-Publix Corporation, B. P. Schulberg; RKO-Radio Studios, David 0. Selznick; Tiffanv Studios, Sam Bischoff; Universal Pictures Corporation, Carl Laemmle, Jr.; Warner Brothers-First National, Darryl Zanuck. Writers' Special Committee: Waldemar Young, Chairman; Ralph Block, Clara Beranger, Al Cohn, Bartlett Cormack, Martin Flavin, Oliver H. P. Garrett, Benjamin Glazer, Howard J. Green, Percy Heath, Gerrit Lloyd, John Meehan, Herman Mankiewicz, Jane Murfin, J. K. McGuinness, Richard Schayer, James Seymour, Frank Woods, Carey Wilson. 565