Film Year Book 1927 (1927)

Acceptance of Application TWENTY-SECOND: This instrument shall be deemed an application for a license under copyright only and shall not become binding until accepted in writing without alteration or change by an officer of or any person duly authorized by the Distributor and notice of acceptance sent to the Exhibitor as herein provided. The deposit by the Distributor of any check or other consideration given by the Exhibitor at the time of application as payment on account of any sums payable hereunder shall not be deemed an acceptance hereof by the Distributor. Unless notice of acceptance of this application by the Distributor is sent to the Exhibitor by mail or telegraph within the number of days after the date thereof hereinafter specified immediately following the name of the city wherein is situated the branch office of the Distributor from which the Exhibitor is served, said application shall be deemed withdrawn and the Distributor shall forthwith return any sums paid on account thereof by the Exhibitor. Albany, 10; Atlanta, 15; Boston, 10; Buffalo, 10; Charleston, 15; Charlotte, 15; Chicago, 15; Cincinnati, 15; Cleveland, 15; Dallas 20; Denver, 20; Des Moines, 15; Detroit, 15; El Paso, 25; Indianapolis, 15; Jacksonville, 15; Kansas City, 15; Los Angeles, 25; Little Rock, 15; Louisville, 15; Memphis, 15; Milwaukee, 15; Northern New Jersey, 7; Minneapolis, 20; Butte, 30; New Haven, 10; New Orleans, 15; New York City, 7; Oklahoma City, 20; Omaha, 15; Peoria, 15; Philadelphia, 10; Pittsburgh 10; Portland, Ore., 30; St. Louis, 15; Salt Lake City, 20; San Francisco, 20; Seattle, 20; Washington, D. C, 10. A copy of this application, signed by the Exhibitor shall be left with the Exhibitor at the time of signing, and in the event of acceptance thereof as above provided a duplicate copy, signed by the Distributor, shall be forwarded to the Exhibitor. Schedule In the schedule there shall be provided space in which shall be specified either the title of each photoplay, or the name of the star, director or author thereof of the brand by which such photoplays are known. The schedule shall also contain the words "Protection Period" and word "Run" with space to specify the protection period of run, if any, agreed upon. '^^Cancellation *OPTIONAL CANCELLATION CLAUSE: If this contract designates certain photoplays by title, it shall be non-cancellable as to such photoplays. If it embraces a series of photoplays not designated by title it may be cancelled as to such series by either party after two photoplays of such series have been played and paid for by notice in writing to the other party after paying the second of said photoplays, such cancellation to take effect after ( ) additional photoplays shall have been exhibited and paid for. *It is optional with Distributors to incorporate or omit this clause from their Standard Exhibition Contract. DIRECTIONS TO SALESMEN: While you have every right to trade among prospective customers to obtain the best ofTer possible for your product, after you have selected a particular exhibitor whose ofifer you believe to be the best obtainable and take a written application from such exhibitor, you are hereby directed to forward the application to the office of your company and make no further effort to sell the same service to any other exhibitor directly competing with such exhibitor until the application has been duly rejected or accepted or withdrawn in accordance with its terms. John C. Brownell Film Booking Offices of America 470