Investigation of concentration of economic power; monograph no. 1[-43] (1940)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Letter of transmittal ^^ Introduction ^i Chapter I. The pattern * Development of the pattern | Crystallization of the pattern ^ Chapter II. The issues VV-V oo Block booking, blind selling, and the forcmg of shorts ^^ Block booking *^ Forcing of short subjects ^° Blind selling ^^ Designated play dates ^* Other practices affecting distributor-exhibitor relationships ^o Overbuying ^^ Selective contracts ^^ Clearance and zoning ,- ^V Unfairly specified admission prices. ^. *^ Other practices affecting relationships between exhibitors 47 Chapter III. Observations ^^ APPENDIXES I. The eight major companies — ^^ II. The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., or the Hays organization ^^ III. The consent decree ' '•*