The law of motion pictures (1918)

Record Details:

Title:
The law of motion pictures
Date:
1918
Publisher:
New York : Baker, Voorhis and Company
Volume:
The law of motion pictures : including the law of the theatre
Leaf #:
000278
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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CHAPTER V THE DISTRIBUTOR AND THE EXHIBITOR Sec. 74. Distributor — in general. 75. Exhibitor — in general. 76. Advertising matter, programs, bill-posters. 77. What are fixtures. 78. Replevin of film and machine. 79. Theatre leases. 80. Theatre a nuisance. 81. Franchise and booking agreements. 82. Benefit performances — private exhibitions. 83. Interstate commerce. 84. Bankruptcy. 85. Libel. Section 74. — Distributor — in general. It has become a practice in the motion picture industry to have separate organizations take care of the manufacture and distribution of the motion picture. A number of the concerns manufacturing the films turn over the finished product to a distributing agency. The distributing agency is usually the main organization, the manufacturing companies being subsidiaries of the releasing or distributing company. The distributing company maintains branches in the principal cities of the country, known in the trade as "exchanges” through which the motion pictures are rented out to the individual exhibitors. One of two methods is usually followed by the dis 214