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Trade Associations
The Hot ion Picture Theatre Owners of America (V P T 0 1. This association was organized in 1920 by independent theatre ovmers to combat the theatre expansion policy pursued "by Famous Players Lasky Corporation.
The organization is composed of several state and regional groups operating as independent associations. The national organization o„ttempts to coordi nate activities and provide uniform action on problems of major inportance to exhibitors. It nay roughly "be stated to represent at least 2,500 of the affiliated theatres.
In 1927, "because of the expressed belief that more constructive accomplishments could be secured by constructive cooperation rather than open hostility, producer-distributor theatre owners were granted membership. The organization immediately "became financially dependent upon these new members and control passed from the hands of the independents to the new group.
Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors. This Association was originally formed in 1923 as a protest against some of the practices of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America. It was fashioned after the M.P T 0 A. and in many instances regional groups simply transferred their allegiance from one organization to the other. In 1926, following a promise by the II ? T 0 _-. to serve the interests of the independent exhibitors primarily, Allied States voted to disband and affiliate with the former. Two veoxs later certain prominent independent exhibitor members of the original Allied groiro decided to reorganize.
In 1932 Professor Lewis Howard reported that Allied States represented 6,000 theatres. It is generally conceded by the Industry that the larger circuits are represented by the ii ? T 0 A, and the smaller theatres by Allied States.
Trade Union Activity
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Motion Picture Machine Q-oerators of the United States and Canada. This union was composed of approximately 26,000 members in 1934, according to a statement made in that year by its Assistant President, Louis Krou.se . It is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and its members are the skilled employees in the Industry. The organization is composed of a number of local unions throughout the United States and Canada.
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