Evidence study no. 25 of the motion picture industry (1933)

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32 ^> ^> ^> The Motion Picture Industry approved, it is edited and usually submitted to the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, or some similar organization, for censorship. In some cases censor EXHIBIT 5 Record of Story Materials Purchased by Paramount Publix Corporation Record of Owned Properties Assigned* Date Acquired Assigned to Cost Total Title 1 Title $3,000 2 " 2,000 3 " 5,000 $ 10,000 Author etc. etc. etc. Record of Owned Properties Unassignedf Date Acquired Title Amount Total Advance \ Accounts of Originals to Writers * Authors' contracts to write stories listed under their respective names. t Catalogued stories of which no assignments have been made. % Advances against future stories, or stories in process. ship is not considered until after the story rights have been purchased. After approval of a story, a price limitation based on the executives' opinion of the motion picture value of the story is set, and the legal department is instructed to complete the purchase. In acquiring story rights, careful consideration is given to copyrights and to pictorial, pub