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

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Record Details:

Title:
Evidence study no. 25 of the motion picture industry
Date:
1933
Publisher:
New York : D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.
Volume:
The motion picture industry
Leaf #:
00068
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion picture industry
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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48 ^> ^> *C> The Motion Picture Industry ductions as contrasted with their respective established budgets. Exhibit 15 Estimated Final Cost Schedule Used by Paramount Publix Corporation Release Date Production Estimated Final Cost Budget Allowance Over Under 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter Average Cost Average Budget Average Over Average Under Number Productions Amount Half-year summaries list the actual results without reference to the expected results. Half-year summaries for the previous four years are made available for current use by the general production manager. Current records of receipts from pictures are maintained for executive use. These records serve as guides regarding public opinion and, as such, regulate production. Exhibit 16 shows a record of profit, giving a comparison of the total negative cost of pictures with the actual receipts from those pictures. Exhibit 17 gives the form used for a summary of rentals by groups of pictures and by individual pictures. According to the United States Bureau of the Census in 1929, there were 143 establishments, including both studios and laboratories, producing motion pictures in this country. Such of these production units as were engaged in making pictures for the theatrical trade appear to have been operated by 46 producing companies. Substantially the larger proportion of the pictures produced up to the present have been made at Hollywood. The