The motion picture industry (1933)

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Index <^r <£r <Z> <^> <^> ^> <Z> ^> 441 Buying associations, cooperative, 320324 {see also Cooperative associations) California climatic advantages of, 395 motion picture establishments in, 29, 48 protection in, 217 trailer production in, 243-244 Camera men salaries of, 133 Canada as market for American films, 397, 425 motion picture theaters in, 400 Cashier duties of, 60 Censorship, 110, 365-392 by Association of Motion Picture Producers, 124, 388 by Better Films National Council, 367 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 368 by Federal Motion Picture Council of America, Inc., 375-378 by Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Incorporated, 365, 371-372, 383384 by National Association of the Motion Picture Industry, 367-368 by National Board of Censorship, 366 by National Board of Review, 366368, 373-375, 390 by National Committee for Better Films, 373-375 by Upshaw bill, 376-378 code of, 385-388 Coolidge, Calvin, on, 378 federal, 377 Hudson bill for, 379 in Kansas, 369 in New York, 366, 389 in Ohio, 369 in Pennsylvania, 369 of brutality, 387; costumes, 387; crime, 385; dances, 387; dialogue, 380-392; obscenity, 386; profanity, 386; religion, 387; repellent subjects, 387; sex, 386; titles, 387; use of flag, 387; vulgarity, 386 of talking pictures, 380-392 Census of Distribution, 13, 29 Centralization of control by Fox Theaters Corporation, 69-75 of management for chains, 347-348 Chain theaters, 17-21, 85, 336-364 affiliated, 345 centralized management for, 347 348 management of, 336-364 managers of, 9, 346 {see also individual companies) Checking of box office receipts by distributor, 194-195, 258 Chicago first-run theaters in, 216 Child Welfare, 392 Children suitable films for, 365, 390, 392 Cinema Corporation of America, Incorporated, 15 Cleveland zoning in, 217 Code of advertising ethics, 258-261 of censorship, 385-388 Color use of, difficulties in, 91, 138-139 Comedies {see Short subjects) Competition, 12, 22, 134-135, 318 Competitors sale to, 74-75 Consolidations, 6, 22-27, 77-78, 314 {see also Chain theaters) Consumer advertising, 234—261 Contracts, 118, 137, 230, 294 equity, 122-124 record of, by Paramount Publix Corporation, 35