The motion picture industry (1933)

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444 <^y ^ "v> ^> <^y <^ <^> <^y ^> Index man Anti-Trust Act) Federal District Court of New York on compulsory arbitration, 292 Federal Motion Picture Council of America, Inc. censorship by, 375-378 Federal Trade Commission and block booking, 142-180 Trade practice conference of 1927 of, 265-266, 276-278 v. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 2n, 19, 142-148 Film Boards of Trade, 221-222, 344n arbitration by, 266-268, 275, 281, 291 F.I.L.M. Clubs, 264 Film Daily, 344n Film, wide, 139-140 Finance, 2, 24-25, 77-79 Finland motion picture theaters in, 401 First National Pictures, Incorporated, 15, 17-19, 22-23 block booking by, 146 First-run theaters, 108, 114, 201-229, 394 in Chicago, 216 in Cleveland, 217 in Detroit, 214-216 in Los Angeles, 217 First runs, 5, 18 5-5-5 conferences, 230, 294, 314 Flag, national use of, in films, 387 Flat rental purchasing by foreign producers, 75 of Pathe pictures, 55 summary of, by Paramount Publix Corporation, 49 Follow-up on play dates, 63 on unplayed pictures, 63-65 Forecasting demand, 7, 186-187 Foreign amalgamations, 420 countries, block booking in, 410; export of films by, 428; im port restrictions in, 393-433; motion picture theaters in, 400-402 films, distribution of, 413; dubbing of, 401, 402n; effect of sound upon, 414-415; effect of World War upon, 395; patent problems of, 430^-32; production of, 413; protection of, 418 language films in United States, 428-429 markets for American films, 397— 404, 415, 425, 427 mergers, 420 producers, rentals by, 75, 393-394 quotas, 399-418 (see also individual countries) Fox Film Corporation block booking by, 150-151 [see also Fox Theaters Corporation) Fox Movietone News, 136 Fox Theaters Corporation centralized buying by, 69 competitor of, dealings with, 74—75 division management by, 69-75 policy of, 358-361 purchase of foreign films by, 75 reorganization of board of directors of, 79 sales methods of, 70-71 unit system, use of, by, 105 Fox-West Coast Theaters violation of Sherman Anti-Trust Act by, 208-212 Fox, William, 2, 6, 19, 22, 25 -Loew affiliation, 23 France as market for American films, 397398, 415, 425 feature films, production and distribution of, in, 413 Film Decree of, 404 import restrictions in, 75, 404—418; effect of sound pictures upon, 414-415