The motion picture industry (1933)

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Index <^> O <^y O O O <^> 445 Motion Picture Chamber of Commerce of, 407 motion picture theaters in, 401 Franchise agreement of the Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors, 307-313 "Frankenstein", 331 Franklin, Harold B., 208, 336, 344n, 356 Gaumont, 25 General Electric Company, 27 General Film Company, 6-7, 10-11, 15, 147 Germany as market for American films, 397 404, 425 dubbing in, 401, 402n export of films by, 428 import restrictions in, 395M-04 kontingent law of, 399-404, 431 motion picture theaters in, 401-402 requirements of, for foreign films, 398-404 Gilman, Mrs. Robbins, 375, 380-382, 392 Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, 18 Gordon chain, 9, 18 Government control, 6, 19, 377 of arbitration, 275-298 of block booking, 19, 142-180 (see also Arbitration. Censorship. Patents problem. Protection. Sherman Anti-Trust Act) Gray circuit, 18 Great Britain as market for American films, 397, 401, 415, 425 Cinematograph Films Act of, 422 import restrictions in, 405, 422 motion picture theaters in, 401 Greece motion picture theaters in, 401 Guaranty and split, 191-192 riarrison's Reports, 222 Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 2n Hawley, H. C, 2n Hays Organization, 317, 355 arbitration, 271, 287 censorship, 371-372, 384 protection, 213-229 (see also Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Incorporated) Hays, Will on arbitration, 271 (see also Hays Organization) Hearst Metrotone News, 136 History of the industry, 1-27 "Hollywood psychology", 106-107 Hudson bill, 379 Hughes-Franklin circuit, 344n Hungary motion picture theaters in, 401 Illinois protection and zoning plans in, 216— 222 Import restrictions of foreign countries, 393-433 Importation of films by foreign countries, 393-433 by United States, 428-429 (see also individual countries) Independent exchanges, 5-14 exhibitors, 299-335 operating costs of, 13 (see also Chain theaters) Information, sources of as to successes, 85-87 Infringement, 131-132 (see also Patents problem) Integration, 83 horizontal, 23 trend toward, in early days, 5-27 vertical, 5-23 Iowa protection attempts in, 221-222, 226 Isaacs, Nathan on commercial arbitration, 269 Italy import restrictions in, 424