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Celifornia, and thet the convention would be a National Convention. He stated that there would be no sectional conventions this year. He also stated that selling of the 1939-40 product would commence immediately after the convention; that he hed presented this fact forcibly to Messrs. Roosevelt end Mulvey end advised them that he felt thet the Goldwyn product, if sold last efter the rest of the United Artists’ product, might be handi-~ capped in securing week-end pley-dates and favorable pleying : time. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Mulvey advised him that United Artists was only authorized to announce two Goldwyn pictures at the convention, namely, (1) the Jascha Heifitz picture, and (2) the Gery Cooper picture. The General Meneger told ldessrs. Roosevelt and Mulvey that these pictures had already been sold, each having in excess of 7,000 contracts taken, emi therefore there would be no "new" pictures to announce for the succeeding ‘season.
9. EXHIBITION CONTRACTS: It was pointed out to the meeting that the exhibition contract used by the United Artists contained in it a sequence of release clause end a cleuse which provided that e breach of one contract constituted a breach of all outstanding exhibition contracts. It was the unanimous sense of the meeting that these two clauses be eliminated from the exhibition contract to be used during the selling season 1939-1940.
10. The General Manager also brought to the attention of the directors that some of the stockholders had not designated their directors for the English Compeny and asked them to please
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