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United Artists Corporation ?£9 Seventh Avenue . New York, N, Y.
Attention: Mr. Murray Silverstone, | ie Generel Manacer.
Gentlemen:
Your letter of May 23 was duly received. “
i If you will kindly refer to our memorandum dated May 17, ' “989 addressed to your Mr. Herry Gold, you will find neither the
sending of the saic memorandum nor any of its contents in any wise
justifies your comment to the effect thet we attempted to contrdct
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directly with the Rivoli Theatre. «~~
_ It is clearly within our rights umgder our distribution contrect of July 22, 1936, and in accordance with the practice and custom heretofore uniformly followed between us, to negotiate _ the terms upon which our victures should be exhibited, so long es the ' gontrect of extibition is entered into by you es our distributor. In this connection may I call~y6éur attention to the provisions of Article "C" eubdivision 2, paragreoh 10 of seid contract which reeds as follows:
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2 Rind cagrign ia reserves the rirht-to-ocntroland oof ere een te one photoniays, and to airest the : Distributor to license the exhibition of its own
photoplays with each exhibitor, upon such terms end conditions as to the Producer may sechf{t."
4 : Yon arene a yor latter that you heve been erates tee es sole end exclusive = cense a e to Loit stribute and Seni bit atl photopley #0 et us, and you interpret this to mean thet under the said grant we heve no richt et any time without your consent, to: nerotiate directly with any exhibitor for the exhibition. our photoplays. If by thet you mean that we heve no right to ‘hecotiate a contract directly between “us, ss the producer and the exhibitor, we have no quarrel with you, but if by thet you mean that we as the producer have been deprived , of.gur fundementel, and inherent right to contract the exhibitor concerning terms and plisying time for our pictures, the actuei contracto to be entered intc between you as our distributor and the exhibitor, then you have committed fundemental error. We