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Mr. Scollard made a motion te approve allgactions .of. the Execa 8 utive Comittee, which Was seconded and carried.
he renewel of the San Francisco Branch lease for a period of _ six years from December lst, 1950 to November 30th, 1956 at $400 per month was approved in a motion by Mr. Muller, which was secondedfand carried.
The contracts between United Artists Corporation and Photoplay Productions, Inc., dated December i5th, 1950, tor ten pictures over a per’ iod of seven years, and between United Artists Corporation and U A Produetions Corp. for ten pictures,: and which do not obligate United Artists Corporation to contribute any money toward the production of these pictures, were approved in a motion made by Mr. ScoLlard, ‘secherted end carried.
Mr. McNamee advised the Board that Staniey Kramer Productions, Inc. | had requested. three changes in their contract with United Artists Corpor: é ation
(1) that United Artists Corporation return to Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc., the picture THE MEN which Mr. Schaefer could seil in Spain;
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(2) _ that Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc., wanted a reduction from 423% to 373% distribution charged on dubbed prints in foreign territeries;
: (3) that Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc., wanted page 20 of the contract covering exploitation and cooperative edvertising charges changed so that ali five copies of the contract = t would be changed in accordance with the copy in Kramer's ek possession. The Board, was advised that the United-4rtists contract concern=-~;~~ ’ ing the sale of THE MEM in Spain provided that United Artists was entitled to a percentage accruing from any sale made by the producer's tative or United Artists. The Board was aiso advised that the dubbing
charge was not an isolated case as was originaily claimed by Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc., but these same terms prevail in other contracts. The Board was further advised that the fact that the contract in Kramer's possession which contained a different page 20 was attributable to the fact that this had inadvertently not been changed at the time all copies of _ the contract were signed, and at which time all other four copies were changed. The Board declined to take any ection which would change the contract. ‘
_ Mr. O'Brien drew the attention of the Board to the fact that Selznick has attached $109,000, a large part of the claim being the amount United Artists has withheld pending settlement of a tax in India. °
3 Mr. O'Brien also mentioned the Hughes suit, and there was a discussion as te whether or not United Articts can offset the momey owed by California Productions against the money United Artists owes the Hughes
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