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Because of theater protests, Universal Films and RKO Radio Pictures, distributors of 16mm, films to the HLU, cut off their supply of prints. Movies which were dropped were "The Informer," "Odd Man Out," "Great Expectations," "Citizen Kane," and "Room Service...
Theater managers based their protects on contracts which they had signed with film distributors. The agreement stated that theaters showing 35mm, prints did not have to compete with non-theatrical enterprises using 16mm...
...controversy arose three weeks ago when RKO Pictures Inc. and United World Films, distributors of 16mm films to HLU, refused to release any more movies which might compete with...
...Radio Pictures, Inc. informed the HLU Film Series committee that its showings were competing with local theaters. Therefore they will not release "The Informer" and "Room Service" for local 16mm projection...
According to RKO officials, distributors of films for the HLU series, the showings were competing with Cambridge Theaters. Contracts between theaters and distributors state that the latter will not release prints to non-theatrical 16mm enterprises...