Word: quota
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...doing as well as he ought; however, it takes a few days to get accustomed to the correct methods of approaching prospects. As time goes on, his volume of advertising will gradually increase until he is bringing in enough money to enable him easily to reach the required quota...
...work is not difficult and the time required is less than that demanded by the competition for the news board. Since the quota for the Class of 1939 has already been filled on the news board and no further competitions will be held except for 1940, all Sophomores who wish to express themselves in print on College subjects will and this competition the last opportunity...
...hits. Length has another advantage in that it helps combat what producers call the "double bill evil." An additional reason for Suzy's length is that the Legion of Decency would not have permitted a straightforward adaptation of Herbert Gorman's mildly lubricious novel. Consequently the full quota of Harlow appeal which the picture contains had to be injected gradually rather than in short strong doses. Aside from the stuffy epic manner which ill befits its subject, it is a fair sample of its school-frivolous, kinetic and absurd, but not without real moments...
More significant for the Schencks will be savings resulting from consolidation of their British producing units with those of Gaumont. Henceforth, Gaumont will make for M-G-M and Fox the pictures which British law requires a foreign cinema company to produce in Britain under its quota system. For every 1,000 ft. of film which, say, M-G-M exports to Britain, another 225 ft. has to be shot on British lots. Slapped together as cheaply as possible, these "quota" films are even more of an imposition on British audiences than "summer fare" on U. S. audiences. Gaumont, explained...
Total number of feature pictures scheduled for U. S. release next season is 912. Of these 485 will be made by major companies, 427 by minor and foreign producers. Paramount's quota is largest: 78 feature pictures, 113 shorts. Second biggest list is Twentieth Century-Fox's: 69 features, 100 shorts...