Word: theaters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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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...
Gootonberg said that the HLU was able to find another distributor who supplied them with "Odd Man Out." The theater managers did not object to foreign films like "Shoe Shine" or "Ivan the Terrible...
...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...
...first protest came after the HLU's performance of Citizen Kane which attracted over 1600 persons. The University Theater management complained to RKO that this constituted competition...
...Liberal Union threatened yesterday to take court action against the University Theater for interfering with the HLU Film Series. However, the executive committee voted to attempt a private settlement before starting litigation...