Correspondence, 1927 March 3-7

Description:	Correspondence, speeches, and other documents sent to and from Will H. Hays during the 1920s. Born in Sullivan, Indiana in 1879, Hays served as chairman of the Republican National Committee (February 1918-June 1921); manager of Warren G. Hardings presidential campaign (1920); U.S. postmaster general (March 1921-March 1922); and president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) (1922-1945). In addition to materials related to Hays personal and professional interests, this folder contains correspondence about block booking bills, Hays five year anniversary as president of the MPPDA, the incorporation of the company Gillespie System, Inc., allegations by Conway Tearle about being blacklisted by the industry, an editorial about making motion pictures more realistic, and the Warner Brothers radio station. It also includes correspondence about a misunderstanding at a recent board meeting that resulted in the dissolution of a department of the Association as well as a concerns about friction between the Association of Motion Picture Producers in California and the MPPDAs office in New York.
Origin:	1924-03-03
Created By:	Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/47320
Collection:	Will H. Hays Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Geography:	United States
Subjects:	Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954 Correspondence Politics and government Politicians Republican Party (U.S. : 1854-) Motion picture industry Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America Joy, Jason S. (Jason Shepherd), 1886- Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936 Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958 Block booking Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (U.S.) Long, Ray, 1878-1935 Phi Delta Theta Fraternity Sheehan, Winfield, 1883-1945 Goodrich, James P. (James Putnam), 1864-1940 Kent, Sidney R., 1885-1959 Indiana Lincoln Union Tearle, Conway, 1878-1938 Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976 Cochrane, Robert H., 1879-1973 Universal Pictures Corporation Hammons, E. W., 1882-1962 Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 Presbyterian Church Pension trusts Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Laemmle, Carl, 1867-1939 Associated First National Pictures, Inc. Murray, Mae, 1885-1965 New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937 Nicholson, Meredith, 1866-1947 Censorship Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Warner, Samuel Louis, 1887-1927 Work, Hubert, 1860-1942 Vitaphone Corp. Car wash industry

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