Producers' Releasing Corporation legal file: United Artists Corporation records, Series 2G, 1940-1950

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United Artists Corporation

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Records of Producers' Releasing Corporation, a production and distribution company purchased in 1946 by Eagle-Lion which in turn was purchased in 1951 by United Artists. The file documents pictures...

Records of Producers' Releasing Corporation, a production and distribution company purchased in 1946 by Eagle-Lion which in turn was purchased in 1951 by United Artists. The file documents pictures produced during the 1940s.

The file contains materials dealing with the ownership of motion pictures: production contracts, certified copies of resolutions dealing with powers of attorney, letters amending contracts, assignments of perpetual title to motion pictures, warranty statements relating to ownership of pictures, exhibits relating to loans, affidavits of payment of costs, delivery certificates from film processing laboratories, and bills of sale for pictures.

Also included are materials dealing more directly with the production of motion pictures. These include lists of previous uses of specific titles; MPPDA title approval and certificates; certificates of copyright registration; assignments of story rights and music rights to producers; music cue sheets; certificates by authors and composers in the employ of producers, studios, or companies stating that their work is the property of the employer; and a few scattered scripts.

Of special interest are the items known as "summaries of production costs" or "certified statements of costs." These give detailed breakdowns of the production costs of motion pictures and include names of directors, producers, associate producers, cameramen, and writers; variant titles; starting and finishing dates; and breakdowns of over twenty different classifications of costs, including the names and salaries of cast members.

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