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WILL H. HAYSLetter, 1 page, October 12, 1926on Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America, Inc. letterhead469 Fifth Avenue, New York City
to Adolph Zukor **Famous Players-Lasky Corporation485 Fifth Avenue, New York City, N.Y.
Signed: "Will H. Hays"Regarding a possible film title "The White Slave"
In part: "...it might lend itself to some unfortunate phrases of exploitation."Condition: very good; old envelope folds, light age toning***
In 1927 the film The White Slave was directed by Augusto Genina.Original title was Die Weisse Sklavin.
Other films in later years, also use a similar title.** Adolph Zukor was a Hungarian-born film mogul, one of the Hollywood pioneersand co-founder of Paramount Pictures.
Produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Prisoner of Zenda (1913).
In 1949 an Honorary Academy Award was presented to Zukor for his servicesto the industry over a forty-year period.
Remained Paramount's Chairman of the Board until his death at 103.Will H. Hays (William Harrison Hays Sr) was an American politician,member of the Republican Party.
Became the first chairman of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributorsof America. (MPPDA). As chairman, he established the famous (or infamous)production code known as the Hays Code, in effect from 1934 to 1968.Adolph Zukor, born: 1873, Ricse, Austria-Hungary; died: 1976, Los Angeles, California.
Will H. Hays, born: 1879, Sullivan, Indiana; died: 1954, Sullivan, Indiana.
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