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Between 1921 and 1965, New York State required film distributers to obtain permission to screen individual films. Series A1418 consists of 71,269 case files documenting the application process, administered by the Motion Picture Division. Case files contain license applications, copies of film scripts, examiners' reports; and amendments to scripts if changes were required. This index summarizes the information in each case file. Search it by entering values in one or more of the fields below.
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Alternate Title | English Title | Episode | Writer | Director | Manufacturer | Exchange | Country | Footage | Year Filed | Script Type | Additional Material | Determination | Note | Casefile | Box Number | Copy Request | For More Information |
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Christus | Arc Film Co | Italy | 6400 | 1932 | Dialogue | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 23344 | 147 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Christus |
Cines Film |
Dux Film Prod Co Inc | Italy | 6800 | 1927 | Title Script | Correspondence | Eliminations | Silent | 4952 | 2644 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Chronique D'Un Ete |
Paris 1960 Chronicle Of A Summer |
Argos Films |
Pathe Contemporary Films Inc | France | 7955 | 1965 | English TranslationSubtitles Script | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 73460 | 2548 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||
Chrysanthemum Medallion, The |
Pei, Chan |
Chui Nai Film Co |
Sun Sing Chinese Theater Inc | Hong Kong | 8051 | 1954 | English TranslationDialogue | Advertising | Approved | N/A | 60012 | 1811 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||
Chu Chin Chow | Ali Baba Nights |
Knoblock, Edward |
Forde, Walter |
Gainsborough Pict
Ltd |
Gaumont British Pict Corp of America | Great Britain | 9625 | 1934 | Dialogue | Correspondence | Eliminations | N/A | 27903 | 317 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||
Chu Chin Chow |
Graham Wilcox |
MGM Dist Corp | United States | 6362 | 1924 | None | Approved | Silent | 2012 | 2600 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Chu Chin Chow |
Graham Wilcox Prod |
Graham Wilcox Prod | United States | 7555 | 1924 | None | Correspondence | Eliminations | Silent | 2013 | 2600 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Chu Dynasty, The |
Far, Yum Wu |
Grandview Motion Pict
Co |
Grandview Motion Pict Co | Hong Kong | 6962 | 1937 | English Translation | Advertising | Approved | N/A | 33968 | 574 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||
Chu Gon In Mongolia |
Yook, Tau |
Universal Motion Pict
Co |
New York Chinese Film Exch | Hong Kong | 9500 | 1937 | English TranslationDialogue | Approved | N/A | 33770 | 564 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Chua Hung Village |
Chow, Wong Yee |
World Wide Film
Co |
New York Chinese Film Exch | China | 9605 | 1937 | English TranslationDialogue | Approved | N/A | 33075 | 532 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Chucho El Remendado |
Patches |
Garcia, Juan Solares, Gilberto Martinez |
Solares, Gilberto Martinez |
Mier And Brooks |
Azteca Films Inc | Mexico | 6649 | 1952 | English TranslationDialogue | Correspondence | Eliminations | N/A | 58268 | 1721 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||
Chucho El Roto | Caucho El Roto |
Chucho The Dandy |
Cinematografica Mexicana
SA |
Cine-Export Dist Co | Mexico | 8058 | 1935 | None | CorrespondencePlot Summary | Rejected | N/A | 28934 | 357 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||
Chucho El Roto |
Chucho The Bum |
Portillo, Adolfo Torres De Martino, Inigo |
Delgado, Miguel M |
Reforma Films SA |
Azteca Films Inc | Mexico | 9096 | 1955 | English TranslationDialogue | Approved | N/A | 61867 | 1905 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||
Chucho El Roto |
Ruanova, Alfredo Taboada, Carlos |
Munoz, Manuel |
Estudios America |
Azteca Films Inc | Mexico | 7098 | 1961 | English TranslationDialogue | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 69012 | 2303 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||
Chucho El Roto (Revised) |
Chucho The Dandy |
Bermudez, Raphael |
Soria, Gabriel |
Cinematographica
Mexicana |
Cinexport Dist Co | Mexico | 7319 | 1935 | English TranslationDialogue | Approved | N/A | 28959 | 358 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||
Chuk And Gek |
Shklovsky, V |
Lukinsky, I |
Maxim Gorky Film
Studio |
Artkino Pict Inc | USSR | 4245 | 1953 | English TranslationSubtitles ScriptDialogue | Approved | N/A | 59659 | 1793 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||
Chumlum |
Howard Everngam-Ron
Rice |
Film-Makers' Cooperative | United States | 738 | 1964 | None | Approved | N/A | 71940 | 2467 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Chump At Oxford, A |
Hal Roach |
United Artists Corp | United States | 5624 | 1940 | Dialogue | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 38087 | 765 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||||
Chump Champ, The |
Avery, Tex |
MGM Pict |
Loew's Inc | United States | 652 | 1950 | Cutting Continuity | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 54975 | 1548 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||
Chump Takes A Bump, The |
Columbia Pict Corp |
Columbia Pict Corp | United States | 1596 | 1939 | Dialogue | Approved | N/A | 36750 | 700 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Chump, The |
Skelly, Hal |
Miner-Skelly Prod |
Miner-Skelly Prod | United States | 1905 | 1933 | Cutting Continuity | Correspondence | Approved | N/A | 25836 | 236 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||
Chumps, The |
Smith, Vernon Whitman, Phillip Rodney, Earl Waldron, John A |
Sennett, Mack |
Mack Sennett |
New York Exch for Educational Films Inc | United States | 1888 | 1930 | Dialogue | Correspondence | Eliminations | N/A | 19782 | 28 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | |||
Chums |
Century Comedy
Co |
Big U Film Exch Inc | United States | 2000 | 1921 | None | Approved | Silent | 2014 | 2600 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Chums |
E W Hammons |
Fox Film Corp | United States | 860 | 1935 | Dialogue | Approved | N/A | 28816 | 351 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov | ||||||
Chun Far Yee Gam |
Blossomed Orphanage |
Chun, Tao |
Lum, Fong Pui |
Chung Wah Movie
Prod |
New York Chinese Film Exch | Hong Kong | 7537 | 1950 | English TranslationDialogue | Approved | N/A | 53975 | 1496 | NYSA will provide copies of film script upon receipt of a completed, signed Request Form | Email Researcher Services at archref@nysed.gov |