Summary Information

Title: Anti-Trust Cases: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 6A
Inclusive Dates: 1931-1956

Creator:

• United Artists Corporation

Call Number: U.S. Mss 99 AN/6A

Quantity: 19.0 cubic feet (48 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Correspondence and court records from anti-trust litigation to which United Artists was a party. Most of the cases involve suits by small privately-owned theatres against the major motion picture firms. Among the most frequent primary defendants are Balaban & Katz, Columbia Pictures, Loew's, Paramount Pictures, RKO, Twentieth Century-Fox, and Warner Bros. Pictures. In many of the cases, the plaintiffs charged a conspiracy in restraint of trade to deny them first-run films. In others, price-fixing or other unlawful practices figured in the litigation. The correspondence often includes information on settlement negotiations, litigation strategies, billings, and other matters. At the end of the file in Box 48 are processor's work sheets containing a summary of all documented cases.

Note:

Forms part of the United Artists Corporation collection.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-99an006a

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