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In 1944, Variety reported that exhibitors objected to the high rental rates that RKO was charging for the Snow White reissue.

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Advertorial published in Moving Picture World, paid for by First National. Criticizes W.H. Productions and the practice of re-titling old films.

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Advertisement for old re-titled William S. Hart films. The films were released by W.H. Productions Co., a company controlled by the distributor of Hart's earliest films.

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Article from Variety explaining that market conditions in 1939 were prompting exhibitors to play more reissues and revivals.

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This 1919 article from Variety describes the FTC investigation into W.H. Productions, which had acquired the rights to William S. Hart films and reissued them under new titles.

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William S. Hart was one of the biggest movie stars in the world from the mid-1910s to the early-1920s.
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