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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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