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Show START AFTER MOVIE BROKERS Federal Trade Commission Issues Complaint Against Fox Film WASHINGTON. Au 8 (By the Associated As-sociated rrcss ) Through a complaint com-plaint Issued today agnlnst the Fox Film corporation of New York City the federal trade commission inaug-urnted inaug-urnted a campaign which members said was designed to prevent motion picture exhibitors and the public being Imposed upon by film brokers and producers through marketing of oi l films under new titles, or of films bearing titles of noted books or plays when the subject matter has little or no connection with the name Tbe commission's policy was determined de-termined upon It became known today, to-day, following the visit of all its members mem-bers In a body to two local theatres exhibiting films bearing the same title and ostensibly purporting to portray tin ha r.-u t i-r.s und atmosphere i.f a world famous novel One film was found lo accurately Interpret t li characters of the novel. It was said, whib the other bore no resemblance to th- look and in the opinion of the commission, the title was employed solflv in s deceptive sense IMPOSE on PUBIiIC. In such Instances, the commission holds, the thcatr-- owner and the public pub-lic is imposed upon Such practices, it was said hv the coin mission does an Irreparable In-Jury In-Jury to the playhouses and In.iures the Industry m the eyes "t the public The commission's i omplaint against the Fo Film corporation avers thai l be corporation selected several pla-, s which had previously been produced by It and exhibited throughout the Inlterl Stales and gave them new names, such names being different from those under which the plays al-I read) had been exhibited The practice, it was averred by the! c ommlssion tended to mislead exhibitors exhibi-tors -ind the public into the belief that J such "reissues" were first run pi fires' and it was hoped to eliminate that j element In the Industry that resort Intentionally or unintentionally to1 subterfuge. r n |