Television Release Correspondence, Agreements, Press Releases 1928-1963; 1953-1960

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Television Release Correspondence, Agreements, Press Releases 1928-1963; 1953-1960

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Records in this series pertain principally to television broadcasts of Martin Luther, the film produced by Lutheran Church Productions, Inc. (LCP), a predecessor of Lutheran Film Associates. The records are from 1928-1963, but the bulk date from 1953-1960. Record types include typewritten and handwritten business correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, news releases, meeting minutes, and news articles. Even though subject matter pertains to television broadcasts of the film, the bulk of the records pertain to an incident involving WGN-TV, Chicago, Illinois. WGN entered into an agreement with LCP to broadcast Martin Luther on December 21, 1956, but on December 19, 1956, it cancelled the broadcast citing protests received from persons believing the film attacked the Catholic church and was in general anti-Catholic. Most of the records in this series are correspondence, news releases, and newspaper articles related to the controversy. The one item from 1928 is in folder 2 and is a review in the National Board of Review Magazine for the 1927 German silent film Luther.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library

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Lutheran Church Productions, Inc.

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Lutheran Film Associates

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See LFA 0/4 Administrative History. From the description of Transcript c. 1968 (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 60361319 See LFA 0/8 Administrative History From the description of Publicity Program Files 1951-1960; 1952-1956 (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id: 60361326 From the description of Correspondence 1950-1962 (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library). WorldCat record id...