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	MPTF History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		MPRF not only paid their $40 hotel bill, but also arranged rent for an apartment and work for the wife with Famous Players-Lasky and Realart.
		MPRF came to their aid.As more requests for assistance were made, celebrity-packed benefits were held.
		In 1948, the Motion Picture and Television Hospital was dedicated.
	www.mptvfund.org /history.htm (798 words)

	Motion Picture & Television Fund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Motion Picture and Television Fund is a charitable organization that offers assistance and care to those in the motion picture and television industries without resources.
		The need for a fund to benefit fellow colleagues who fell on hard times was seen by many in the early days of motion pictures.
		In 1921, the Motion Picture Relief Fund was incorporated with the help of Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Conrad Nagel, Milton Sills, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith, among others.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Motion_Picture_&_Television_Fund (460 words)

	Special Collections Manuscripts - Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
		He was a life member of the Academy and served on the Board of Governors from October 1929 to October 1932 and from October 1943 to May 1949 (second vice president, 1943-1944; first vice president, 1944-1945; president, 1945-1949).
		Christian radio series (Hersholt portrayed the character Dr. Paul Christian in film and radio) and his activities with the Motion Picture Relief Fund (including the establishment of the Motion Picture and Television Fund Country House) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
		Jean Hersholt, September 15, 1956; December 4, 1968; the Motion Picture and Television Fund, March 1982.
	www.oscars.org /mhl/sc/hersholt_214.html (253 words)

	77th Academy Awards - Jean Hersholt Award - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
		The Hersholt Award is given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.
		"The board was persuaded in large measure by Roger's long-time efforts on behalf of the Motion Picture and Television Fund as well as his efforts in film preservation," Pierson said.
		Mayer has served the Motion Picture and Television Fund for over 25 years, eight of them as chair of its Board of Trustees.
	www.oscars.org /77academyawards/testimonialawards/hersholt.html (518 words)

	Elvis biography - 1965 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Elvis records music and does filming for his twentieth motion picture (to be released out of chronology as his twenty-first), "Frankie and Johnny", co-starring Donna Douglas.
		Elvis donates $50,000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund, reportedly the largest single donation the organization had ever received.
		Elvis records soundtrack music for his twenty-first motion picture, "Paradise, Hawaiian Style", (which will be released out of chronology as his twentieth) then goes to Hawaii for location shooting.
	www.elvis.org /bio/bio65.html (317 words)

	Motion Picture & Television Fund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Start the Motion Picture and Television Fund article or add a request for it.
		Look for "Motion Picture and Television Fund" in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project.
		Look for "Motion Picture and Television Fund" in the Wikimedia Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Motion_Picture_&_Television_Fund (168 words)

	Charity Navigator Rating - Motion Picture and Television Fund
		Charity Navigator Rating - Motion Picture and Television Fund
		Established in 1921 as the Motion Picture Relief Fund, the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) has been enriching the lives of people in our Southern California entertainment community by continuously evolving to meet their heath and human services needs.
		Going far beyond traditional health care, MPTF offers a continuum of care for the very young to the elderly by providing quality medical and surgical services, health care, child care, residential living and care for older adults.
	www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/4130.htm (337 words)

	MOVIE STAR INVENTORS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Although there is no record of who was in attendance at Lawrence's funeral, her grave was purchased and the funeral was handled mostly by the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
		She invented a device that would record sound on the same piece of film as the picture would be recorded on.
		He invented the ‘Madaltone,’ a device that would by means of a photograph record, could be synchronized with a motion picture projector and would carry the sounds waves onto the film that recorded the pictures.
	www.inventorunderground.com /page11/page11.html (934 words)

	Marion Davies - Biography
		She became a leader in various charitable organizations in Hollywood: a member of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Actors Equity and the Screen Guild.
		Hearst was angry with MGM for not giving Marion the lead in two upcoming productions (The Barretts of Wimpole Street and Marie Antoinette) so he relocated her eleven room bungalow to the Warner Brothers lot and Marion finished her last four films at Warner's Burbank studios.
		Marion filmed a total of sixteen pictures between 1929 and 1937, an average of two a year, yet she still made time for five or six radio appearances.
	www.decofilms.com /mariondavies/biography.htm (603 words)

	Motion Picture & Television Fund Ranks Highest in Southern California in Statewide Consumer Survey of Patients, Quality ...
		David Tillman, president and chief executive officer of the MPTF, stated, "It is enormously gratifying for every person working at the Fund -- whether at our hospital, health centers or anywhere throughout our system -- to have their dedication and compassion validated by the patients they serve on a daily basis.
		Among CCHRI's objectives is to promote the use of accurate and standardized quality measures of performance within health care and to serve as a forum for quality improvement initiatives in the field.
		The non-profit Motion Picture and Television Fund, headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, was founded in 1921 initially to provide "relief" for those in the film industry who had fallen on hard times.
	www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=87110 (516 words)

	MAGAZINE \| MPTV Fund \| VOL 28-1: May 2003
		In 1921, entertainment industry pioneers Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and others founded the Motion Picture Relief Fund to provide charitable assistance for "down on their luck" industry employees.
		The money helped him and his wife rent an apartment, and the Fund made arrangements so that his wife could continue to work in the industry.
		More than 80 years and thousands of similar stories later, the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) continues the spirit of those founding members with a variety of programs for eligible members.
	www.dga.org /news/v28_1/news_mptv.php3 (563 words)

	snarkout: a star was born
		to highlight those of their actors that they thought could flourish in the talking picture era.
		Greta Garbo went on to vant to be alone, but not all actors were so lucky.
		Her pauper's grave was unmarked until 1999, when a benefactor paid to have a gravestone installed.
	www.snarkout.org /archives/2003/10/22 (701 words)

	Screen Actors Guild
		Each participating SAG member contributed his/her full salary to the Motion Picture Relief Fund (founded in 1921, and known today as the Motion Picture and Television Fund).
		Generally, the shows were radio versions of current or past theatrical films, frequently with all, or some, of the original cast.
		This went into purchasing land in the west San Fernando Valley, and building the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital, which opened in 1948.
	www.sag.org /history/chronos_pages/sag_radio.html (402 words)

	Mary Pickford Institute:: Philosophy
		Mary Pickford combined this money with leftover funds that had been raised for soldiers overseas into a new project: a fund to help out-of-work actors.
		In 1921, thanks to Mary’s campaigning, the Motion Picture Relief Fund was formally established.
		As one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, she proclaimed the importance of film as a cultural force.
	www.marypickford.com /phil.html (417 words)

	A Cave of Candles 16a
		He was three times president of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, president of the Screen Writers Guild, and vice president of the Screen Directors Guild.
		He said after the picture was finished he looked at it and told Zanuck that the critics would tear them apart, because although they leave it up to the audience, they also show all those bits of evidence.
		He told Zanuck that what the picture needed was a foreward to take the steam out of the critics.
	www.nd.edu /~wcawley/corson/cors016a.htm (6242 words)

	The Legendary Sandra Dee :Sandra Cooks! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In 1970, two of Sandra Dee's recipes appeared in "Cookbook Of The Stars" which was published by The Motion Picture Mothers Inc., an non profit agency in Hollywood.
		All profits from this book went to the Motion Picture & Television Relief fund.
		If so desired, you may want to ice with plain butter icing, when cake is completely cool.
	www.bobbydarin.net /sdcooks.html (206 words)

	Walter Wanger: film producer
		This picture was also taken before Wanger convinced Joan to establish herself as a brunette to differentiate Joan from her sister Constance Bennett.
		At the same time a new picture contract was given Joan Bennett and, after "Eternally Yours" Broderick Crawford was given a term contract assuring his appearance in at least three Wanger pictures during the next 12 months.
		He is a trustee and a most active officer of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, an organization which rose from despair to a remarkable efficiency in meeting the needs of actors and studio technicians in one year.
	www.cobbles.com /simpp_archive/walter-wanger_intro.htm (1890 words)

	DOL of Fame - March 4, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Mary only performed in one Broadway play before turning her attention to the burgeoning art form that was the movies.
		Using the same straightforward approach she had to conquering Broadway, Mary simply went to the Brooklyn storefront of D.W. Griffith's American Biograph movie company and demanded the film pioneer put her in a picture.
		Impressed by her moxie, Griffith agreed, and Mary worked with him for several years, moving along with the company to California to set up shop in Hollywood.
	dolshouse.com /fame04/04.htm (609 words)

	National Film Preservation Foundation - Press Release (12.16.2004)
		Press release courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
		Roger Mayer is the 2004 recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, which is given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.
		BEVERLY HILLS, CA (December 16, 2004)—Roger Mayer, president of Turner Entertainment Co., has been voted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Frank Pierson announced today.
	www.filmpreservation.org /about/pr/pr_2004_12_16.html (565 words)

	Motion Picture Relief Fund - Elvis Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		On June 24, 1965, while on the set of the movie "Frankie and Johnny," Elvis donated $50,000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
		The Motion Picture Relief Fund was created by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. Griffith as a way to help those in the entertainment industry who had fallen on hard times.
		In 1940, then-president Jean Hersholt purchased 48 acres of land in Woodland Hills, California that would become the site of the Motion Picture and Television Country Home and Hospital.
	www.elvisoncd.com /EIGENECD_a-z/facts/motionpicture.htm (284 words)

	Arabella and Co--Readers Page
		Unlike AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) the Guild was open to all film actors, not just “by invitation-only”.
		By 1950, SAG embraced television: “…motion picture actors are motion picture actors whether they appear in films for theatres or films for television, and the Guild is the only logical bargaining agent for the motion picture actors, no matter where their films may be exhibited.”
		She was the first“Biograph Girl” and then, when she left that studio and went over to Carl Laemmle’s Independent Motion Picture Corporation, she became the “IMP Girl”.
	www.arabella-and-co.com /17/readers604.htm (1125 words)

	Conrad Nagel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A co-founder and former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he was involved in the creation of the Academy Awards and until his death was president of AAAA (Associated Actors and Artistes of America).
		In 1939 he received a special Academy Award for his work on the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
		* Honorary Award 1939: "Acknowledging the outstanding services to the industry during the past year of the Motion Picture Relief Fund and its progressive leadership." Winners presented Plaques.
	theoscarsite.com /whoswho/nagel_c.htm (125 words)

	Screen Actors Guild
		Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences soon proposes sliding scale of cuts.
		Actor Ivan Simpson gives the Guild a motto: "He best serves himself who serves others." Protests against provisions in NRA's proposed Motion Picture Code of Fair Competition result in mass exodus of stars from the Academy in October.
		All officers, including President Ralph Morgan, and 2/3 of the SAG Board of Directors resign to allow bigger stars with "clout" to take as many Board seats as they will -- Morgan yields SAG presidency to Eddie Cantor, one of the most popular theatre, film and radio stars in the country.
	www.sag.org /history/chronos_pages/30s.html (729 words)

	Cecil B. Demille @ Classic Movie Favorites - Biography
		After seeing The Great Train Robbery in 1913, DeMille and Lasky were excited about motion pictures and immediately decided to form the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play company.
		American airlines to carry air freight and passengers commercially on regularly scheduled runs.Vice President and chairman of motion picture loans for commercial National Trust and Savings Banks of Los Angeles, which was purchased by Bank of Italy and later became Bank of America.
		President, DeMille Foundation for Political Freedom President, Motion Picture Relief Fund Chairman of the Motion Picture Division of the Community Chest of Los Angeles On the Board of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and council of Motion Picture Organizations.
	classicmoviefavorites.com /demille/bio.html (768 words)

	Mary Pickford Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Immensely popular in the silent era of motion pictures, Pickford was also a savvy businesswoman and the first female movie mogul.
		Coquette was the subject of controversy for fans because Pickford cut off her curls and bobbed her hair in the style of the flapper that she played.
		She was also active in charity work (especially the Motion Picture Relief Fund and Home), wrote books (an autobiography and a novel), and appeared on her own, short-lived radio show.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/mary-pickford (1735 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Melody for Three at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I will deliberately avoid stating all the specific details but this film is heart-warming and well worth watching with your family or alone but I will digress to offer other worthy of mention facts.
		Filmed evidently before Pearl Harbor, this pictures emotes visions of America the way it once was; probably will never be again; but how we silently long for it to be once again...innocent and clean.
		This fund helped to support industry employees with medical care when they were down on their luck and was used to create the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
	www.epinions.com /content_189660630660 (1147 words)

	Elvis Presley Biography - Jukebox Saturday Night
		Elvis records and shoots for his fifteenth motion picture, Kissin’ Cousins in October of 1963.
		And by May, work begins on his twentieth motion picture, to be released out of chronology as his twenty-first, Frankie and Johnny.
		With his huge generosity always evident, in July Elvis donates $50,000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund, reportedly the largest single donation the organization has ever received up to this date.
	www.damav.com /jbx/elvis/elvis_bio.html (2483 words)

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