In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1913)

Record Details:

Title:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants
Date:
1913
Publisher:
New York, Appeal Printing Co.
Volume:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants : record volume 2
Leaf #:
000565
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Government & Law
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
These seven volumes contain the testimonies and supporting documents from the U.S. District Court's antitrust lawsuit against the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC). Formed in 1908, the MPPC (sometimes referred to asœ"the Edison Trust" or just "the Trust") sought to control the American film industry through pooling patents and demanding that producers and exhibitors acquire licenses to those patents. Independent producers and exhibitors, who refused to license the patents, argued that the MPPC was an unlawful monopoly. In 1912 and 1913, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania heard testimonies from both MPPC members, such as Siegmund Lubin, and "Independents" who later became Hollywood moguls, such as William Fox. Ultimately, in 1915, the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the MPPC in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and spelled the end for the already weakening MPPC. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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James J. Lodge, Cross Examination. 1183 further object to the paper in question, because the 1 witness is now on the stand and if the matters referred to in that affidavit are material and relevant, the proper way to prove them is by examining the witness. The affidavit offered is marked Petitioner's Exhibit No. 217, and is as follows : Petitioner's Exhibit No. 217. Affidavit of James J. Lodge, Read in Support of Motion. 2 Affidavit of James J. Lodge — Read in Support of Motion. SUPREME COURT, New York County. Greater New York Film Rental Company, Plaintiff, against Motion Picture Patents Company .and others, Defendants. State and County of New York — ss. : James J. Lodge, being duly sworn, says : I live in Chicago, Illinois, and am Vice-President and General Manager of George Melies Manufacturing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, and carrying on business in Chicago. The defendant Melies Manufacturing Company is a New York corporation, formed about July, 1010, by Gaston Melies, who was and still is President of Geopge Melies Manufacturing Company. He offered his resignation as such President, but our Company refused to accept it. Said Gaston Melies, and his son, Paul Melies, who was