Exporting Entertainment: America in the World Film Market 1907-1934 (1985)

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Sept. Hepworth’s American office closes, turns over sales to an import firm, Cranfield & Clarke. 1925: Early — Film Year Book import/export listings: Export and Import, Edward L. Klein, Richmont Pictures Inc., Inter-Ocean Film Corp., Hi-Mark, Akras Pictures, Capital Production Exporting Co., Exhibitors Film Exchange, Simmonds-Kann Enterprises, Apollo Trading, Inter-Globe, J. H. Hoffberg Co., Ferdinand H. Adam (foreign buyer), Massce & Co., Ernest Mattsson (Swedish importer/exporter), Class Play Picture Corp., Magnus Film Corp., Donald Campbell, U. Ono (Japanese buyer), Cranfield & Clarke, Roy Chandler (Latin American buyer), M. Ramirez Torres, Jawitz Pictures, Chipman Pictures Corp. Jan. — Formation of urA-usA announced. June — Schubert cinema chain signs with ura to show Siegfried in its houses. Two American companies negotiating reciprocal distribution with uFa. Aug. — UFA announces it has decided against reciprocal agreement, will continue to negotiate American rights film by film. Says twenty of its thirty-six films for the year will be imported into the usa. 1926: Early — Film Year Book import/export listings: Export and Import, Richmont, Edward L. Klein, Hi-Mark Film Sales, Ednella Export, Capital Production Exporting, Argentine American Film Corp., Ferdinand H. Adam (foreign buyer), Inter-Globe Export, Ferdinand V. Luporini, J. H. Hoffberg, Donald Campbell, Cranfield & Clarke, Apollo Trading Corp., Class Play Pictures, Ernest Mattsson (Swedish import/export), Seventh Avenue Film, Exhibitors Film Exchange, U. Ono (Japanese buyer), Edward Augier (buyer), Jawitz Pictures, G. De Arana, Massce Co. c. Dec. —Amkino opens, American branch of Sovkino. 1927: Early — Film Daily Year Book import/export listings: Export and Import Film, Hi-Mark Productions, Capital Production Exporting, Argentine American Film, Ferdinand V. Luporini, Ferdinand H. Adam (foreign buyer), Inter-Globe, Massce & Co. ALA Film Trading Corp., Ernest Mattsson (Swedish importer/exporter), J. H. Hoffberg, Donald Campbell, Artlee Pictures, Guaranty Pictures, European Phoenix Features Corp., ABA Film. July — A New York agent opens an office for Filmwerke Staaken and Phoebus-Film A-G (German companies). Nov. — UFA announces plans for its own Broadway cinema; ten films per season will be distributed by mMGm and Paramount, but uFA will expand production and distribute an additional ten to twenty directly in the usa. CHRONOLOGY 2: AMERICAN FIRMS’ FOREIGN OFFICES AND REPRESENTATIVES, 1894-1927 1894: 30 Aug. — Maguire & Baucus, a New York export company, already have Edison foreign rights for South America, West Indies, Australia and Mexico, request European rights. 199