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 1
Leaf #:
000111
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Early Cinema
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:
May 23, 2024
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Bulletins to Exhibitors. 89 O. T. Crawford Film Exchange Co., Shubert Theatre, New Orleans, La. Harry Davis, 347 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Harry Davis, Buffalo, N. Y. Harry Davis, 1311 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Denver Film Exchange, 713 Lincoln Avenue, Denver, Colo. Dixie Film Company, 620 Commercial Place, Now Orleans, La. Duquesne Amusement Supply Co., 1015 Bakewell Building, Pittsburg, Pa. Duquesne Amusement Supply Co., 235 Monticello Arcade Building, Norfolk, Va. Edison Display Co., 1116 Third Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Edison Display Co., 165% Fourth Street, Portland, Ore. Electric Theatre Supply Co., 47 North 10th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Greater New York Film Rental Co., 24 Union Square, New York City. C. J. Hite Company, Monadnock Block, Chicago, 111. Howard Moving Picture Co., 564 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. Imperial Film Exchange, 44 West 28th Street, New York City. Imperial Film Exchange, 299 River Street, Troy, N. Y. Imperial Film Exchange, 803 Ninth Street, N. W., AVashington, D. C. Imported Film & Supply Co., 708 Union Street, New Orleans, La. Kent Film Service, 218 Nicholas Building, Toledo, Ohio. Kleine Optical Company, 2008% Third Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. Kleine Optical Company, 657 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. Kleine Optical Company, 52 State Street, Chicago, 111. Kleine Optical Company, 302 Boston Building, Denver, Colo. Kleine Optical Company, 229 Commercial Building, Des Moines, Iowa. Kleine Optical Company, 214 Traction Building, Indianapolis, Ind. Kleine Optical Company of California, 369 Pacific Electric Building, Los Angeles, Cal.