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)

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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 #:
000231
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:
September 12, 2024
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By-Laws, General Film Co. 209 bers of the Executive Committee, shall not be eligible to serve as members of the Auditing Committee. Members of the Auditing Committee shall serve until their successors are appointed. The Auditing Committee may employ to assist it, professional auditors not connected with the Company and may fix their compensation. It shall, at intervals of not more than three months, audit the books of the Company and verify the amounts of money on deposit. Section 1. — Amendments to By-laws: Each stockholder of record may propose amendments to the By-laws and have such amendments brought before the stockholders for action by them in conformity with the By-laws, by delivering the proposed amendments in writing, by mail or otherwise, to the Clerk of the Company. The Clerk of the Company shall include such proposed amendments in the next notice that he prepared for a meeting of the stockholders. The Board of Directors may propose and recommend amendments to the By-laws, and the Clerk shall include such proposed and recommended amendments in the next notice that he prepares for a meeting of the stockholders. Mr. Grosvexor : I ask counsel to produce a statement showing the list of stockholders of the General Film Company, said statement showing separately, the holders of common stock, and the holders of preferred stock, and the amount of stock held by each stockholder. I want it for several dates. First; May 1st, 1910, January 1st, 1911, January 1st, 1912, and January 1st, 1913. By Mr. Grosvexor: Q. Mr. Marvin, at page 61 of the answer, there appears a list of the names of the original directors of the General Film Company, giving their names as follows, Jeremiah J. Kennedy. What company was he connected with at the time of the formation of the General Film Company? A. He was connected with the Biograph Company.