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 #:
000454
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:
May 23, 2024
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432 Louis Rosenbluh, Direct Examination. 1 6. Days of Changes and Number of Reels each Change. Number of Reels Mon Tues Wednes Thurs Fri Satur Sunand day day day day day day day Days of Change 4 4 4 4 4 4 (Write under each day correct Number of Reels Changed on that Day.) Shipments to be made by Express. Service to begin the day of 1908. (Date) (Month) 2 For this Service, the undersigned will pay the sum of $50 & 2 per week and all transportation charges both ways. SOLOMON SLAFF, Signature of EXHIBITOR, Owner, Partner or Officer of Corporation. 4-6— 14-21— 2C CONDITIONS. o Licensed motion pictures manufactured by Edison Manufacturing Company, Essanay Company, Kalem Company, S. Lubin, Geo. Melies, Pathe Freres, Selig Polyscope Company, and Vitagraph Company, under the Edison Patents are rented by the Exchange subject to the following uniform conditions only: 1. From the date of this agreement, (lie exhibitor shall show in all places of exhibition owned or controlled by the exhibitor, only licensed motion pictures manufactured by the above named manufacturers. A list of all exchanges 4 from whom licensed motion pictures may be had will be furnished by any one of the above1 manufacturers upon request. 2. The exhibitor shall not sub-rent or loan any motion pictures furnished under this contract, but shall use them only for exhibition at the place specified in the order. 3. The exhibitor shall not make, nor cause to be made, nor permit others to make, reproductions or so-called