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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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 #:
000493
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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Louis Rosenbluh, Direct Examination. 471 the negative of the coining of Columbus and all positive 1 prints therefrom. The Selig Polyscope Co. 929p At this point an adjournment was taken until 2.30 P. M., same place. New York City, January 23rd, 1913. The hearing was resumed at 2.30 o'clock P. M., on this January 23rd, 1913, at the Hotel McAlpin, pursuant to adjournment. The appearances being the same as at the morning session. Thereupon LOUIS ROSENBLUH resumed the stand. Direct examination (continued) by Mr. Grosvenor: 3 Q. Mr. Rosenbluh, you have produced certain printed pink cards issued by the Motion Picture Patents Company, each of them with the name of a theatre on it. Are these different kinds of cards that you received from the Patents Company? A. Yes, sir. Q. There are also certain blue cards printed and issued by the Motion Picture Patents Company. Are those also cards you received from the Patents Company? A. Yes, sir. Q. Is the pink color used where there is a cancellation 4 and the blue color where there is a renewal? A. Yes, sir. Q, These four pink cards which I show you, are these different forms that you have received at different times, or does one succeed the other, so that there is only one in use at any one special time? A. Only one in use at any special time. Q. That is, they are different forms that have been adopted by the Patents Company from time to time? A. No, I should imagine that they are for certain different conditions, they used a different card for each condition