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 (1914)

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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:
1914
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 5
Leaf #:
00036
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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248G Fred C. Aiken, Cross Examination. the renters, and promised them their full support. Another meeting of renters was then held at 5 P. M., to receive the report of the committee. This meeting was held in private. Messrs. Swanson, MacDonald, Miles, Peckham and Clarke were appointed a committee on by-laws and constitution, to draft a form of government for the association. At the close of the meeting the manufacturers extended an invitation to the renters to dine with them in the banquet hall, which was accepted by all the renters. And also, as representing the press, by Warren A. Patrick, of the Show World; L. Rubinstein, of Views and Films, and Alfred H. Saunders and J. P. Chalmers of the Moving Picture World. After doing full justice to the good things put before them, Mr. Swanson called on the following for addresses : Messrs. Hopp, Patrick, Blackton, Kleine, Barker, Smith, Kennedy, Marvin, Moore, Howell, Miles, Chalmers, Saunders, Rowland, Menser, Peckham, Rubinstein, d'Hauterives, Ullman, Selig, Carrick, Melies, Long, Laemmle, Anderson, Rock Jr., Rock Si\, and Hardin. We must not forget that the following ladies added their charms and presence to the festivities : Mrs. Gaston Melies, Mrs. Rock and Mrs. John B. Rock. Sunday the conference assembled at 4.30 P. M., at which both manufacturers and renters were present, at which the policy as above outlined was adopted. To Mr. Eugene Cline, of Chicago, must be accorded the honor of being the first to record his name, and payment in full of the fees of membership, followed closely by others until f 2,000 was paid into the exchequer of the association. (A photograph entitled "A few of the Manufacturers and Renters at the Pittsburg Conference," was incorported in above article.) By Mr. Orosvenor: Q. Please look at the names stated to be there for the rental exchanges, and indicate any names of persons that you think were not present. A. T will state that at the time of this first meeting at Pittsburg, I had met very, very few of the exchange men from anywhere, and that was my first