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)

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 #:
000457
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 21, 2023
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Defendants' Exhibit No. 133. 2907 The picture Little Billy's Cousin Keystone was passed subject to this elimination : Reduce all scenes in which the two little boys are fighting, to one scene, and make that a flash. The film Their Best Friend Thanhouser was passed subject to the following eliminations: 2 (1) Eliminate the subtitle "He Puts a Sleeping Potion into the Wine." (2) Reduce close view of the uncle putting the sleeping potion into the glass of wine when he stands before the side-board, with the exception of a flash showing enough of the scene to make it plain that the butler is aware of what the man has done. UNIVERSAL FILM MEG. COMPANY 3 Why Universal Ike Left Home Universal Baldy Belmont Nearly a Hero Victor Dazzle's Black Eye Universal The Fat and the Thin of It Crystal Sheridan's Ride " A Bad Egg " Those Persistent Old Maids " Animated Weekly Joker Scooped by Cupid Nestor Hearts and Elowers " Balance Joker 4 The Wrong Miss Wright Nestor The Yaqui's Revenge 2 reels Bison The Stirrup Brothers 2 reels Eclair Pretzel Captures the Smugglers Fronteir The Opal Ring 2 reels IMP The Mystery of Buffalo Gap .Frontier The Acid Test 2 reels Victor