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 #:
000481
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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Anna 8. Matthews, Direct Examination. 2031 or for the season, indicate with the word "inactive." If motion pictures are only shown occasionally, and the place is now showing dramatic attractions or is being used for other theatrical purposes than the exhibition of motion pictures, indicate with the words "closed to pictures." If no longer fitted to be used for motion picture exhibitions or other theatrical purposes indicate with the word "dismantled." If the name of place of exhibition, or exhibitor, is incorrect due to error or change, please draw a line through the same as listed, and place the correction on the next line below. If missing, please supply the same. Please enter the names and addresses of any places exhib iting motion pictures that are not listed above. Form 315 Rev. 2. By Mr. Kingsley : Q. Were Forms 183 and 315 in addition to the other forms about which you have testified? A. Yes, sir. The other forms were not used in any subsequent checkings ; they were only used in the October, 1910, checking. Q. As a result of these various checkings did you procure a list of exhibitors which had never been licensed? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you procure some names of theatres which had never been licensed from other sources than the checkings? A. Yes, sir. Q. From what other sources? A. From correspondence and from Form 10. Q. What was Form 10? A. Form 10 was a theatre information sheet. Q. Have you a copy of that? A. Yes, sir, I think I have one copy. I gave it to you, Mr. Kingsley. Mr. Kingsley : I offer it in evidence. Form 10, offered in evidence, is marked by the Examiner, "Defendants' Exhibit No. 143," and is as follows: