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 #:
000491
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. 146. REPORT OF THE WORK OF THE CENSORING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF CENSORSHIP OF MOTION PICTURES. Jan. 1913 No. of No. of No. of Meetings Held. Pictures. Reels. Patents Company 16 213 221 Universal Co. 16 | 99 | 1071 Other Independents 16 J 32 117 ] 216 117 ] 224 48 429 445 Feb. 1913 Patents Company 19 229 Universal Co. 16" 116 Mutual Co. 8 68 Film Supply Co. 7 *35 42 Features 4 12 238 237 124 68 42 36 "270 54 467 507 Mar. 1913 Patents Company 18 229 237 Universal Co. 15" 91" 107 Mutual Co. 8 70 72 Film Supply Co. 7 *33 35 "201 35 Features 3 5 12 "226 51 430 463 Apl. 1913 Patents Company 25 271 Universal Co. 18" 152 Mutual Co. 11 67 Film Supply Co. 4 *38 20 Features 5 8 f 247 279 168 77 20 20 ^285 518 564 May 1913 Patents Company Universal Other Independents Features 25 30] 20 J-59 9J 291 147 ] 117 I 277 13 j 300 163] 129 j-325 33 J 84 568 625 1913 Patents Company 20 245 Universal Co. 16' 116 Mutual 8 63 Exclusive Co. 8 "39 32 Features 7 11 * 222 265 136 71 36 f 59 467 536