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 #:
000582
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Government & Law
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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3024 Defendants' Exhibit No. 153. By Mr. Kingsley: Q. Have you made an analysis of the difference between the number of theatres testified to by William C. Brandon, on December 10th, 1913, existing in the territory served by the Atlanta Exchange, and its two branches, and the number of theatres existing in the same territory, according to the mail checking of July, 1913, and adjusted to December, 1913, in accordance with the per cent, arrived at as a result of the December, 1913, checking in Georgia, by W. W. R. Greene? A. Yes, sir. Q. Is the paper which I show you a statement of that analysis? A. Yes, sir, it is. Mr. Kingsley: I offer it in evidence. Mr. Grosvenor: I reserve the right to enter further objection after I have had opportunity to examine the exhibit and to cross examine the witness. The paper offered in evidence by defendants' counsel is marked by the Examiner, "Defendants' Exhibit No. 153," and is as follows: Defendants' Exhibit No. 153. Analysis of Difference Between the Number of Theatres Testified by WILLIAM C. BRANDON, on December 10, 1913, as Existing in Territory of the States of GEORGIA, ALABAMA, With the Exception of MOBILE, FLORIDA, With the Exception of TALLAHASSEE AND PENSAOOLA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, ARKANSAS, the Northern Part of MISSISSIPPI, and a Small Portion of KENTUCKY, and Served by the GENERAL FILM COMPANY, of ATLANTA, GEORGIA, and Subbranches at MEMPHIS, TENN., and JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, and the Number of Theatres Existing in the Same Territory According to the Mail Checking of July, 1913, and Adjusted to December, L913, in Accordance With the Percentage Arrived at as the Results of the December, 1013, Checking in Georgia, by W. W. R. Greene.