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 6
Leaf #:
000312
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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3318 Defendants' Exhibit No. 184. 1 Scene 8. Dixon's bedroom, same as 4. Dixon retiring for the night. Cut to: Scene 9. DRIVEN HOME BY WANT. 2 Exterior Dixon home, showing light streaming from living room window out onto terrace. Wallace, shabby, haggard, half starved, returning home. Creeps along the wall as though trying to find some one without being seen. Slips up to window, peeps in. Sees the butler within, who is still gazing at the picture. This is the man he is looking for. Wants to signal to him by tapping on the window. Hesitates, and then, desperate, does so cautiously. Cut to: Scene 10. Living room, same as 7. Barrow has heard tap on the window. Slips picture and letter into pocket. Listens again. Goes to window, pulling aside the curtains. Starts back, suprised at seeing Wallace. Signals to him to go around to door, and he will let him in. Exits quickly and softly to admit Wallace. Scene 11. Entrance hall, Dixon home, showing view of front door. 4 Barrow hurries into scene. Looks about cautiously, then opens door, softly admitting Wallace. Seems deeply concerned by the boy's forlorn appearance. Wallace seizes Barrow's arm, looking at him earnestly. Exacts a promise that he will keep his visit a secret from his father. Barrow assures him he will not tell. Wallace si aggers back against wall, faint and hungry. Butler realizes all at once the boy's desperate plight. Registers he will get something to eat. Tells him to follow. Butler preceding to see that the coast is clear, they exit to kitchen. To Be Continued To-morrow.