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 #:
000314
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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3320 Defendants' Exhibit No. 184. Each scenario niust be signed with a noin de plume or cipher and must be accompanied by a scaled envelope bearing the nom de plume or cipher and containing the competitor's name and address. Every care will be taken of manuscripts, but no responsibility for them will be accepted. Competitors should keep a carbon copy. Scenarios should be typewritten in standard form with synopsis of 200 words. All that are not typewritten must have synopses. Address Photo Play Contest, Evening Sun, New York City. WHAT'S WORTH SEEING IN THE MOVIES T O-D A Y New releases briefly classified for those who seek good programmes. Plays unsuited to children are so described. PLAYS OF DISTINCTION. NEVER AGAIN! (Vitagraph feature farce)— Distinctively Drewish. As some one has said, would make a bankrupt exhibitor laugh. The best farce in the French style in months. Sidney Drew, a staid pater-familias, sneaks off to a tango ball and the girl he takes an interest in is beloved of a fiery chef with a knife. Fine tango and one-step fun mixed in with the ballroom chase gives flavor to the action. S. Rankin Drew as the chef is almost as rich as Sidney Drew in a ballet costume pirouetting home. Sidney Drew's (stage) wife, daughters, sons-in-law, servants and friends get all tangled by the tangoer before the audience is released from the spell of excessive laughter. Clara Young and Cortlandt Van Deusen help in giving color to the work. Anthony E. Wills, author. IN THE DAYS OF HIS YOUTH (Rex)— Touching nil of us. The father of two real boys has been out of touch with them and when a misthrown ball smashes glasses lie uses the rod. This and other severities drive one lad to run away. The father, picking up the bats, is moved, first to remember his own boyish misdemeanors, then to forgiveness.