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 #:
000381
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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771,280 coffibination with a main shaft, a winding-reel adapted to receive the film at its discharge and means for rotating said reel from said main shaft, comprising a shaft upon which said reel 5 is mounted, a plurality of wheels of different radii mounted on said shaft, flexible means connecting either of said wheels with said main shaft, and means for transmitting movement from the reel-shaft to said reel, compris 10 ing a fixed and a loose plate on said shaft, one of said plates being engaged with said reel, a spring interposed between said plates, and adjusting means for varying the distance between said plates. 15 9. In a machine of the class described a winding-reel adapted to receive the film at its discharge, means for rotating the reel operated from the main shaft of the machine comprising a reel-shaft provided with a plurality of 20 sprocket-wheels of different radii, whereby the speed of rotation of the shaft may be varied independently of the speed of rotation of the main shaft. 10. In a machine of the class described, a 25 winding-reel adapted to receive the film at its discharge, means for rotating the reel operated from the main shaft of the machine comprising a reel shaft provided with a plurality of sprocket-wheels of different radii, whereby 30 the speed of rotation of the shaft may be varied independently of the speed of rotation of the main shaft and also comprising means for keeping the chain taut when its effective length is varied. 35 11. In a machine of the class described, a winding-reel adapted to receive the film at its discharge, means for rotating the reel operated 40 50 55 from the main shaft of the machine comprising a reel -shaft provided with a plurality of sprocket-wheels of different radii, whereby the speed of rotation of the shaft may be varied independently of the spe,ed of rotation of the main shaft and also comprising means for keeping the chain taut when its effective length is varied, consisting of a tension-roller yield 45 ingly held against the chain. 12. In a machine of the cl&sS described, a winding-reel adapted to receive th§ film at its discharge, and means for rotating said reel, comprising a shaft upon which the reel is mounted, a plate loosely mounted Oh said shaft ana engaged with said reel, a second pkte carried by said shaft and partaking of the" rotative movement thereof, said second plate being slidably mounted on said shaft, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified. 13. In a machine of the class described, a winding-reel adapted to receive the film at its discharge, and means for rotating said reel, comprising a shaft upon which the reel is 60 mounted, a pair of plates each slidably mount j ed on said shaft and one of which engages said reel, means for causing the other of said plates to rotate with said shaft, means for adjusting the latter plate slidably on the shaft toward 65 the other plate, and a spring interposed be-* tween said plates. Witness my hand this 29th day of January, 1904, at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York. ALBERT E. SMITH. Witnesses: Herman Meyer, B. J. Smith.