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)

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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 #:
000689
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 12, 2024
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GENERAL INDEX. XC1X Replevin Suits: vol.. PAGE Replevin Suits Instituted by Manufacturers Licensed by Motion Picture Patents Co., from March 11, 1909, to Jan. 6, 1913, being Statement produced by Mr. Pelzer on Direct Examination — Vol. I, p. 389, introduced for identification Vol. II, p. 1217, and printed in Volume VI; Petitioner's Exhibit 220 VI 3311 Statement made Jan. 11, 1912, by Durant Church to William Pelzer as to Replevin Suits Instituted by Mr. Church; Petitioner's Exhibit 218 II 1217 (See Petitioner's Exhibit 220, Vol. VI, p. 3341. ) Statement made by MacDonald & Bostwick as to Replevin Suits Instituted by Motion Picture Patents Co., and Referred to in Petitioner's Exhibit 218; Petitioner's Exhibit 219 II 1217 (See Petitioner's Exhibit 220, Vol. VI, p. 3341.) Rosenbluh, Louis : Direct Examination I 357 387 Direct Examination 420 475 Cross Examination II 700 730 Redirect Examination 730 733 Recross Examination 733 734 ROSENQUEST, J. WESLEY : Direct Examination V 2910-2913 Cross Examination 2913