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 (1912-1913)

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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:
1912-1913
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 7
Leaf #:
000721
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 12, 2024
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No. T Page Date Short Description 69 443 ECalem Co., General Film Co. 21 Apr. 19102 Inc. do do 70 443 Lubin Mfg. General Film Co.' Co. 21 Apr. 1 9 1 0 do do 71 443 Selig Polyscope Co. General Film Co. 2 J Apr. 1910 do do 72 443 The Vitagraph Co. of America General Film Co. 21 Apr. 1910 do do 73 443 Geo. Kleine General Film Co. 21 Apr. 1910 do do 74 443 Gaston Melies General Film Co. 21 Apr. 1910 do do 75 443 Pathe Frcres General Film Co. 21 Apr. 1910 do do 76 444 Motion Pict. Pts. Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Eastman Kodak Co. (Schedule A) 14 Feb. 1911 Recites Agreement 1 January 1909 No. 34, p. 257, as modified by Agreement 15 June 1909 No. 61, p. 349; and further modifies said No. 34, as follows: 1. By striking out the entire paragraph No. 14 and substituting therefor a new par. 14, whereby, the E. K. Co. agrees: (a) To diligently fill all orders for Licensed Film with a Nitro Cellulose base, received from Patents Co. Licensees of an average quality equal to the average quality of such film heretofore supplied by it to its customers, but if the total amount of such film suitable for commercial negatives and positives required by its domestic Continued on next page 699