Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice / submitted by M.B. Philip and Francis T. Homer. (1913)

Record Details:

Title:
Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice / submitted by M.B. Philip and Francis T. Homer.
Date:
1913
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Department of Justice
Volume:
Memorandum for the the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company concerning the investigation of their business by the Department of Justice
Leaf #:
00067
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 30, 2023
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For completeness we would aay, concerninr "the agreement of Juiie, 1909, between the Lastrrar Conpany ard the Patents Company concerning non-inf lemmable film, that although it had, at enormous expense, succeeded in producrjg a practical non .ftnfia;r.:nabio film for motion pictures, which no ona else had ever been able to produce, and had for a time supplied the same to the licensees, they found that there Tan no real public demand for it, that as it cost them slightly more than the nitrate film they ceased using it, leaving on the hands of tlie iCastman Company a large amount of unused material, costing it a number of huni red t}'ouaand dollars, for which there is no present or nrospeotive detnand . The very nature of the buslnesF of th.e li cer.roos required active competition between them, since what they make out of it depends upon their success in producing motion pictures that are, os far as they can make them, more successful and mora popular with the public than those of any other licensee . The greater the number of feet of motion picture film -they make, the greater the profit from 1. The nrofit on the price obtained from leasing tie pictures; 2. The rebate obta^ ^ed on filn royaltLee as the num -31