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)

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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 #:
000123
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
Date Added:
May 08, 2025
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with thi3 price paid for their property by the General Fil:a Cofflpriny. The General Film Company employed such of the persons rrho owr ed such fllin exchangao, and their employees who were willin.'!; to accept employmert , as it thought desirable for itn buf^neoa, and mnny of t lio ra are nov in its employ. A n\»mber of ths li conned exclianf.e?: voluntarily teminotod tho5r licon<?es vdt h the h'atents Conoany and are in buoinesa to-day, and, according to advertiae::iont3 , their owners are doing a large and profitable business. For a long time before the orgar.ization of the General Film Company owners of exchanges and exJ'ititore complained of unfair competition and dishonest methods, and many times requested the I'otion i^ictu re atents Company to doviae some means for correctinc tneoe e-vils. In each instance the Ijot ion Picture i'atents Gompajy declined to interfere, and did not interfere, except to cancel licenses in cases where exchanp.es or exhibitors deliberately and flagrantly violated their licenses, or were puilty of such dishonest and objectionable practices as proved injuriour to tl^e busi -56