The public is never wrong (1953)

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Record Details:

Title:
The public is never wrong
Date:
1953
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putman's Sons
Volume:
The public is never wrong
Leaf #:
00070
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 26, 2024
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5 M .Y faith in motion pictures was increasing despite the fact that the current producers seemed bent on killing them. The "trust" was reaching for a strangle hold, beginning in 1910 with the Patents Company and following with the General Film Company. The name of the first told much of the story. The companies in it were largely interested in selling mechanical equipment to theaters. The General Film Company, made up of the same firms, licensed theaters and distributed film. The moment an "outlaw" piece of equipment or film appeared in a movie house, the license was withdrawn and the supply of "trust" pictures cut off. As an additional weapon, the "trust" contracted with the Eastman Kodak Company, major supplier of raw film, to sell stock only to licensed companies. The companies involved were Edison, Biograph, Vitagraph, Essanay, Kalem, Selig, George Kleine, and the American branches of Pathe and Melies. The name Essanay was derived from the initials of the last names of 54