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In 1872,EadwearId Muybridge CREATED MOTION PICTURES
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Eadweard
In 1910 The Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC), referred to as the "Edison Trust", which only allows its own members access to cameras and projectors that use its patents, sets up its own film exchange. This distribution company, The General Film Company, attempts to counter the flood of films being produced by the "independents". -
MPPC
In 1911Pathè refuses to honor the Motion Picture Patents Company's (MPPC) contract with Eastman Kodak that requires Pathè to buy raw film stock only from Kodak. Pathè builds its own factory in France to manufacture raw film stock. -
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In 1922 Will Hays, the Postmaster General of the United States leaves President Harding's cabinet to “supervise the cleanup of Hollywood ”. Working from within the motion picture industry, he becomes head of the “Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America” (MPPDA). All studio story departments are requested to voluntarily submit their story material to the MPPDA for evaluation. The standards of decency and good taste established by the MPPDA became the basis for the 1930 “Production -
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Carl Laemmle, the head of the Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP), has organized the merger of several independent production companies to form "Universal Film Manufacturing Company". -
lack of overseas markets
Due to a lack of overseas markets, American motion picture production is reduced by 50%, putting 5,000 out of work -
picture industry
ccording to the International Trade Organization, capital investment in cinema is at $4 billion. In the U.S. alone, the motion picture industry employees 225,000 workmen, 30,000 extras and several thousand actors. -
century pictures
Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck buy controlling interest in the Fox Film Corporation that will be merged with their company, 20th Century Pictures. The new company will be called, “20th Century–Fox Film Corporation”. -
motion picturers
As more and more families move to the edges of the urban areas and become commuters, the Motion Picture Herald reports, “a substantial part of the future of motion picture exhibition lies in the suburbs.” -
(MPPDA)
In 1922 Will Hays, the Postmaster General of the United States leaves President Harding's cabinet to “supervise the cleanup of Hollywood ”. Working from within the motion picture industry, he becomes head of the “Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America” (MPPDA). All studio story departments are requested to voluntarily submit their story material to the MPPDA for evaluation. The standards of decency and good taste established by the MPPDA became the basis for the 1930 “Production Co -
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