CIN374Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Motion Picture Patents Company, Marcus Loew, Goldwyn Pictures
19 Oct 2018
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Mismatching became a normalized convention, to encourage clarity. 1914: w. w. hodskin joined with 11 other exchanges and formed the paramount pictures. This merger ensured a steady supply of films to theatres after the breakup of the motion. Picture patents company (mppc), the patent pool comprised of edison, vitagraph, and other production companies. Remember, the trust controlled: the production of raw film, the manufacture of films, the manufacturing of projection equipment, the distribution of films, and the exhibition of films. Large distribution system, paramount pictures corporation which was just an exchange and distributor, not theatres or a production house. 1915: more distributors join paramount including adolph zukor of famous players and. Distributors had been making about 10% of the cut. Production companies would join with the distributors and would sign on with theatre owners as well, which combined the three stages of production, distribution, exhibition.
