General Film Company
The General Film Company was a
Formation
The General Film Company was formed by the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC) in an attempt to monopolize distribution. In 1909, the General Film Company tried to seize the equipment of independent distribution companies to discourage their activities.[2]
Conflict
Using their control over several film patents, the General Film Company and MPPC tried to force independent distribution companies to sell out or lose their patent licenses.
Sold
On March 30, 1918, the General Film Company was sold, along with the MPPC, to the Lincoln & Parker Film Company of Worcester, Massachusetts. Thomas Edison reacquired these assets when the Lincoln & Parker Company went bankrupt and sold them to producer Robert L. Giffen in October 1919.[6]
Notes
References
- ^ "General Film Laboratories Formed, Opens Big Plant". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. Hollywood, Los Angeles. April 6, 1953. p. 2. Retrieved July 12, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
- ISBN 0-521-87928-0
- Blackwell Publishing
- ^ The Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company, Max Joseph Alvarez, Film History: An International Journal, Volume 19, Number 3, 2007, pp. 247-270, Indiana University Press.
- New York Times. October 2, 1915.
- ^ Chronology: 1879-1931, Thomas A. Edison Papers, Rutgers University
External links
- General Film Company at the Internet Movie Database
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/general-flimco-and-pushcart-peddlers
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/detours-way-hollywood
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