Kalem
Company was founded in Glendale, California in 1907. It was named
after its founders George Kleine,
Samuel Long and Frank Marion.
KaLeM
In
1909, Kalem was asked to join Edison in forming the Motion Picture
Patents Company to try to shut out smaller studios. The MPPC was
formed by Edison,
Biograph,
Essanay,
Kalem, Kleine,
Lubin,
Melies,
Pathe,
Selig
and Vitagraph.
This formation basically set the standards for movie paper. They
also formed the General Film Company to distribute their films
to theaters. This group would become known as 'the Trust'.
Kalem
established permanent production centers in New Jersey, California
and Florida. In 1916, they were bought out by Vitagraph.
