Jules Greenbaum founds Deutsche Vitascope
production company with studios in southwest Berlin at Babelsberg,
Germany's 'Hollywood'
Edison
forms Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC) - 'The Trust'
- with 8 other major studios to replace the AEL, with agreement
not to sell/lease equipment to competitors in an attempt to
control the industry
Kodak agrees to sell film stock only to 'Trust'
members
Carl Laemmle quits as MPPC licensee, founds
Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP)
Pathe has 200 cinemas in France and Belgium
Louis B Mayer opens his first cinema in Boston
American
Mutoscope and Biograph Company changed their name to Biograph
Company
Estimated 9,000 cinemas across US
Trust members submit their films to New York
State Board of Censorship
UK Cinematograph Act introduces control of
exhibitors
Societe Cinematographique des Auteurs &
Gens des Lettres (SCAGL) founded in Paris
Syndicat Français des Directeurs de
Cinématographe (SFDC) founded in Paris
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