British Board of Film Censors established
by industry
First Edison serial released What
Happened to Mary. Not true serial because each episode was
complete
First airmail in US
Melies
ceases production
Carl Laemmle founds Universal Film Manufacturing
Co (later Universal Pictures) in New York, based on his IMP
Universal absorbs US operations of France's
Eclair
Majestic
Films, American Film Manufacturing and Western Film Exchange
merge to form Mutual
Film Corporation in US
Mack Sennett founds Keystone Film Company
Mutual
Film Corp buys Thanhauser
Company
General Film Co in Australia established
through merger of Amalgamated Picture, Wests Pictures &
Spencers Pictures
Essanay
Pictures builds new studio and moves production to Niles,
California
US federal government sues Trust's General
Film Company for illegal restraint of trade
US federal appeals court rejects Trust's
control of patents for movie camera
Cinema attendance reaches 5 million per day
in US
Alfred Duskes forms Literaria Film in Germany
Nippon Katsudoshashin Co (Nikkatsu) trust
formed in Japan
Adolph Zukor forms Famous Players
<-1911
+ 1913 ->
