Louis B. Mayer Pictures Company incorporated
Balboa
Films closed it's operation for no apparent reason
First direct radio message from UK to Australia
received at AWA's Wahroonga facility
William Randolph Hearst opens Cosmopolitan
Productions
Samuel Goldfish officially changes his name
to Samuel Goldwyn
Selig
Polyscope ceases production
Trust's appeal against 1916 decision is dismissed
Thomas
A. Edison Inc sells studio to Lincoln & Parker Film
Company, ending Edison's involvement in film production
Movie business declared an 'essential industry'
under US wartime legislation
Paramount
incorporated Artcraft's
25 exchanges into the Paramount exchange system.
Pathe splits into Pathe-Freres (phonographs
and recordings) managed by Emile Pathe and Pathe-Cinema (exhibition,
distribution, production)
<-1917
+ 1919 ->
