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Motion Picture Patents Company

Monopolistic organization of the American film industry (1908–1918)
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Motion Picture Patents Company

Summary

Motion Picture Patents Company is a film production company[1]. It draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (film_production_company category, ranking #154 of 640).[2]

Key Facts

  • Motion Picture Patents Company is in the country of United States[3].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's instance of is recorded as film production company[4].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's founder is recorded as Thomas Edison[5].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's headquarters location is recorded as United States[6].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 305936836[7].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2013076002[8].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's Commons category is recorded as Motion Picture Patents Company[9].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's industry is recorded as film industry[10].
  • +1908-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Motion Picture Patents Company[11].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company was dissolved in +1915-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04rgn[13].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Motion-Picture-Patents-Company[14].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's legal form is recorded as trust[15].
  • Motion Picture Patents Company's studied by is recorded as economics[16].

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Founding

Motion Picture Patents Company's founder is recorded as Thomas Edison[5]. +1908-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[11].

Operations

Motion Picture Patents Company's headquarters location is recorded as United States[6].

Industry

Motion Picture Patents Company's industry is recorded as film industry[10].

Dissolution

Motion Picture Patents Company was dissolved in +1915-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].

Why It Matters

Motion Picture Patents Company draws 180 Wikipedia views per month (film_production_company category, ranking #154 of 640).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

economics Thomas Edison United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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