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Roots of Vertical Integration in the Film Industry
1. Chaplin and vertical integration
2. Pathe in France
3. Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company (the
"Trust")
4. Other studios as a reaction to the Trust:
a.
Paramount (Zukor)
b.
MGM (Loew)
c.
Warner Bros.
d.
Fox
5. UFA and German Expressionist cinema
a.
formation of UFA; Germany after WWI
b.
Expressionism; German Expressionism
c.
Kracauer's study of Ger. Expr. film
d.
impact of 20s German film on Hollywood