United Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950: The Company Built by the Stars

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Notes In the notes that follow, citations to documents in the United Artists Collection are designated by series, box, and folder (the collection call number, US/Mss/ 99AN, is omitted). For example, lA/24/S refers to series lA, box 24, folder S. Chapter 1: Artists in Business 1 Moving Picture World, February 1, 1919, p. 619. 2 Ibid., January 4, 1919, p. 53. 3 Benjamin B. Hampton, A History of the Movies (New York: Covici, Friede, 1931), p. 165. 4 For background information in this section, I have relied upon the following sources: Ralph Cassady, Jr., "Monopoly in Motion Picture Production and Distribution: 1908-1915," Southern California Law Review, 32 (Summer 1959), 325-90; Michael Conant, Antitrust in the Motion Picture Industry (Berkeley and Los Angeles: Univ. ofCalifornia Press, 1960), pp. 18-27; Hampton , A History a/the Movies, pp. 64-120; and Mae Huettig, Economic Control of the Motion Picture Industry (Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1944), pp. 24-31. 5 Charles Chaplin, My Autobiography (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1964), p.222. 6 Moving Picture World, February 1, 1919, pp. 607-8. 7 Ibid., p. 619. 8 Variety, January 31, 1919, p. 58. 9 Arthur Mayer, "The Origins of United Artists:' Films in Review, 10 (1959), 390. 10 Hampton, A History o/the Movies, p. 148. 11 Edward Wagenknecht, The Movies in the Age ofInnocence (Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1962), p. 190. 12 Hampton, A History of the Movies, p. 155. 13 Variety, November 1, 1918, p. 42. 14 Ibid., October I, 1915, p. 18. [ 293 ] 294 I Notes to Pages 20-45 15 Alistair Cooke, Douglas Fairbanks: The Making of a Screen Character (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1940), p. 14. 16 Richard Griffith, The Movie Stars (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970), p. 145. 17 Cooke, Fairbanks, pp. 20, 21. 18 Iris Barry, D. W. Griffith: American Film Master (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1965), p. 20. 19 Robert Henderson, D. W. Griffith: His Life and Work (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1972), p. 120. 20 Moving Picture World, February 15, 1919, p. 899. 21 See, for example, Will Irwin, The House that Shadows Built (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1928); Hampton, A History of the Movies; Mayer, "The Origins of United Artists"; Gertrude Jobes, Motion Picture Empire (Hamden, Conn.; Archon, 1966). 22 Benjamin P. Schulberg v. Hiram Abrams, Supreme Court of New York, 1920. 23 Letter from Dennis O'Brien to Morris GreenhilI~ August 20, 1920. lA/211/3. 24 Moving Picture World, February 1, 1919, p. 619. 25 In re Famous Players-Lasky Corp., 11 F.T.C. 187 (1927). 26 Moving Picture World, November 27, 1926, p. 205. Chapter 2: Starts and Fits 1 Clipping from Photoplay Magazine, 1920 (date unknown). 2 Richard Griffith, The Movie Stars (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970), p. 151. 3 Letter from Dennis O'Brien to John Fairbanks, May 22, 1920. lA/210/5. 4 Letter from Dennis O'Brien to Helen Walker, October 26,1940. lA/14/7. 5 Interview with Charles Chaplin, Vevey, Switzerland, January 10, 1971. 6 Marquis James and Bessie R. James, Biography ofa Bank: The Story ofBank o.lAmerica NT & SA (New York: Harper, 1954), p. 246. 7 The Motion Picture Industry as a Basis for Bond Financing (Halsey, Stuart & Co., Inc., May 27, 1927). 8 Variety, November 28, 1919, p. 62. 9 Moving Picture World, July 24, 1920, p. 473. 10 Ibid., July 3, 1920, p. 72. 11 Donald M. Nelson, "The Independent Producer," The Annals of the American Academy oj"Political and Social Sciences, 254 (November 1947), 52. 12 Letter from Dennis O'Brien to John Fairbanks, March 28, 1921. 1A/210/12. 13 Letter from Sam Berman to Dennis O'Brien, May 27, 1921. lA/210/12. 14 Letter from Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks to D. W. Griffith, June 24, 1922. lA/209/14. 15 Letter from Bank of Italy to Associated Authors, Inc., October 15, 1923. lA/212/9. 16 Letter from N. A. McKay to Dennis O'Brien, November 6, 1923. 1A/212/9. 17 Theodore Huff, Charlie Chaplin (New York: Schuman, 1951), pp. 170-71. Notes to Pages 48·85 [ 295 18 Letter from Hiram Abrams to Dennis O'Brien, April 3, 1923. lA/209/11. 19 Variety, November 15, 1923, p. 19. 20 Letter from Dennis O'Brien to Mary Pickford, April 18, 1923. lA/209/13. 21 Telegram from...