Independents
This article discusses United States cinematic history. For other uses of the term
'Independents
' see
Independence (disambiguation)
The name
Independents
can apply to
motion picture
production companies who resisted the claims of the
Motion Picture Patents Company
. The Independents built their own cameras to evade the patents of the
Edison
trusts. They escaped the strongholds of the trusts to
Southern California
, where they laid the foundations of the
American
movie industry and the
Hollywood
studio system.
See Also
History of cinema
List of 'years in film'
Silent movies
*
Talkies
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