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First National was an association of independent theater owners in the United States that expanded from exhibiting movies to distributing them, and eventually to producing them as a movie studio. It later merged with Warner Bros.

The First National Exhibitors' Circuit was founded in 1917 by the merger of 26 of the biggest first run cinema chains in the United States of America, eventually controlling over 600 cinemas, more than 200 of them so-called "first run" houses (as opposed to the "second run" neighborhood theaters to which films moved when their first run boxoffice receipts dwindled). Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

First National was the brainchild of Thomas L. Tally, who was reacting to the overwhelming influence of Paramount Pictures, which dominated the market. Thomas Lincoln Tally (1861 &ndash November 24, 1945) on or near April 16, 1902 opened his Electric Theater in Los Angeles, the Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. In 1912, he thought that a conglomorate of theaters throughout the nation could buy and/or produce and distribute their own films. Tally was soon partnered with West Virginian James Dixon Williams, and they formed First National Exhibitors Circuit. James Dixon Williams (1877 &ndash August 28, 1934) was the Film producer that started First National Pictures Corporation in 1917 with Among the more than two dozen exhibitors who attended the first meeting held in New York on April 25, 1917, were Frederick Dahnken of the Turner and Dahnken Circuit in San Francisco, Harry O. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Schwalbe of Philadelphia, Samuel L. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Rothapfel of New York, Earl H. Hulsey of Dallas and Nathan H. Gordon of Boston. Nathan Harry Gordon, motion picture executive was born in Vilna, Russian Empire (currently Vilnius Lithuania) March 15 1872, the

Between 1917 and 1918, they made contracts with Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, the first million-dollar deals in the history of film. Mary Pickford ( April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Academy Award -winning Canadian motion picture

Paramount was threatened by First National's financial power and its control over the lucrative first run theaters and decided to enter the cinema business as well. With a $10 million dollar investment, they built their own chain of first run houses after a secret plan to merge with First National failed. Ironically, this led to the foundation of United Artists by Douglas Fairbanks, Pickford and Chaplin, and to the loss of First National's biggest stars. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director

First National Exhibitors' Circuit was reincorporated in 1919 as Associated First National Pictures, Inc. and its subsidiary Associated First National Theatres, Inc. , with 5,000 independent theater owners as members. [1][2]

In the early twenties, Paramount attempted a hostile takeover, buying several of First National's member firms.

Associated First National Pictures expanded from only distributing films to producing them in 1924, and changed its corporate name to First National Pictures, Inc. [3] It built its 62-acre (0. 25 km2) studio lot in Burbank in 1926. Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County California, United States. [4] The Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America and the Independent Producers' Association declared war in 1925 on what they termed a common enemy — the "film trust" of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, and First National, which they claimed dominated the industry by not only producing and distributing motion pictures, but by entering into exhibition as well. A special trust or business trust is business entity formed with intent to monopolize business to restrain trade, or to fix prices. [5]

With the success of The Jazz Singer and The Singing Fool, Warner Bros. purchased a majority interest in First National in September 1928. The Singing Fool in a musical drama Part-Talkie motion picture which was released in 1928 by Warner Brothers. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and [6] Warner Bros. acquired access to the First National's affiliated chain of theaters, while First National acquired access to Vitaphone sound equipment. Vitaphone was a Sound film process used on features and nearly 2000 Short subjects produced by Warner Bros But the trademarks were kept separate, and films by First National continued to be credited solely to "First National Pictures" until 1936. Although both studios produced "A" and "B" budget pictures, generally the prestige productions, costume dramas, and musicals were made by Warner Bros. The B movie, whose roots trace to the Silent film era was a significant contributor to Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s , while First National specialized in modern comedies, dramas, and crime stories.

In July 1936, stockholders of First National Pictures, Inc. (primarily Warner Bros. ) voted to dissolve the corporation and distribute its assets among the stockholders, in line with a new tax law which provided for tax-free consolidations between corporations. [7]

From 1941 to 1958, most Warner Bros. films bore the combined trademarks "A Warner Bros. -First National Picture. "[8]

In 2002, Warner Bros. sold the name's rights to Ryan Kugler of Distribution Video & Audio (DV&A), a company specializing in acquiring excess inventory and close-out properties. The resurrected First National Pictures name will be used to brand no-frills digital releases of children's, documentary, and special interest titles.

Notable First National productions

Made before the merger with Warner Bros.

References

  1. ^ "New Incorporations", The New York Times, November 18, 1919, p. This article is about the Edna Ferber novel So Big may also refer to the 2005 Sesame Beginnings book So Big. Camille ( 1926) is a Silent film based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils. The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 World War I film starring Richard Barthelmess and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Kismet is a 1930 costume drama photographed entirely in an early widescreen process using 65mm film that was called Vitascope. Five Star Final is a 1931 American Crime film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Little Caesar is a 1931 Crime film made during the Pre-Code era which tells the story of a man who works his way up the ranks of the mob Doctor X is a First National / Warner Bros horror and mystery film from 1932. 20000 Years in Sing Sing is a 1932 Black-and-white Drama film set in Sing Sing, the notorious Maximum security prison Two Seconds is a 1932 film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G Convention City ( 1933) is a Pre-Code film produced by First National and released by Warner Bros 25.
  2. ^ "Picture Plays and People", The New York Times, February 1, 1920, p. XX4.
  3. ^ "New Incorporations", The New York Times, May 6, 1924, p. 36.
  4. ^ "First National Properties", The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 1926, p. 16.
  5. ^ "Theatre Owners Open War on Hays", The New York Times, May 12, 1925, p. 14.
  6. ^ Warner Bros. held 42,000 shares of common stock out of 72,000 outstanding shares, while Fox Pictures held 21,000 shares, and 12,000 shares were publicly held. A voting share (also called common stock or ordinary share) is a share of Stock giving the Stockholder the right to vote on matters "Warner Buys First National", The Wall Street Journal, September 27, 1928, p. 3. Fox sold its shares of First National to Warner Bros. in November 1929. "Fox Holdings in First National Pictures Sold", The Washington Post, November 4, 1929, p. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D 3.
  7. ^ "Film Concern Dissolves", The New York Times, July 12, 1936, p. F1.
  8. ^ American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures, volumes F4 and F5.

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