This is actually the first of a two-part episode that I was originally going to call "Trustbusters." This week, we cover the early events of Carl Laemmle's life and see the feature film become the dominant form of cinematic presentation in the United States.  Next week it is the star system and the exodus to California, where the center of film production has stayed (in the U.S. at least) ever since.

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-Jake, May 2021

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