Independent Moving Pictures Company

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Independent Moving Pictures Company was an early 20th-century American film production company that played a key role in the development of the motion picture industry and the rise of the first movie stars.

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instanceOf American film studio
film production company
activeYearsEndYear 1912
activeYearsStartYear 1909
alsoKnownAs IMP NERFINISHED
basedIn New York City
businessModel independent production and distribution outside MPPC control
competition Motion Picture Patents Company NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1912
distributionChannel independent film exchanges
employed Florence Lawrence NERFINISHED
King Baggot NERFINISHED
Mary Pickford NERFINISHED
era early 20th century
foundedAs independent company outside the Motion Picture Patents Company trust
foundedBy Carl Laemmle NERFINISHED
Carl Laemmle in New York
genre comedy films
drama films
western films
headquartersLocation New York City
historicalSignificance contributed to the rise of the first movie stars
early pioneer in American narrative film production
inception 1909
industry motion picture industry
silent film
keyPerson Carl Laemmle NERFINISHED
languageOfWork silent (intertitles in English)
locationOfProduction Fort Lee, New Jersey NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
mergedInto Universal Film Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED
notableFor featuring Florence Lawrence as one of the first named movie stars
helping to break the Motion Picture Patents Company monopoly
promoting the star system in early cinema
use of actor billing and publicity
notableWork The Broken Oath NERFINISHED
The Girl and Her Trust (association with early star system context) NERFINISHED
operatedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
opposed Motion Picture Patents Company NERFINISHED
parentOrganization Universal Film Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED
partOf independent film movement (early 20th century)
product feature films
short films
silent films
status defunct
successor Universal Film Manufacturing Company NERFINISHED
Universal Pictures NERFINISHED

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Florence Lawrence workedFor Independent Moving Pictures Company