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                  Motion Picture 
                  Distributing & Sales 
                  Company
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                  Type of Company
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                  Distribution company
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                  Country of Origination
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                  United States of America
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                  Years of Operation
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                  Active 1910 through 8 July 1912
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                  Company Principals
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									Carl Laemmle 
                  Charles O. Baumann 
                  J.A. Brulatour, president (circa 1911) 
                  Mark M. Dintenfass
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                  Company Offices
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									111 East 14th Street, New York, New York (circa 1911)
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                  Company Exchanges
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                  unknown
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									 Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company was reorganized into the distribution arm of The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, on 8 July 1912, which was a merger of IMP, Rex Film Company, American Éclair, Nestor Film Company, The Powers Company, The Champion Film Company, Yankee Film Company, and the New York Motion Picture Company. 
                  References: Miller-Comedies p. 3. 
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