The Greater New York Film Rental Company, through its attorneys, Rogers & Rogers of 160 Broadway, brought a Sherman law monopoly suit in the Federal District Court yesterday to recover threefold damages, aggregating $1,800,000, from an alleged combination of moving picture manufacturing and rental concerns which, the plaintiff alleges, constitute an illegal combination controlling 95 per cent. of the moving picture business of the country. Information on the Lubin Legal battles with Edison. By Lara Fine

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16. -- The Federal Government attacked the so-called Moving Picture Trust in a civil suit filed here to-day for the dissolution of the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company. Ten prominent moving-picture film concerns are accused of combining to monopolize the business, even to the extent of increasing or decreasing the number of motion-picture theatres, in which they have n proprietary interest. (One of the companies is the Lubin Manufacturing Company) Information on the Lubin Legal battles with Edison. By Lara Fine

The explosion at the Lubin Manufacturing Company made front page in the city newspaper so it was obviously well known. The article states that many of Lubin’s films were destroyed – a loss we still feel today. By Lara Fine

Vitagraph-Lubin-Selig-Essanay Inc., the new combination of motion-picture producers, announces the first sixteen productions to be offered through their booking offices. Philadelphia’s very own film manufacturing company is large enough to enter in contract with other big companies to starts a booking office. By Lara Fine