Introduction: from the MPPC to the MPPDA: how competition and collaboration forged an industry -- Abbreviations -- Prelude to association: censorship, antitrust, and the industry's public relations campaign in 1915 -- The Motion Picture Board of Trade: consensus and division within the ranks (September 1915-June 1916) -- NAMPI and the prewar period (July 1916-March 1917) -- NAMPI in wartime (April 1917 -- November 1918) -- NAMPI in the postwar era (December 1918-December 1920) -- NAMPI's decline (January 1921-March 1922) -- The MPPDA's foundational period (March 1922-December 1924) -- The MPPDA, Wall Street, and theater circuits (1925-1926) -- Testing the limits of expansion: The department of Justice and Federal Trade Commision confront Hollywood (1927-1928) -- Conclusion: from The Edison Trust to the Hollywood majors: trade organizations and historiography.
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