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    From John Levine@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 20 21:46:21 2023
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    According to Adam H. Kerman <[email protected]>:
    Movie production is in Los Angeles because that's about as far from New
    York as you could get a century ago, without sending the black sheep
    brothers in the family to China, the ones exiled from New York to run
    several of the studios. The other brothers stayed in New York to raise
    money.

    I have heard it was as far as possible from Thomas Edison who had a whole
    bunch of patents they hadn't licensed.

    There's also reliable sunshine.

    That too, and fairly close to Mexico in case of (legal) emergencies.

    For a few years, in early days, there was a number of movie studios in >Chicago, but that would not last.

    In the really early days they were in Ithaca NY, but if you've ever spent
    a winter in Ithaca, you know why they moved.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@21:1/5 to John Levine on Thu Jul 20 22:08:00 2023
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    John Levine <[email protected]> wrote:
    According to Adam H. Kerman <[email protected]>:

    Movie production is in Los Angeles because that's about as far from New >>York as you could get a century ago, without sending the black sheep >>brothers in the family to China, the ones exiled from New York to run >>several of the studios. The other brothers stayed in New York to raise >>money.

    I have heard it was as far as possible from Thomas Edison who had a whole >bunch of patents they hadn't licensed.

    That is an excellent point.

    There's also reliable sunshine.

    That too, and fairly close to Mexico in case of (legal) emergencies.

    For a few years, in early days, there was a number of movie studios in >>Chicago, but that would not last.

    In the really early days they were in Ithaca NY, but if you've ever spent
    a winter in Ithaca, you know why they moved.

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