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Crowman2009

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5. Thomas Edison had a lot to do with it.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2022, 09:01 PM

Dec 2022

Mainly because he would hire street gangs to intimidate or sabotage rival cinemas and film companies. Hence the migration to California. Before Hollywood, Fort Lee, NJ was the movie capital of America. One could only imagine what the song "Hooray for Fort Lee" would sound like if Mr. Edison hadn't been such an megalomaniac.

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