CINEMA OF THE MODERN ERA (JOINT-STOCK CINEMATOGRAPHIC COMPANIES IN RUSSIA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY)
Authors:
1.
Institut rossiyskoy istorii Rossiyskoy akademii nauk
Type:
Monographie
ISBN:
978-5-16-019929-0
Status:
In work
Language:
Russian
Quantity of pages:
195
Number of publication:
1
Publisher:
INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC.
Keywords:
Joint-stock companies, the film industry, A.A. Khanzhonkov, "Br. Pathe", I.H. Ozerov, founders, shareholders, fixed capital, dividends.
Abstract (English):
Based on a wide range of sources, the monograph shows the activities of the main officially registered joint-stock cinematographic companies operating in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. Economic modernization, which flourished in Russia at the turn of the XIX – XX centuries, accelerated the process of formation of joint-stock cinematographic companies. This period turned out to be bright for Russia, but chronologically short. Having turned into a mass spectacle, cinema developed along the path of transformation into an art form that was technological in nature and focused largely on the broad masses of the population. This predetermined the interest of private business in this type of entertainment, which saw a real opportunity to make significant profits by involving democratic segments of the population, primarily cities, in this form of leisure activities. At the beginning of the twentieth century, branches of famous French film companies operated in Russia: Gaumont, Br Pathe, as well as about 20 officially registered domestic joint-stock companies, the largest of which was the joint-stock company A.A. Khanzhonkov and Co., which turned out to be the most effective in the pre-revolutionary film business. The paper examines the mechanism of approval of joint-stock cinematographic companies, the formation of management bodies and the participation of founders and shareholders in this process, as well as in the distribution of profits and payment of dividends.
Based on a wide range of sources, the monograph shows the activities of the main officially registered joint-stock cinematographic companies operating in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. Economic modernization, which flourished in Russia at the turn of the XIX – XX centuries, accelerated the process of formation of joint-stock cinematographic companies. This period turned out to be bright for Russia, but chronologically short. Having turned into a mass spectacle, cinema developed along the path of transformation into an art form that was technological in nature and focused largely on the broad masses of the population. This predetermined the interest of private business in this type of entertainment, which saw a real opportunity to make significant profits by involving democratic segments of the population, primarily cities, in this form of leisure activities. At the beginning of the twentieth century, branches of famous French film companies operated in Russia: Gaumont, Br Pathe, as well as about 20 officially registered domestic joint-stock companies, the largest of which was the joint-stock company A.A. Khanzhonkov and Co., which turned out to be the most effective in the pre-revolutionary film business. The paper examines the mechanism of approval of joint-stock cinematographic companies, the formation of management bodies and the participation of founders and shareholders in this process, as well as in the distribution of profits and payment of dividends.
Keywords:
Joint-stock companies, the film industry, A.A. Khanzhonkov, "Br. Pathe", I.H. Ozerov, founders, shareholders, fixed capital, dividends.
Joint-stock companies, the film industry, A.A. Khanzhonkov, "Br. Pathe", I.H. Ozerov, founders, shareholders, fixed capital, dividends.
