In 1919, four major players in the film industry; DW Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbansdk, foresaw the increasing commercialization of the business as a detriment. Together they founded their own studio which would grant actors and filmmakers creative freedom. Fittingly they named this new project United Artists. Aside from producing their own films, United Artists also served as a distributor for several independent and foreign films. Because of them mainstream audiences were allowed to see masterpieces they would not have seen otherwise. This year the legendary studio celebrates a century in ...
