TYPED LETTER ***Signed***

By Aitken, Roy E
Inscribed "With Kindest Regards / R E Aitken" in blue ink.This 8.5 X 11.0" typed letter on company letterhead is an amazing piece of early motion picture history. Letter has normal mailing folds, staple hole and paper clip markings on top left corner, otherwise in fine condition. Roy E. Aitken (1882-1976) was an American Motion Picture Executive born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. A movie industry pioneer, he was one of the first to produce movies independent of Thomas Edison and the Motion Picture Patents Company. Along with his brother Harry, he founded a number of early motion picture production and distribution companies, most notable being the Mutual Film Corporation, the Epoch Producing Corporation, and the Triangle Pictures Corporation. Through a partnership with filmmaker D.W. Griffith, they produced and distributed the landmark 1915 motion picture "Birth of a Nation" to great success. (bio by: Prairie Home Staff)
Published by: Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1957
Vendor: Legends In History