Isaac Ullman: Difference between revisions
(Created page with "'''Isaac Wise Ullman''' (born January 4, 1873 in Natchez, Mississippi; died October 30, 1947 in Birmingham) was a photographer and a pioneering cinematogra...") |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Isaac Wise Ullman''' (born [[January 4]], [[1873]] in Natchez, Mississippi; died [[October 30]], [[1947]] in [[Birmingham]]) was a | '''Isaac Wise Ullman''' (born [[January 4]], [[1873]] in Natchez, Mississippi; died [[October 30]], [[1947]] in [[Birmingham]]) was a film distributor and magazine publisher and distributor. | ||
Isaac was the third son born to hardware dealer [[Samuel Ullman]] and his wife, [[Emma Ullman|Emma]]. He moved with the family to Birmingham in [[1890]]. Five years later, he moved to New York City on his own, seeking a business position. In [[1898]] he was assigned to manage the Ward Electric Supply & Construction Co. on behalf of its creditors. On [[January 17]], [[1899]] he was married to Elizabeth Abbott in Northampton, Massachusetts. The couple shared an apartment with her widowed mother in the South Bronx. He operated a contracting business, the I. W. Ullman Company, from an office in the American Tract Society Building in Manhattan. His company negotiated a contract to install and maintain lights for the city of Meridian, Mississippi, and filed a lawsuit for $138,200 in damages when the city backed out. | |||
In [[1907]] Ullman partnered with Charles Dressler as the Consolidated Film Company of New York, a distributor of low-cost motion pictures to nickelodeons and burlesque houses. They reorganized as the Film Import & Trading Company in [[1909]]. In [[1910]] the New York Circuit Court of the Southern District ruled that Ullman had infringed on copyrights belonging to the Edison Film Company. By [[1913]], as manager of Duplex Motion Picture Industries, he was operating a means of circumventing U.S. Customs regulations against the import of foreign boxing films. He would erect a tent over the Canadian border line, project the imported reel on the Canadian side and re-photograph it on the U.S. side. In [[1915]] he was partners with Theo Goldenberg in GNU Enterprises, which produced films. By [[1918]] he was also partnered with Gorham Tufts and John McKay in the Oceanic Steel Corporation; and employed as general manager of the Brookside Coal Co. of Sunbury, Pennsylvania. | |||
The Ullmans visited Birmingham for his father's 80th birthday, during which the family published a volume of Samuel Ullman's writings. | |||
| Line 11: | Line 16: | ||
[[Category:1873 births]] | [[Category:1873 births]] | ||
[[Category:1947 deaths]] | [[Category:1947 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Contractors]] | |||
[[Category:Distributors]] | |||
[[Category:Publishers]] | |||
[[Category:Emanu-El burials]] | |||
Revision as of 18:11, 7 February 2023
Isaac Wise Ullman (born January 4, 1873 in Natchez, Mississippi; died October 30, 1947 in Birmingham) was a film distributor and magazine publisher and distributor.
Isaac was the third son born to hardware dealer Samuel Ullman and his wife, Emma. He moved with the family to Birmingham in 1890. Five years later, he moved to New York City on his own, seeking a business position. In 1898 he was assigned to manage the Ward Electric Supply & Construction Co. on behalf of its creditors. On January 17, 1899 he was married to Elizabeth Abbott in Northampton, Massachusetts. The couple shared an apartment with her widowed mother in the South Bronx. He operated a contracting business, the I. W. Ullman Company, from an office in the American Tract Society Building in Manhattan. His company negotiated a contract to install and maintain lights for the city of Meridian, Mississippi, and filed a lawsuit for $138,200 in damages when the city backed out.
In 1907 Ullman partnered with Charles Dressler as the Consolidated Film Company of New York, a distributor of low-cost motion pictures to nickelodeons and burlesque houses. They reorganized as the Film Import & Trading Company in 1909. In 1910 the New York Circuit Court of the Southern District ruled that Ullman had infringed on copyrights belonging to the Edison Film Company. By 1913, as manager of Duplex Motion Picture Industries, he was operating a means of circumventing U.S. Customs regulations against the import of foreign boxing films. He would erect a tent over the Canadian border line, project the imported reel on the Canadian side and re-photograph it on the U.S. side. In 1915 he was partners with Theo Goldenberg in GNU Enterprises, which produced films. By 1918 he was also partnered with Gorham Tufts and John McKay in the Oceanic Steel Corporation; and employed as general manager of the Brookside Coal Co. of Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
The Ullmans visited Birmingham for his father's 80th birthday, during which the family published a volume of Samuel Ullman's writings.
References
- Saunders, David (2018) "I. W. Ullman (1873–1947)" Field Guide to American Pulp Artists. - accessed February 7, 2023