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EDISON, THOMAS ALVA. 1847-1931.
Typed Letter Signed ("Thos A Edison"), 1 p, 4to, Orange, NJ, December 25, 1926, to Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., thanking him for sending a copy of his book of poetry, on Edison's letterhead,

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EDISON, THOMAS ALVA. 1847-1931.

Typed Letter Signed ("Thos A Edison"), 1 p, 4to, Orange, NJ, December 25, 1926, to Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., thanking him for sending a copy of his book of poetry, on Edison's letterhead, fold creases, adhesive residue on verso, minor spotting.
Provenance: Pat Silver-Lasky.

"I did not know that there was a poet in your family. But, come to think of it, your father is far from lacking in imagination." Jesse Lasky, Jr. wrote 3 books of poetry, as well as 8 novels, 5 plays, and more than 50 screenplays. He was the son of film producer Jesse Lasky, who got his start in Broadway musicals, then teamed up with Cecil B. DeMille to produce films in Los Angeles. Edison had a hand in the motion picture industry himself, manufacturing cameras of his own design and establishing the Motion Picture Patents Company and the General Film Company in 1908 in order to dominate the production and distribution of films. This brought about an antitrust investigation which led to the breakup of the two companies in 1915.

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