Triangle Film Corporation - 1915 signed by Harry E. Aitken

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Beautifully engraved certificate from the Triangle Film Corporation issued in 1915. This historic document was printed by W. N. Perrin and Company and has an ornate border around it. This item is hand signed by the Company's Voting Trustee ( Harry E. Aitken ) and Assistant Trust Officer and is over 88 years old. This is the first time we have had this certificate for sale. Triangle Film Corporation was founded by Harry (1877-1956) and Roy Aitken (1882-1976), two brothers from the Wisconsin farmlands who pioneered the studio system of Hollywood's Golden Age. Combining production, distribution, and theater operations under their Triangle Film Corporation, the young upstarts created the most dynamic studio in Hollywood. They attracted the greatest directors and stars of the day -- including D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. -- and produced some of the most enduring films of the silent era, from the Keystone Cops to the defining cinematic epic Birth of a Nation. Triangle Film Corporation was the first time a film company went public which was in 1915.