books.google.co.uk - United Artists was a unique motion picture company in the history of Hollywood. Founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and director D.W. Griffith—four of the greatest names of the silent era—United Artists functioned as a distribution company for independent producers. In this...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/United_Artists_Volume_1_1919_1950.html?id=QljKdIYzncoC&q=theaters&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareUnited Artists, Volume 1, 1919–1950
