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Hupaniittu analyses the economics of silent-era filmmaking and the low profitability of early film production in Finland. The film business was financially based on the exhibition and distribution of imported films. A production would be considered economically successful if it was able to break even; even for the most thriving producer, actual profitability was unattainable. Film producers boosted their economics with other fields of activity, such as laboratory services or theatre set painting, and the largest producer was able to make profits only after it bought a distribution and exhibition company. |
