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Jules Brulatour | |
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 Jules Brulatour in 1911 | |
| Born | Pierre Ernest Jules Brulatour April 7, 1870 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | October 26, 1946 (aged 76) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Clara Isabelle Blouin (m. 1894; div. 1915) Dorothy Gibson (m. 1917; div. 1919) Hope Hampton (m. 1923) |
| Children | 3 |
Pierre Ernest Jules Brulatour (April 7, 1870 – October 26, 1946) was a pioneering executive figure in American silent cinema. Beginning as American distribution representative for Lumiere Brothers raw film stock in 1907, he joined producer Carl Laemmle in forming the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company in 1909, effectively weakening the stronghold of the Motion Picture Patents Company, headed by Thomas Edison, a large trust company that was then monopolizing the American film industry through contracts with hand-picked, established studios. By 1911 Brulatour was president of the Sales Company.[1] He was a founder of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, later known as Universal Pictures.
- ^ New York Times, October 27, 1946; Moving Picture World, September 25, 1909, p. 411; Nickelodeon, December 15, 1910, p. 349