Off-white album page, 5.75 x 3.5, signed in fountain pen “Charlie Chaplin” and “Douglas Fairbanks.” Accompanied by a photo of Chaplin, Fairbanks, Pickford and three others at a meeting of United Artists, which was formed in 1919. Also accompanied by a full-length photo of Pickford (stamped signature). In fine condition, with toning and areas of trivial soiling to the album page. The United Artists Corporation was formed on February 5, 1919 by Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, William S. Hart (who dropped out soon after) and D. W. Griffith. Their motive was to challenge the power of the major studios which, many believed, were making a fortune from the work of individual stars. The five, advised by former Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo (son-in-law of then-President Woodrow Wilson), formed their own distribution company, with Hiram Abrams as its first managing director. R&R COA.
