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Patrick Anthony Powers (8 October 1870 – 30 July 1948) was an American businessman who was involved in the movie and animation industry of the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. , According to the ''Buffalo Courier-Express'' obituary dated August 1, 1948,〔''Buffalo Courier-Express'', August 1, 1948.〕 Powers was considered a native Buffalonian. His sister, Mary Ellen Powers, lived in Buffalo for her entire life. ==Early career== Powers partnered with Joseph A. Schubert, Sr. and sold phonographs from 1900-07. In 1907, they formed the Buffalo Film Exchange, which purchased films from producers and rented them to nickelodeons. In 1910, Powers left Buffalo for New York City, where he founded the Powers Motion Picture Company, also billed in the credits of his movies as "Powers Picture Plays". Early examples of the Powers studio's films include ''The Woman Hater'' (1910) with Violet Heming, Pearl White, and Stuart Holmes. In 1912, Powers' company merged with Carl Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP) film company and others to create Universal Pictures. He served as treasurer of the Universal Motion Picture Company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pat Powers (businessman)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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