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"By 1912, major motion-picture companies had set up production near or in Los Angeles. In the early 1900s, most motion picture patents were held by Thomas Edison's Motion Picture Patents Company in New Jersey, and filmmakers were often sued to stop their productions.
To escape this, filmmakers began moving out west, where Edison's patents could not be enforced.
Also, the weather was ideal and there was quick access to various settings. Los Angeles became the capital of the film industry".

But what if Edison's Motion Pictures had not held most of motion picture patents,and the filmakers did not have the need to moving out west?

In other words if Hollywood had not become the capital of the movie industry,which other location could be the mecca of the films in XX century?
New Jersey?
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