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United Artists ( UA ) is an American film and television entertainment studio . The studio was founded in 1919 by D . W . Griffith , ___MASK78___ , Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks with the intention of controlling their own interests rather than depending upon commercial studios . The studio was repeatedly bought , sold and restructured over the ensuing century . ___MASK81___ ( 12 January 1628  16 May 1703 ) was a French author and member of the Académie Française . He laid the foundations for a new literary genre , the fairy tale , with his works derived from pre - existing folk tales . The best known of his tales include " Le Petit Chaperon Rouge " (" Little Red Riding Hood "), " Cendrillon " (" Cinderella "), " Le Chat Botté " (" Puss in Boots "), " La Belle au bois Dormant " (" The Sleeping Beauty "), and " Barbe Bleue " (" Bluebeard "). Some of Perrault ' s versions of old stories have influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later . The stories continue to be printed and have been adapted to opera , ballet ( such as Tchaikovsky ' s " The Sleeping Beauty "), theatre , and film . Perrault was an influential figure in the 17th - century French literary scene , and was the leader of the Modern faction during the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns . The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by French author ___MASK23___ (" père ") completed in 1844 . It is one of the author ' s most popular works , along with " The Three Musketeers ." Like many of his novels , it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet . Cinderella , or The Little Glass Slipper , is a folk tale embodying a myth - element of unjust oppression / triumphant reward . Thousands of variants are known throughout the world . The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances , that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune . The oldest documented version comes from China , and the oldest European version from Italy . The most popular version was first published by ___MASK81___ in " Histoires ou contes du temps passé " in 1697 , and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection " Grimms ' Fairy Tales ". Gladys Louise Smith ( April 8 , 1892  May 29 , 1979 ), known professionally as ___MASK17___ , was a Canadian - American film actress , writer , director , and producer . She was a co - founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . The ___MASK85___ (' or '), Jacob ( 1785  1863 ) and Wilhelm Grimm ( 1786  1859 ), were German academics , philologists , cultural researchers , lexicographers and authors who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklore during the 19th century . They were among the best - known storytellers of folk tales , and popularized stories such as " Cinderella " (""), " The Frog Prince " (""), " The Goose - Girl " (" Die Gänsemagd "), " Hansel and Gretel " (""), " Rapunzel ", " Rumpelstiltskin " ("")," Sleeping Beauty " (""), and " Snow White " (""). Their first collection of folk tales , " Children ' s and Household Tales " ("), was published in 1812 . Through the Back Door ( 1921 ) is a silent film directed by Alfred E . Green and Jack Pickford , and starring ___MASK17___ . Cinderella is a 1914 silent film starring ___MASK17___ , directed by James Kirkwood , Sr . , produced by Daniel Frohman , and released by Famous Players Film Company . The film is based upon the fairy tale Cinderella . The film was released on DVD as a bonus feature from the DVD of Through the Back Door ( 1921 ) . The Famous Players Film Company or Celebrated Players was a film company . It was founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers , the powerful New York City theatre impresarios . Discussions to form the company were held at The Lambs , the famous theater club where Charles and Daniel Frohman were members . The company advertised " Famous Players in Famous Plays " and its first release was the French film " Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth " ( 1912 ) starring Sarah Bernhardt and Lou Tellegen . Its first actual production was " The Count of Monte Cristo " ( 1912 , released 1913 ), directed by Edwin S . Porter and starring James O ' Neill , the father of dramatist Eugene O ' Neill . The company established a studio on 26th Street in New York City that today is Chelsea Studios . ___MASK97___ ( April 21 , 1870  April 30 , 1941 ) was an American film pioneer , most famous as a producer , director , studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company . Of over 250 films created by Porter , his most important include " Jack and the Beanstalk " ( 1902 ), " Life of an American Fireman " ( 1903 ), " The Great Train Robbery " ( 1903 ), " The Kleptomaniac " ( 1905 ), " Life of a Cowboy " ( 1906 ), " Rescued from an Eagle ' s Nest " ( 1908 ), and " The Prisoner of Zenda " ( 1913 ) . Eugene Gladstone O ' Neill ( October 16 , 1888  November 27 , 1953 ) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature . His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright ___MASK10___ , Norwegian playwright ___MASK34___ , and Swedish playwright ___MASK56___ . The drama " Long Day ' s Journey into Night " is often numbered on the short list of the finest American plays in the 20th century , alongside Tennessee Williams ' s " A Streetcar Named Desire " and Arthur Miller ' s " Death of a Salesman ". Alfred E . Green ( July 11 , 1889 in Perris , California  September 4 , 1960 in Hollywood , California ) was a prolific movie director . Green entered film in 1912 as an actor for the Selig Polyscope Company . He became an assistant to director ___MASK19___ . He then started to direct two - reelers until he started features in 1917 .