106 years ago today, on April 17, 1919 (March 17, 1919 lunar calendar), Chaplin and others established their own film company. Chaplin is signing the document April 17, 1919. Four film pioneers have declared their bets on the film industry. C-Chaplin, D-W-Griffith, M-Pickford and D-Van Punk founded a film company in California called "United Arts". The company will produce and distribute their own new film. Many people say that a career partner is not a family partner, but Pickford and Van Punk - they got married earlier this year and they are good friends with Chaplin. Griffith was a father to Pickford; he directed her in several films, including the mystery "The Broken Flower." However, this union was only due to necessity: they were in danger of losing the market by charging too much. Their previous huge salaries had left little profit; employers would slowly see them as a burden. Now they were free to let go.