The Moving Picture World (May 1907)

i88 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. Burglars Break in and Steal. The New York branch factory of Geo. Melies, of Paris, at 204 East Thirty-eighth street, wasjgntered by thieves, during the night of Sunday last (19th) and a large num- ber of negatives taken, including boxes Nos. I and 3 of a new film the firm were about to place on the market and for which they have received many advance orders, "Under the Seas." Mr. Gaston Melies, who is the man- ager of the New York branch, is at present in Paris. His son is in charge during his absence, and from him we learn that it will be a month or six weeks before they can get other negatives from Paris to replace those stolen. From the systematic manner the thief or thieves went to work, it is evident they knew the run of the factory and where the various negatives were stored. Mr. Melies thinks it must be some former employe of the firm. The Melies live in the rooms over the store, and heard noth- ing of them working, but probably the storm which raged so violently deadened the noise. The thieves must have been disturbed; they had commenced to unscrew one of the latest printing machines, which they seem to have left in their hurry to get away. Some three hundred negatives were stolen, and if our readers are offered any of the following, we ask them to hold the vendor, send for the police and communicate with Mr. Melies: 26 A Terrible Night. * 82 A Nightmare. 105 The Last Cartridges. 155 The Famous Box Trick. 159 Adventures of William Tell. . 167 The Four Troublesome Heads. 177-178 The Bridegroom's Dilemma. 185-187 The Devil in a Convent. 190 A Midnight Episode. 194-195 The Clown and Automobile. 204 Christ Walking on the Water. 219-224 Cinderella. 228-229 The Lightning Change Artist. 243 The Cook's Revenge. / 262-263 The One-Man Band. 264-275 Joan of Arc. 276-278 The Seven Capital Sins. 281-282 The Rajah's Dream; or, The Bewitched Wood. 293 The Up-to-Date Spiritualism. 294 The Triple" Conjuror and the Living Head. 298-305 The Christmas Dream. 309-310 Fat and Lean Wrestling Match. 312-313 Going to Bed under Difficulties. 322 How He Missed His Train. 325-326 What is Home without the Boarder. 332-333 The Brahmin and the Butterfly. 334 The Triple-headed Lady. 335-336 Dislocation Extraordinary. 337~344 Red Riding Hood. 348-349 A Maiden's Paradise. 352-353 The Temple of the Sun. 357-358 Excelsior! 359 Off to Bloomingdale Asylum. 361-370 Blue Beard. 382-383 The Man with the Rubber Head. 384-385 The Devil and the Statue. 386 The Dwarf and the Giant. 387-389 The Cabinet Trick of the Davenport Brothers. 392-393 Prolific Magical Egg. 394-396 The Dancing Midget. 399-411 A Trip to the Moon. - ■. 412 The Shadow-Girl. 413-414 The Treasures of Satan. 415-416 The Human Fly. 417-418 Marvelous Suspension and Evolution. 686-689 The Crystal Casket. 690-692 The LiUputian Minuet. 693-695 A Mesmerism Experiment. 696-698 Mr. Dauber and the Whimsical Picture. 699-701 The Venetian Looking-glass. 702-704 The Chloroform Fiends. 705-726 The Palace of the Arabian Nights. And the following positive prints:. Skipping Cheeses. Rogues' Lucks. Mischievous Sketch. Robert Macaire and Bertrand. Merry Frolics of Satan. Tramp and Mattress-makers. Mix-up in a Gallery. Lilipiitian Minuet. . Black Imp. Sunday Shows in Brooklyn The invasion of quiet residential sections of Brooklyn by moving picture show men, who give Sunday perform- ances, is opposed by clergymen and occupants of fine houses, who have been assured of the support of Mayor McClellan and Police Commissioner Bingham. Led by ex-District-Attorney Hyram R. Steele and Rev. H.C. Morse, and backed by the Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children, many of the wealthy resi- dents of Carroll Park were Monday in the Butler Street Court to protest against the setting up of one of these shows, with its brilliant lights and noisy megaphoned phonograph. Elijah D. White, who has rented a store at CarroD and Court streets for a moving picture show, was charged with conducting • it Sunday. It was pointed out that while such exhibitions in some sections of the city had been held to be no violation of the Sunday law, as no neighbor had protested that his peace was disturbed, con- ditions were different in Carroll Park, where all the resi- dents were united in an effort to have quiet Sundays. White was held in $5,000 for examination. : Rev. Floyd Appleton, rector of St. Clement's P. E Church, was the leader of residents of the East New York section, who appeared in the Sates Avenue Court to testify that Edward M. Schindler and Henry Hewlet conducted shows in Atlantic avenue, near Vermont street, and that they did business Sundays. Each defendant was held in $500 for examination. '* * * The Park Theater, Worcester, Mass., after being re- modeled and redecorated, opened Monday as a moving picture house, under the management of the Gordon Brothers. It makes a very attractive little playhouse. 1 ■ * * * John Wanamaker says in Judicious Advertising: "Advertising doesn't jerk; it pulls. It begins very gent- ly at first, but the pull is steady. It increases day by day and year by year, until it exerts an irresistible power.'