The film finds its tongue (1929)

Record Details:

Title:
The film finds its tongue
Date:
1929
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Volume:
The film finds its tongue
Leaf #:
00039
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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EARLY STRUGGLES 21 to fascinate him. He returned to Youngs town full of the idea. So it came about that Sam and Albert Warner went off in 1903 through the towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio showing The Great Train Robbery. There was money in it ; much more than in running a bicycle shop, or almost any other small business. Dozens of others were learning the same thing. The Great Train Robbery, which had cost almost nothing to produce, was making a small fortune for Edison and for the few pioneers out with their projection outfits. Within six months Edison offered a sequel, The Great Bank Robbery. Literally every one else possessed of a motion picture camera got busy at the same time and hurriedly turned out one or more similar pictures. It was no longer necessary to take to the road. The Warner Brothers talked the matter over. Their bicycle shop was closed. The projector was set up in a store in Newcastle, Pennsylvania. They furnished it with 91 chairs rented from an undertaker; and it became one of the hundreds of motion picture theatres that opened its doors during that winter of 19031904.