In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1914)

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Thomas A. Brown, Direct Examination. i2T-o Q. How long have you been getting these pictures from that source? A. Well, do you mean from the General Film Company? Q. Yes, the General Film Company? A. Well, ever since they organized. Q. Were you getting service from the Pittsburgh Calcium Light Company? A. Yes, sir; at the time the General Film Company bought them out. In October, 1910. Q. When you were obtaining service from the Pittsburgh Calcium Light Company, did you find it possible to select a program and announce it in advance, and show it on the day set? A. We never knew what we were going to have until the films got in. Q. Did you ever make any attempt to find out what you were going to have or to select it? A. Why, I have often tried to — well, of course, I am referring to the regular service, and sometimes — in those days they had very feAV subjects, but once in a great while, with a special feature, we would know what was coming, a few days ahead. Q. You would be likely to get that? A. Yes, but there were very few of those. Q. In the regular service, what was the situation? A. We had no way of knowing until it was sent to us. Q. After the General Film Company began to serve your theatres, did you find it possible then to select a program in advance and to show it on the date set? A. Yes, we have an arrangement where the booking is booked a week in advance. I know a week in advance what I am to receive the following week. In other words — I know ten days in advance. Thursday of this week, I will get next week's program. It is possible for me to get out the entire program for both of my houses ten days in advance. Q. Do you do that? A. I do. Part of the time I announce in the newspapers part of my shows coming the following week. Q. Do you ever make requests of the General Film Company to change your programs, or give you some special films of merit, which you think would be pleasing to your audiences? A. Oh, yes; anything special that I desire, I always make requests for. In one particular case, they sent me a special copy from the producers. In the case of the Omaha cyclone. I wanted it immediately.