Motion Picture News (Apr - Jun 1914)

30 THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS i ink, here is a formula which will enable you to make some yourself: Take 500 parts of water and dissolve therein 36 parts of sodium fluoride and 7 parts of sodium sulphate, cover the solution and put aside. Take a second vessel and put in 500 parts of water together with 14 parts of zinc chloride, add 56 parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid. Mix equal quantities of each solution and add a small piece of dry china ink or a little India ink, or any other which will contrast with the color of the film, after which you can use the product. The ink, prepared as described, should preferably be kept in rubber containers, as it affects ordinary glass bottles. Correspondence Patent Editor, Motion Picture News. Dear Sir — I have designed and am using a revolving shutter that gives a much more brilliant and clearer picture than any shutter I have ever used. How can I find out if it infringes on any shutters already patented? Truly yours, Chas. E. Ward. Operator, Palace Theatre, Onarga, 111. Mr. Chas. E. Ward, Onarga, 111. Dear Sir — In reply to your letter of the 16th instant, we beg to inform you that we shall be pleased to give you the required information by return mail if you will kindly send us a drawing or photograph of shutter by registered mail. The information will be given you absolutely free of charge and your explanations, if any, will be treated as strictly confidendial. Yours truly, M. H. SCHOENBAUM, Patent Editor, Motion Picture News. Exhibitors Protest Building Code Pittsburgh Protective Association Votes to Reject First Clause of New Standard by Harrisburg Code Commission ANOTHER BROADWAY HOUSE IN PICTURES The Globe Theatre, on Broadway, New York, long the home of musical comedy, has entered the ranks and will open on April 27 with "Neptune's Daughter," a Universal picture. This seven-reel feature, in which Annette Kellerman plays the lead, was made by Herbert Brenon in Bermuda, and it was in the taking of it that Miss Kellerman and he were injured. The scenario written by Captain Leslie T. Peacocke was especially constructed so as to feature Miss Kellerman. NEW KALEM STUDIO The Kalem Company has just opened its new $25,000 studio at Jacksonville, Fla. The opening was celebrated with a banquet and a dance, at which President and Mrs. Long were among the guests. The new studio is built near the old Ostrich Farm, and its grounds extend for more than a block along Talleyrand Avenue, Jacksonville. It is said to be one of the best studios south of Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, Pa., April 15. THE second annual meeting of the Motion Picture Protective Association since becoming a permanent organization was held in the Columbia Theatre, Sunday afternoon, April I2th. The Standard of Motion Picture Theatres, as drawn by the code commission in Harrisburg, was read and each member given a copy. This code met with the disapproval of the body, which voted to eliminate and correct most of the sections in Section 1, which reads : ''All buildings hereafter erected or remodeled for the exhibition of motion pictures, must be of approved fireproof construction, and main auditorium of such motion picture theatre shall not be above or below the ground floor. Nor shall any new motion picture theatre be permitted in a building on a lot of less than 25 feet in width." This section was voted to be taken out by all but three members, the exhibitors being under the impression that a group of men who control a string of large photoplay houses and are still building, wants to push the little theatre out of their way. Treasurer M. A. Rapp's report shows a balance of $488.26 in bank. The complaint of J. A. Wright, of Irwin, Pa., regarding high taxes levied on motion picture houses in the boroughs was given to the committee to look up the decision handed out by a judge in the Allegheny County courts that the boroughs did not have to pay any amusement tax. The information was furnished by F. J. Herrington, who claims that he remembers the decision. James Delves, who visited Philadelphia last Wednesday to confer with the committee of the eastern part of the state, reported that Mr. Wheeler, president of the Exhibitors' League of Philadelphia, says that there is no protective association in that city, but that the league will amalgamate their for ces with either Pittsburgh organization to contribute to and fight unjust legislative acts. H. B. Miller made a motion, which was passed, to send a committee to Harrisburg to put the many complaints of the out of town exhibitors before John Price Jackson regarding the attempts of Inspector W. G. Wilson to close up their theatres. The meeting came to a close after the complete body voted that a new section be added to the building code stating that the complete code would not afifect theatres now in operation or the plans of new motion picture houses that have been passed by the building inspectors. The next meeting will be at the call of the chair. First Progressive Picture Coming "Master Cracksman," with Harry D. Carey, Will Be Ready for Release ■ About May i — Other Productions THE Progressive Motion Picture Corporation will make their first release on May 1, offering "The Master Cracksman" as their initial production, with Harry D. Carey, formerly of the Biograph, in the title role. By a combination of circumstances, Mr. Carey is star, director and author of the forthcoming drama. "The Master Cracksman" is a typical drama of the underworld, designed to illustrate Mr. Carey's ability to portray such types, in which he has in the past showed considerable ability. As an actor in such roles, he is conceded to occupy a unique position. This release will be followed by the first of the "'Buzzy Izzy" series, all tworeel comedies, with George Sydney at the helm. Thereafter, as soon as possible, the Progressive will issue from their City Island studio Carey's Western romance, "Montana," which will be followed by "St. Elmo," "Kitty McKay," and "The Widow by Proxy." The last two are the work of Catherine Chisholm Gushing. Miss Gushing has been retained to write feature scenarios exclusively for the Progressive. Harry D. Carey, general producer, director and star for the company, has had a varied career in the motion picture world for the past five years. Formerly a playwright and actor in the theatrical world, he first became identified with the Reliance Motion Picture Company as assistant director and scenario writer. Later he was general producer and director of the Washington Motion Picture Company and the National Film Distributing Company. For the past year and a half Mr. Carey has been assistant director and leading man with the American Biograph Company, and played in one hundred Biograph productions. Mr. Carey has written more than one hundred motion picture scenarios, and he has written and produced over fifty feature pictures.