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FEATURE FILM NEWS
MR. E. MANDELBAUM, president of the World Special Films Corporation, has acquired the exhibition rights to "The Last Days of Pompeii," made by Pasquali in Turin, Italy. Mr. Mandelbaum is one of the pioneers in the film industry and a man well and favorably known among exhibitors. He organized the Lake Shore Film & Supply Company of Cleveland, and the National Film Exchange of Detroit several years ago, and subsequently sold out his interest in these concerns and became a large stockholder in the "Mutual." Recognizing the increasing demand for "feature" films, he recently organized with Mr. Phil Gleichman, of Detroit, the World Special Films Corporation with headquarters in New York, to handle nothing but this class of films.
Mr. E. A. Fenton, formerly of the Kinetograph Company, has been engaged by the World Special Films Corporation as manager of the Canadian offices, with branches in Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg. These offices will be open within the next ten days or two weeks.
The Industrial Moving Picture Company is making the official motion pictures of the trip from Chicago to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., of the National Paint, Oil & Varnish Association. They have just finished a series of pictures for Mayor Knotts, who will use the films in his campaign for re-election as Mayor ot Gary, Ind.
Their operator left Chicago with the members of the National Paint, Oil & Varnish Association, and will film all of the interesting events incidental to this outing. These films will be kept as a matter of record and w 11 also be used at entertainments given under the auspices of the various Paint, Oil & Varnish clubs of the United States. The pictures taken for Mayor Knotts show Gary's Mayor in various characteristic speaking attitudes, including scenes pertinent to his political platform. This film will be used by Mayor Knotts in his impending campaign.
The Photo Drama Company's sixpart production, "The Last Days of Pompeii," presented in America by George Kleine, opens at the American Theatre, Spokane, Wash., Tuesday, October 14th, for an indefinite run. This will mark the first performance of the picture in this country.
The record price of $42,500 was paid in London last week at auction for three-year rights in a film of "Antony and Cleopatra" for the British Isles. The first bid was $20,000.
The purchase price is considered a great bargain, as "Quo Vadis" has already made $15,000.
The Theatre Film Supply Company, who are handling the New York State rights to "Arizona" with other feature films, have moved their offices from 12 Union Square to 71 West Twenty-third street, New York City.
Mr. Felix F. Feist, manager of the Chicago office of Kinemacolor Company of America, was in New York this week for a couple of days and made a trip amongst his friends in the trade. One object of his visit to New York was to secure another large shipment of machines to take care of contracts he has placed in his territory.
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