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March 1, 1913.
MOTOGRAPHY
157
On the Outside Looking In
By the Goat Man
ACCORDING to the Wheeling Register, a convention of m. p. exhibitors called for February 6 was attended only by the janitor of the building. It would seem that the Ohio censorship squabble is keeping Pres. Neff confined to his own state, for it is hard to conceive that an exhibitors' convention could get by without his presence.
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I believe one of the big reasons for the large success that has come to some of the more important film makers rests wholly upon the treatment that has been accorded their employes. I have visited nearly all of the plants and I find behind the profitable enterprises a great family of volunteers who are happy in their work. Happiness is based upon pay. A man who finds his income sufficient for his protection and self-preservation has time to give his best effort to the occupation that engages him. Young folks carry an advantage in physical energy. Older folks have the compensating advantage of experience. Film making requires the services of the young and old and when you eliminate the factor of worry which attends
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Group Taken at the Lubin Studio, Philadelphia, Tom Jefferson, Tom
McXaughton, Elgie Bowen, Miss Monroe, Christie MacDonald,
Siegmund Lubin, Alice Lloyd and Daughter.
short pay, you get the best results from your employe. The established film maker owes much of his advantage to the contentment of his co-workers. The "fly-bynight" film factorv will learn the lesson or continue to fluke.
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The talking picture opens a broader field for the scenario writer. Talking pictures talk. Obviously the "scenario" will have to talk. I fancy that the Kinetophone folks will know what real grief is after the fans see 'em move and speak.
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You may wonder why I delight in being the goat of a great industry. I can't hope to give you a convincing answer. I know that the business wouldn't be complete without its goat and of course we all agree that the business, while loose in spots, is more or less complete. When I started to follow the crowd who engaged in the film business I couldn't find anybody who would write a letter. After a year or two, about one-tenth of one per
Arthur Tries to Recoup His Losses. From Lubin's Two-Reel "L'ntil We Three Meet Again."
cent would write, but none would sign their names. Nowadays I get letters from men who actually sign themselves ! I find much compensation in these forward moving indications. I have survived through stormy days and am encouraged to believe that there will be a larger need for my services as we continue to make progress. Volume eight of Motography is nearly two inches thick. It is a splendid, big book for a bean.
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I told you in my feeble way that you would live to see the day when joy would play on Laemmle's phiz and Swanson would get down to biz. I said there wouldn't be a row — a bully guess, you must allow — because the gang was in a rage and smoke obscured the wabbly stage. But I have seen so much of this, I felt cock-sure I
May Realizes That a Change Has Come Over Her Husband. Lubin's Two-Reel "Until We Three Meet Again."
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