Motography (Jan-Jun 1917)

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MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XVII, No. 1. shows, but Justice Piatt pointed out, it is inactive when applied to the films for the simple and all-sufficient reason that motion pictures were unknown when the law was adopted and nobody at that time had even conceived of operating films for pay. TRIGGER LEAGUE PRESIDENT Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of Manhattan Elects Samuel Trigger President, Needle Treasurer and Howard Secretary The annual election of officers of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of Manhattan resulted in the following officers being chosen : Samuel Trigger is the new president ; first vice-president, C. R. Martinau ; second vice-president, Ike Harstall; treasurer, M. Needle ; secretary, T. Howard ; chairman of finance committee, William Hilkemeier ; sergeant-at-arms, Gus Keonigswald ; chairman board of directors, Sidney Ascher; chairman arbitration committee, Charles Steiner ; chairman grievance committee, Sidney Cohn ; chairman welfare committee, S. L. Rothapfel, Rialto Theater ; chairman ways and means committee, Charles Haring; chairman house committee, I. Hartstall; chairman publicity committee, M. Oestreicher; chairman auditing committee, Charles Steiner. Immediately after his election Lee A. Ochs introduced the new president of the league and Mr. Trigger responded with a brief talk in which he urged his fellow officers to co-operate with him in his effort to make the organization even more significant than it has heretofore been in the industry in the past. Lewis Blumenthal, the retiring treasurer, turned over to Mr. Needle more than $6,000. New Members for St. Louis Association At the weekly meetings of the Theater Managers and Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association of St. Louis, held on December 8 and 15, the following new members were accepted : Fred Demko, Shenandoah Theater; Christ Zotos, Family Theater; J. F. Brinkmeyer, American Theater ; and Spyros P. Skoures, New Lafayette ; Mr. Seivers, New Grand Central ; Steve Kaiman, O'Fallon ; W. Slinger, Excello and Nick Angellich, Rainbow. The following interpretation was made to the resolution adopted by the association covering deposits on serials : "Members of this association are not to pay any deposit or in any way advance money on any episode of serials, but if exchanges require it members should pay C. O. D. for each episode." The legislative committee called on Governor Frederick D. Gardner and the governor invited them to appear before the special taxation committee where the exhibitors can present their view on the proposed new taxation by the state on motion picture theaters. Peacocke Writes Book of Poems Captain Leslie R. Peacocke, well known for his many successful photoplays, has issued a little book of verses entitled "Devil Visits" which are very much worth while and contain a humorous and satirical twist which makes them mighty good reading. The poems making up the book include "The Devil's Invention," "The Devil's Advice," "The Devil Dances," "The Devil in Love," "The Devil in Heaven," "The Devil's Warning," and "Sisters of the Great White Way," "On the Beach," "Don't," "Unshriven," "The Sidewalk Is the Stage," and "My Masterpiece." Captain Peacocke is now writing original feature scenarios for the Balboa Feature Films. He has just completed a five-reel story "The Lure of Innocence" in which Jackie Saunders is to be starred, and is now collaborating with Dan F. Whitcomb on a five-reel story in which Kathleen Clifford will make her initial bow on the screen. FILM STUDIOS FOR HAWAII Large Patronage of Picture Theaters and Ideal Climatic Conditions Leads to Proposed Establishment of Film Colony on the Islands The scope of the film industry is ever broadening, and not only the finished pictures are being shown in all parts of the world but also the production of the films is spreading over a greater area. Now comes forward an advocate for the Hawaiian Islands as possessing ideal locations and suitable climate for the taking of motion pictures. A. P. Taylor, a correspondent of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, foresees the establishment of a film colony in the islands. Negotiations are at present under way for the founding of a film studio there, about $50,000 capital to be furnished by persons already on the ground, the rest by producers of this country. In addition to this, Mr. Taylor writes that so large has the patronage of the "movies" grown in the islands that a theater in Honolulu has installed a $10,000 pipe organ of a well-known make. The transportation charges from the factory to the -city of Honolulu added fully $1,000 to the price of the instrument. "Motion picture theaters," he goes on, "were first established here about ten years ago, and were then merely 'holes in the wall.' With the rapid development of the artistic side of motion picture filming, the class of theaters in Honolulu has been raised, until at present the city has several first-class houses. The largest has a seating capacity of 1,800. The architecture of this place of amusement is suited to the climate ; plenty of ventilation is afforded through rows of shutter windows. "Ten years ago the highest price paid for admission to motion picture theaters was 15 cents, ranging from that figure down to 5 cents. Today the standard high price is 30 cents for reserved seats, with a 50-cent charge for box and loge seats. The Honolulu public, with its large tourist population, demands the best pictures, and the leading theaters are now on the circuits of the foremost producers of New York and California. "The exchange system permits the same pictures to be sent to the outlying islands, so that even in small plantation towns on the island of Kauai, the westernmost of the Hawaiian group, 2,400 miles from San Francisco, the pictures that are produced in the leading theaters of Honolulu are given before an audience composed principally of Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Porto Ricans, Spaniards and Siberians. Where no theaters have been built, in some of the outlying districts, enterprising motion picture managers have large tents of the circus type erected. By a system of rotation a tent is seen in a village about every two weeks." "The Cruise of the Alden Besse," a five-act sea drama, is nearing its completion at Universal City. Myrtle Gonzales plays the principal role.