Moving Picture News (Jan-Jun 1912)

20 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS 'Tut Money in Tliy Purse" Shakespeare didn't say this with regard to POWER'S CAMEEAGRAPH No. 6, tho' he could have, were he alive today. And we might add that as Shakespeare produced the best plays of his or any other age, so tlie best product today in the Moving Picture Machine Industry is POWER'S CAMERAGRAPH No. 6. The best is the only thing you can afford; competition is keen, and if you don't get it the other fellow will, with the result that he will play to full houses.; for the public is wise to POWER'S No, 6, and know it to be the only Moving Picture Machine which gives perfect results. We are the pioneers in this industry, and our fourteen years' experience and skill have enabled us to produce this machine which is built for wear and tear, is guaranteed for a y^ar, and projects a picture absolutely without flicker. Our reputation is hehind this machine; and we repeat that a POWER'S No. 6 in your house will surely "put money in thy purse." Catalog D is yours on request. NICHOLAS POWER COMPANY, 115-117 Nassau Street, NEW YORK For fourteen years the leading makers of motion picture machines. direction already has assumed well defined proportions. In Chicago and New York moving picture exchanges are being established for the benefit of public schools that tend to adopt the moving picture system of instruction. All the most important film companies will send educational films to these exchanges and the local authorities will select from a long list the picture they desire to present to the students of their respeclive cities." * * * * The Feature Film Company, organized to "do any and all things incidental to the moving picture business," capitalized at $20,000, has been incorporated in Louisiana. Judge Ben B. Lindsey, the famous head of the Juvenile Court of Denver, in a recent letter said: "I do not know of any one single thing at the present time that interests me more than teaching children through moving pictures. I am a strong believer in teaching children through the concrete, that is, through seeing the thing and doing the thing. "It is simply impossible for me to say anything strong enough to express my enthusiasm on the subject. It is only the beginning of tremendous changes in our whole scheme of imparting knowledge to children. It is right in line with the wonderful things that Maria Montessori, the Italian genius, is doing. You positively cannot do a better thing than to educate the public to the possibilities of the moving picture as a factor in the education of children. I only wish I had the time to write more on this subject." This is praise indeed. Mr. Exhibitor, when you are pestered by sonie local truly good, who can see nothing pure outside of her church sewing circle or his Sunday morning Bible class, and who just positively believes children should not go to the moving pictures, quote Ben Lindsey to him — or her. If your bore knows of Judge Lindsey and knows how he knows children, he will subside. If he doesn't know of Judge Lindsey, he's not worth wasting time or patience over. ^ ^ ^i^ 5t: Fire started in the building occupied by the General Film Company, in Philadelphia, on the morning of January 13th, and caused a total loss of $200,000. Films stored on the upper floors are said to have started the blaze. Six alarms were turned in. Among other losers were Sigmund Lubin, whose picture theater on the ground floor was destroyed. j{S 5}l ^ A party of Copenhagen actors setting out from Lemvig to make a thrilling sea drama had all the thrills they could stand. The steamer under charter was sent in near shore to get a shipwreck scene. A storm came up, and the steamer fought for ten hours to get away from the rocks. Shortly after the party was rescued by a steam fisherman the chartered craft sank. STAKING THE CLAIM (Champion) Here we have a story of a cowboy who possesses good and manly qualities, but which lie dormant, awaiting stimulation through some agency. He is, therefore, held up to scorn by his fellow cowpunchers. With the arrival of the ranchman's niece, however, his right nature asserts itself, and thus we see him in a heroic light, putting his lips to the snake-bitten hand of the ranchman, while the rest of the boys stand around, helpless and undetermined. He is immediately acclaimed with favor after this incident, and especially so in the eyes of the ranchman's niece, and there arises between them a mutual bond of love. Later, the cowgirl proves herself equally brave by saving an old Indian's life and "gold from the clutches of a hardlooking character and thereby earning the Indian's undying gratitude. This act reaps a handsome reward for the girl on the occasion of the Indian's death, before which, however, he presses upon her and her sweetheart a quantity of gold nuggets derived from a mine which he has owned. The characters in the story aptly portray the parts in a genuine manner and, all in all, bring it to a point of realism.