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The Moving Picture Weekly
A MAGAZINE FOR MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITORS Published Weekly by the MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY PUB. CO.
1600 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY
Paul Gulick, Editor. Tarkixgtox Baker, Bus. Mgr.
{Copyright, 1920, Universal Film Mfg. Co. All Right Reserved.)
Vol. 10.
MARCH 27, 1920.
No. 6.
Goes to Australia
James V. Bryson.
LAEMMLE'S AMBASSADOR
TO THE EASTERN WORLD.
Bryson Starts on Three Years' Tour to Establish Exchanges and Start Exploitation.
^N March 16th, James V. Bryson, for twelve years connected with the Univei-sal Film Manufacturing Company, and the organizations from which it was developed, sailed from San Francisco for Australia. Arrangements for his trip were hurried and made largely by telegraph, when Mr. Laemmle decided definitely to send a world representative to Australia, India, Singapore China, Japan and the Phillipines.
The first, and probably the most
impoi-tant office of all will be established in Australia and Mr. Bryson is accompanied by Dewitt G. C. Adams, whom he will leave as manager at Sidney. After thoroughly surveying Australia and establishing exploitation centers and methods for Universal pictures, Mr. Bryson will continue on his merry way and it is not likely that his friends in Minneapolis or New York will see him before three years at least.
A great many Universal pictures have been sold and shown in Australia, but so far there has been no Universal exchange and no Universal exploitation on the Continent. Mr. Bryson is an old-time shoAvman and \vill equipped to give a surperb account of his stewardship in any country. He has been connected with Mr. Laemmle and with Mr. Laemmle's various institutions for twelve years and prior to that was for four years in the infant motion picture business as a salesman. Twelve years ago, he was selected by Mr. Laemmle to pick out a suitable location for a Pacific Coast exchange. He got as far as Minneapolis and liked it so well that he located the exchange there. Under various names and in various localities it has existed and mightily prospered down to the present time. During almost all of this time Mr. Biyson has been the manager of the exchange. He vnW be succeeded as manager by J. D. Roderick. Mr. Roderick was at one time manager of the Milwaukee office and was also district manager of Universal's southwest territory.
Mr. Bryson writes a characteristic good-bye to his friends and confreres and it is so much like him that it is printed verbatim as he himself wrote it.
"GOOD-BYE FELLOWS, GONE" —BRYSON.
**^ANY times, yes, thousands of times, I've been told of my nerve when it comes to an argument over price on some particular contract for {Continued on page 22)
The First Movie
Judge's idea of the start of the Infant Industry. Courtesy of Judge.