The Moving Picture World (November 1907)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. 613 of the provisions of the ordinance, that he would appear before Si; Council at its meeting November 19 and protest against the amount of the license. "The tax of $240 on a theater for a year and $50 on a moving picture establishment is unreasonable," said Mr. Schiller. "Why, bi Hoboken and other cities which have as large and larger a population than Bayonne the theaters are taxed but $100." Angola, Ind.—Arthur Hanselman and Arthur Saunders have purchased the Hogan- Moving Picture Show, which has been running for several months past in the Masonic Block. The new proprietors gave their first entertainment to a good house. Both are well known, and will doubtless make the business a success. Nowadays, when a press agent wants to impress the public with the enormity of the moving picture show which* he is booming, he tells how many "feet of films" will be shown. A Washington paper announced that "many thousand feet of the latest motion picture films" would be used at an entertainment at the National Capital that evening. Any show that hasn't many miles of the latest may be considered a back number. BrooKlyn, M. Y.. Notes The now celebrated '"moving picture" cases, which the police have made by attempting to shut such shows up on Sundays, and thereby bringing down a cloud of injunction proceedings upon Commissioner Bingham, received recently a somewhat new viewpoint frdm Supreme Court Justice Asp-nail, who, with the other judges sitting in Special Term for the last few months, had before him several such cases. .As shown in his decision, Justice Aspinall sees no more harm in a moving picture show than in a "sacred concert" on Sunday. Both are "public shows" in his mind, and bbth are prohibited, he holds, by the statute. The particular proceedings in which his decision is made were those of Cyrus B. Gale and William C. Hoage, who have a mov- ing picture place at Sii Fulton street. In refusing injunctions, in this class of cases, Judge Aspinall held that he has nothing to do with the law, good or bad, popular or unpopular, but to enforce it. He says: "Section 26s of the Penal Code provides 'All shooting, hunt- ing, fishing, playing, horse racing, gaming or other public sports, exercises or shows, upon the first day of the week, and all noises disturbing the peace of the day, are prohibited.' "Whether this law is good or bad, popular or unpopular, I have nothing to do. I have, however, decided views concern- ing the action of the police interfering with the moving pic- ture shows, providing, of course, that the same are good, clean and healthy, to which access may be obtained by the humble citizens for the modest sum of five cents, while theatrical repre- sentations are given each and every Sunday evening in the larger halls and theaters of this and other boroughs of the city to which access may be had for sums ranging from fifty cents to two dollars, or even more, without the slightest in- - terference upon the part of the police. 'All public shows are prohibited on Sunday.' * "If the moving picture exhibitions are public shows, then surely the exhibitions in the larger halls are equally so, and should be governed by the same law. Why this discrimination upon the part of the police? It is un-American and unjust; but law is law. I must be governed by it and act accordingly. , "If the law is wrong or obnoxious, then repeal it; but while it remains upon the statute books the courts, at least when called upon, must be governed by it, and treat the rich and poor alike. "The exhibition in question is undoubtedly a public show. Section 265 of the Penal Code prohibits it, and this court of equity must not interfere with the enforcement of the law. Motion denied." * * * George Myers, of 1028 Broadway, and Sam Myers, of 1343 Jefferson avenue, alleged proprietor and ticket taker respectively, of the moving picture show at 5815 Fifth avenue, were arrested Sunday afternoon by Detectives Harris and McGowan, of the Fourth Avenue Station. Detective Harris claims that he saw six-year-old Joseph Walsh, of 435 Fifty-eighth street, go alone ,0 the show, buy a ticket and enter the place, not attended at my time by any grown person. John J. Walsh, a photographer and father of the boy, testi- fied that he went with his son to the show, bought the ticket for the boy and then left him in the care of Sam Myers, in- tending to return soon. Detective Harris asked Magistrate Gtismar if he should not arrest the elder Walsh for perjury, the detective claiming that he saw the boy buy the ticket and that neither Mr. Walsh nor any other person was with him 1S1SANAY MS READ THIS DESCRIPTION ...OF.. The Eleventh Hour A Dramatic Triumph in effort and Sftory. DESCRIPTION. Think over the long list of feature films that have been issued and decide which have been the most suc- cessful; invariably the decision will be "pictures that have children as the leading characters." . In producing "THE ELEVENTH HOUR" we knew that something different must be made to have a child picture a success, and we have used the children in connection with this film in an entirely original way. The story can be told in a few words. An honest Italian attending to his peanut stand is bothered by a bully, who insists on filling his pockets from the Italian's ware. Of course, the Italian resent? this; a fight ensues, in which the bully is knocked down, and in falling strikes his head against the pavement, which kills him. The Italian is arrested and torn from his wife and children, convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged. The poor wife seeks a pardon by going to the Governor, who absolutely refuses any aid whatever, believing the Italian guilty of willful murder. The home-coming of the mother to her children follows, and the poor woman is so overcome with grief that the children themselves are stirred to action. They leave home and start to make a final attempt to save the life of their father. They go to the Governor and beg him to give them back their dad. At last the Governor's human nature is'touched and he hands a pardon to the two tots. Of course they lose no time in delivering it, and reach the jail just as the father is being led out to .meet his fate. The pardon is delivered at the eleventh hour, the father released, and a happy reunion follows. Length, 850 ft. (about) Code, Tonie Price, 12c per foot And Send For Additional Copies Over Your Regular Order. ESSANAY FILM MFG. CO. 50B WeMo Street, Chicago, 111.