The Moving Picture World (November 1907)

632 THE MOVING FtCTGRE WOREIX HIGH GRADE IMPORTED GERMAN CARBONS The new Carbon for Moving Picture Machines Quality Unexcelled L. E. FRORUP (BL CO. Sole Importers 235 Greenwich Street, NEW YORK Harry Davis' Film Exchange 347 Fifth Avenue, PITTSBURG, PA. = SELLS ===== Second Hand Films in First Class Shape RENTS Latest, Best & Newest Moving Pictures Made and all the Paraphernalia. GUARANTEE SATISFACTION THE WILLIAM H. SWANSOH & CO. HABIT Of Having" What You Want/'" When You Want It? Has won for this, the biggest of all film renting houses its much merited reputation. WILLIAM H. SWANSON has purchased the interest of his former partner and the business which has bees the most extensive of jts kind in the world, has been enlarged in every way. We will, in order to get personally acquainted, as well as present the opportunity to prospective customers oi looking the ground over fully, pay one-half your transportation within a radius of seven hundred miles of our Chicago office, il you place your film contract with us. This applies only where you actually come to see us and we must be advised by cttcr, or wire, of your coming. BRANCH ES ARE BEING ESTABLISHED " 1 ■ 1 ■ i. — ■ j ■ ■ — in a number of the largest cities throughout the United States. OUR SOUTHERN OFFICE: Wm. H. Swanson Dixie Film Company, at New Orleans, La, Opened September 19th, Jesse C. Kelley, Manager. NEW YORK CITY, Room 1212, 116 Nassau Street. George F. Parker, Manager. LooKS Our New Proposition Of renting entire outfit, consisting of choice of either Power or Edison Machine, operator and film changes, will interest all film users as it relieves our customer of all worry and responsibility. Let us do- the worrying, we have expert picture men to do that for you. We assume all express charges, furnish all condensers, carbons, take care of your repairs and require from you no Film Bond. THIS OUTFIT AND THREE CHANGES OP FILM. $60.00 FOUR CHANGES. - 65 00 Swanson takes the worry oft vour shoulders and furnishes yon with the Box Office winners. A two cent stump will get you acquainted with him. in. "WM. H. SWAHSOH 41 77-79 South ClarK. Street, CSaieagJo, Chicago, III, N.B. —I, personally, can truthfully state that WM. H. SWANSON & CO. hare a Car-load of Moving Picture Machines in stock.—F. C. McCAR AH AN. Chicago Manager, T-kt Billboard. blazed up. The audience groped its way but through smoke and flame to the street,; where real' fire befis. were ringing and real fire apparatus was clattering.upon the scene. *- #~ * The case of Mrs. O. H. Monroe, proprietress of the Monroe Theater, Elyria, O., who was arrested for running her theater Sunday afternoon, was dismissed' by the Mayor. _ He told her that there was no objection whatever in the showing of moving pictures in her theater on Sunday, but there must be no vaude- ville entertainment in connection with them. Mrs. Monroe says that she never intended to run vaudeville entertainments on Sun- day, but the reason she exhibited moving pictures Sunday was to find out her rights in the matter of having her theater open on Sunday. She may not run every Sunday, but she is glad to know that she can run moving pictures on Sunday when she feels disposed to do so. * * * C. Nelson Camp, Brooklyn, N. Y., portends a horrible fate for erring humanity in his' production of "Doomsday," which is the stellar attraction at .Lubin's Park Theater. The spectacle is one beyond the imagination of what is ordinarily supposed to be the windup to affairs on this earth. New York is taken as the base of operations in the vivid portrayal which is exhibited From a peaceful awakening the city is rent by thunder and light- ning and all is consumed in a fiery glare. Hell itself is let loose, flames shooting from the depths below. After all mortals dis- appear, Satan rules over the land, but is vanquished by the power of God and heavenly peace reigns. Moving pictures on the Cineograph, illustrated songs by Harry Peterson, a song and dance specialty by Miss Fanny Weston, and Henry T. Waite-s selections on the violin made up the rest of the bill. * * * Quebec, November 22.—Every moving picture theater in this city has been notified by the provincial government that it must close Sunday. Bennett's ^Auditorium has been giving a two-hour show and packing the house at fifteen and twenty-five cents. The people of Quebec have become accustomed to -freedom in this respect, there being no opposition on the part of the municipal authorities to Sunday amusements. They may start a movement to oppose the order. * * * From Youngstown, O., we learn a new motion picture theater, The Star, owned and managed by Shank & Klopots, who have 3 circuit in this vicinity, is an addition to the score or more similar places in the city. Nearly all of the moving picture theaters are doing good business. , * * * Egg Harbor City, November 18.—While the Lyric, a moving picture show, was filled with spectators, a large film in the ma- chine caught fire and set fire to other films in the hands of the operator, James Palmer, who was severely burned and had to be carried from" the building unconscious. The cry of "Fire 1" created a panic, all spectators attempting to reach a place of safety from the dark, long room, the light from the burning fiims being the only means by which they could see their way out. The fire was quickly extinguished with a Ninimax apparatus and did little damage to the building, but a valuable machine and a lot oi expensive film were destroyed. * * * The selectmen of Greenfield, M aSS -> voted not to grant the petition for leave to exhibit moving pictures in the building for- merly occupied as a carriage repository. This building was to be known as the Federal'Theater. Boston parties had arranged to lease the place, and George E. Moulton and William H. Blodgett had come to Greenfield to make the arrangements. Some work had begun altering the large front -room fgr this purpose. Tbt| selectmen argued that there are already enough places of tl kind arranged for in Greenfield. H. S. Streeter has a license ti exhibit such pictures. Some opposition to granting any moving picture license outside the town hall is expressed, on the grounds that the town has its hall to let, and can get a considerable reT-J; enue in this way, which will be decreased by admitting parties taj outside halls. To this it is replied that these entertainments <£& do business in a smaller room, and give a less extended show fo/p a low price of admission. The selectmen felt, however, that te is not likely that more than one place outside the town hal| . would pay, and that the local party should have the first chance, fj .*- *- * A correspondent in- Sandusky, O., says: Julius BringartnerJ opened the new Star Theater, moving- pictures' and illustrate! songs, November 16, to immense business. John Trautlein ml manage-the house --..'.'■