The Moving Picture World (1907)
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THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. 689 ~r iousc he ever showed moving pictures to, the students being ac- companied by 200 kids. At eleven o'clock the entire crowd of 400 or 500 students were still besieging the Bijou, held back by four policemen, With drawn revolvers. The Alma Mater Society has sent representatives to the prop- rietor Of the Bijou, offering to settle for all damage. What e will do is not yet known. The police have the names of a alf a dozen ringleaders, and the charges, if any will be made, 11 be rioting and destruction of property. Respectfully, J. J. Allen, Mgr., Princess Theater. Will O. BarKer on Moving Pictures Previous to his return to England, Will G. Barker wrote the editor: "Sorry, old man, to leave you without giving you some matter for the Moving Picture World, but, as an old commercial, jou know how I have been rushed. Get the Show World and copy my ideas for your readers." With the above we went to Warren A. Patrick and obtained is consent Jto the reproduction of the article from the Show "orld. * * * The recent convention of the leading moving picture manufac- turers, importers and film renters of the United States marks a aiew era in the progress of the moving picture industry in this tountry. Conspicuous among the guests of the convention was Will G. Barker, head of the Warwick Trading Company, Ltd., 'of London, and one of the foremost exponents of cinematography Sn the world. j Mr. Barker came to Chicago with the Chicago delegation as lihe guest of George Kleine, of the Kleine Optical Company, and fprior to his return to London on Wednesday submitted to an ex- clusive interview with The Show World upon the subject of cinematography which will be of deep interest to all connected with the moving picture industry. Mr. Barker is an undisputed authority upon the subjects re- ferred to by him, and in the appended interview his remarks upon the trend of the business in this country and its uptight are most timely. OBJECT OF VISIT TO THIS COUNTRY. "Mr. Barker, what is the primary object of your visit to the United States?" was asked. "The object of my visit to the United States of America and Canada," he replied, "was to see for myself the possibilities of the cinematograph trade in. the two countries. I landed in New York; from there I went to Buffalo; thence across to Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec. I then doubled back to Toronto and went to Winnipeg, and from Winnipeg to Saskatoon and Regina.'and thence to Edmonton. Between Saskatoon and Ed- monton I touched villages where four years ago there was neither rail nor village, and where to-day there are thousands of people. I went to Vancouver, thence to San Francisco and back to Vancouver by steamer. I then returned to Winnipeg, and from there to Port Arthur, where I went up into the lumber camps, amongst the lumber jacks, and also around Winnipeg, with a view of securing some pictures showing the vastness of I American farming. "I came down to Chicago, and here I find the moving picture theater at its very highest. I am given to understand there are about two hundred such places of entertainment in Chicago, and I do not know of any other city in the world that can boast of so many." CRITICISES USE OF OLD FILMS. you any criticism to make of moving pictures in Chi- ago?'" A fault which I have to find in Chicago and practically throughout Canada and the United States is that the films seem to be used when their useful life is finished. The projecting ma- chine of to-day has been made as perfect as human ingenuity on. make a machine, and. it is—I think I may say absolutely—do- ing no injury whatsoever to films. The .injury to the films comes ! through the continuous windincr and "rewinding when passing through a machine at the rate of a foot a second, and forming I static electricity. This static electricity attracts all the particles j of dust which are floating in the air, and if you take a' large, : powerful reading glass, or magnifying glass, and look at the > film as it is passing through a machine, in a strong ray of light, I you will see all the particles of dust jumping on to the film.;.As I soon as the film is run through, that attractive power evaporates °ut of the celluloid, and leaves the dust and dirt free. In pulling the film up tight on the reel that dust scratches, hence the'riin/" " S cago? ,A A wise man once made MERRY because for a CHRISTMAS present he adopted our PREMIER FILM SERVICE now he is A very contented and man because he is getting the best film service possible, all his films being practically NEW and he is now on the high road to prosperity for next You have tried the rest, now try the "best" PITTSBURG CALCIUM LIGHT & FILM GO. SiiSLjii Don't forget our Western Branch, Des VSoines, la.