Show World (June 1908)

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THE SHOW WORLD 27, 1908. OPTICAL PROJECTION IN PAST HALF CENTURY Much depem .... _ these exhibitions are given. . • careless operator i talking pictur' — ridicule. Surface Only Scratched. This article has been lengthened beyond my intention, although the surface of the subject has been barely scratched.. One topic has been carefully avoided: the pres¬ ent film controversy, with its ramifica¬ tions. I consider a partisan statement out of place here. After all it dwindles into its right significance when viewed in connection with other happenings of fifty years. Let the conflict be a matter of four months’ or four years’ durat’ — when the scribbler of the year 1958 views Motography he will probably refer to the present unpleasantness in the fol- “There occurred in the years of grace, 1907 and 1908, divers meetings between film manufacturers and a class c" known at the time as film renters functions of the latter class are nc to me, but I assume that they acted as middleman between maker and user. The meager references that the Historical So¬ ciety’s record affords speak of these meet¬ ings or conventions as having for their object the “uplifting of the business,” but BIOGRAPH FILMS Cincinnati FILM Exchange Feature Productions IF SO WRITE OR WIRE service; BEAUTIFUL POSTERS furnished FREE of charge to ALL of our CUSTOMERS EDISON’S Latest UNDERWRITERS MACHINE always in Stock for Shipment PATHE’S “PASSION PLAY” FOR RENT Cincinnati Film Exchange, aNcfNNAT 5 i! h o S Hio Cincinnati FILM Exchange