American cinematographer (Feb-Dec 1922)

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Ten THE AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER December, 1922 ^lTllG "Editors 1 COniCr —conducted bu Foster Qoss AN EXPOSITION WITHOUT PARALLEL Probably the most stupendous — the superlative is used advisedly in this instance — undertaking ever attempted by the motion picture industry as a whole is the Motion Picture Industrial Exposition to be held in Los Angeles early in the summer of 1923. At present the assurance looms that the affair will be international in its scope with the Latin American countries especially represented, since the exposition will in addition assume the form of a historical revue commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. Municipal, county and state officials and organizations, including Governor Stephens of California, Mayor Oyer of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles City Council, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants and Manufacturers Association and the Los Angeles Realty Board, already have indorsed the project. The motion picture industry, practically in a body, stands behind the undertaking: the American Society of Cinematographers, the Western Motion Picture Advertisers, the Motion Picture Producers' Association of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Theatres' Association, the Motion Picture Theatre Owners' Association, the Los Angeles Film Exchange Board of Trade, the Screen Writers' Guild of the Authors' League of America, the Motion Picture Directors' Association, Motion Picture Art Directors' Association, the Electrical Ruminating Engineers' Society and the Assistant Directors' Association. Besides its industrial ramifications, the exposition, because of the attention given the anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, has come in for diplomatical consideration as well. In the face of claims that have been advanced that the Monroe Doctrine is obsolete, statesmen and educators are said to welcome the affair as strengthening the bonds which have prevailed between the United States and her sister republics to the south for the past century. The birth of the Monroe Doctrine will be reproduced in pageant form with, no doubt, prominent motion picture players playing the principal roles. Extending over a period of thirty days, other highlights in American history, such as the discovery of America, the founding of the first English settlement, the formation of the first Continental Congress, the inception of the army and navy, the birth of the American flag, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, will be re-enacted. Selection of other events, construed as constituting high lights in the nation's progress, will rest with a commission of representatives from universities and historical societies throughout the country. If u»n»urui •rmimmmi iimiu<i»i<ii