The billboard (July 1911)

Xlie Billboard iUUY 1, 1911. Motion Picture News HISTORY MAKING. Among the first pictures received by tbe Klne- macolor Company, are tbe first two tbonsand feet oC the UnvelllDS of Qneen Victoria's Me- morial, showing the Kins ot England and the Bmperor of Oermany pvomlnentlT^ In tbe fore- SToanA. In tbe r procession f^m Buckingham Palace to the statne 'all the fanillr are seen at very close range. The ladles win hare aa op- portuaity of seeing the Qneen, Trincess Mary and the Princess Boyal at close range. Another event and ft wodd's novelty, wni -be the photographing of the crown jewels for the fiist time In history. When ;oa stop to consider what this means the fact'la liome' in npon yon' that we live in strennons and exciting times. When for the small snrn* of money necessary to obtain en- trance into a theatre the aadltor is In a iw- sitlon to see at close range what the members of our Fbnr Hundred or One Htmdred and Fifty probably do''not see aft^r spending thousands of dollars, takln" a- long ocean voyage, submitting to all kinds of troable. Inconvenience and on- ■pleasantness, to probably be awarded with only passing ^impses of the ceremonies they have spent dbuani and' time to witness. 'When this fact 18 borne In npon ns. we commence to realise the marvelous posslbUities af the mov- ing picture, and when in addition to tbe lite' motion pictures, we can be treated to all this royal pomp and magnificence In tiie actnal colors andj views of tbe nnlforms worn by the soldiers of tbe TaiionB aatloas and tbe gowns worn by the ladles mt tte conrt reception of the' Qneen. For the first time to the'world's history, peo- ple of America will have an opportunity, while seated In a co^y orchestra chair in a com- fortable theatre, of witnessing the crowning of a King with all the royal pomp, pageantry and preparation that go with an event of this kind. POWERS SENDS COMPANY. WEST. PLAN 8 FOR. POWERS STUDIO. Mew Tork. Xmie M (Special to The BUI- board).—^It has practically been decided to lo- cate the new Powers - Picture Plant, made nec- ewary by the destruction of the old eae on June S, at Washington Heights. New York City, several sites are under consideration., and a se- lection will soon lie made' and work started on the talldlng. The plaas call, for a, lepuate atudio and factory, each 80x100 feet, constmeted entirely of ateel and ■conoete, and wlfli each room pro- tected from possible fire in the next by means of fire doors. The whole building will be fireproof in every respect. oaiere will be room for torn stages in. the stndio, so that work can he done nearly laat times, sa fast as was formacly prtmlaalble In fhe' oH sttnc- tnre. The total cost of stndio and laboratory will be about flOO.OOO, and it Is expected that tbe laboratoiy will be completed and ready for operation within two of three mcmths' time, while the studio will be completed ss soon af- -ter that time as possible. DEMONSTRATORS GO WEST. New York. Inue 24. (Special. to Tbe Bill- boaid).—Two men leave tte Klnemacolor Com- pany on AmeSS to go fibrongli the West dem- onstrating the tesnlta obtalnea In colored fllma as manufactured by that company. They ex- pect to visit excfaanees and edilbliors through- out the West and acquaint the Western trade with films; pictnrlng snojects in their natural colors. Mr. Jos. DeFrene of the Natural Color KInematograpfa Company of liOudon, wIU have charge of tbe Chicago demonstrating force. Mr. DeFrene la well known In film circles and made the pictures of Queen 'Victoria's Hemnlal Cer- emonies. The pictures to be demonstrated will contain some of the eoronatlon ones which are being finished ana ablpped to America'a( fast as they are taken. GUTHRIE WITH POWERS. New York, June 20 (Special to The Bill- board).—^Henry A. Guthrie Is now in charge of the publicity department for the Powers Pic- ture Plays Co., having commenced In Us new capacity Monday. June 19. Gnthrte Is well- known to many of our readers because of his former dramatic eonneetlraiB, having spent tbe greater part of bis business career In the show world. He has been In New York for the past four months and up to the present time asso- ciated with Raymond Hitdicock's Florida land venture. He can be seen at any time at the Sales Company, where the Powers Company Is temporarily stationed since their own bnOdbis has been destroyed. MANHEIMER'S SUPPLY HOUSE. Mr. E. 3. Manfaelmer, the progressive man- agpr of The Film' Exchange. 61 West 14th Street, New York City, has secured the agency of tbe Stem Mfg. Company's goods for New York and vicinity. The Stem Mfg. Co. Is located In Philadelphia, and for some time has been looking for a mliable reiiresentatlve for Eastern trade. Mr. Stern, head of the Stem Company, w-as In New York about a week ago, and after looking over the field thoroughly of- fered the agency to Mr. Manbelmer in the form of a tempting proposition. - His proposi- tion was accepted; and Mr.' Hanhetmer states that by the week of June 19 he will be thor- ongbly stocked with motion picture supplies and' r'>palr parts, which'he irai offer for sale at attraeflve prices. The new'agency, althangh located adjoining The Film Exchange will do business under the name of The,8tern iffg-» Coi...» and will be prepared to fumKb exhibitors wtth any supplies In the motion picture' line from a lug to « moving picture machine. Mr.. Maur. helmer^s -experIence>-iB- this line .Warrants "i successfnlV^OBMiactlng. of • the' -hnslDesB and ' a firmly establisiwd SaeWni agency ror^Thi Stem Company. . New York, June 24 (Special to The Bill- board)—On Tuesday, June 27. twenty-three people from the Powers staff of actors, together with camera men and directors, will start for a trip of the Thousand Islands, for the pur- pose of taking Indian pictures. The company will remain there for abont three months and then proceed to Los Angeles. Cal.. where a suc- cession of Western pictures will be started. Miss ClBia. Williams, who has been playing with the- £ssanay - Company, has Joined the Powers forces, and will shortly be seen in the firm's releases. S^. .Frank Beal,. director of the company, has been ill with ptomaine |>oisonlng for abont a week, and just recently returned to duty. Mr. Fred Walton took Mr. Seal's place during his illness and will continne to direct a com- pany of Powers actors. Mr. Walton is a noted Enrc^ean pantemlmist. It was imperative In order that an accurately reel be turned out that the players bear a re- semblance to the original participants in the stirring events of '76, and to look the part each player liad to assume a make-up that al- most amounted to a dlsgulfie. But by the aid of the below list, identification of favorites becomes simple: John Hancock, Ceorge Lessy; Dolly Quincy, Julia Taylor; Paul Revere. Frank Crane: Samuel Adams. Justus Barnes; Thomas Jetrerson, David Thompson. INFERNO IN PALACE. At last a film agency is serving an lmi>erlal Palace with a regular Sim service. King Eman- uel of Italy was so Impressed by the pictorial beauty and instracQon shown in the Mllano film, Dante's Inferno, after witnessing a pro- jection of It at a theatre In Milan, that he commanded a i>erformance at the palace In Milan. The audience was composed of the loyal family; Maseagnl, the tamoni composer: MACE GREENLEAP. Ill Mr. Greenleaf, who Is favorably known on Broadway as a legitimate leading man, Is now playing leading roles in photoplay released by The Bellanee Company. MISS RAYMOND FOR PICTURES. Miss Jeanette Mary Raymond, formerly with Gus Edwards' Blonde Typewriters, will shortly be seen In moving pictures. Miss Raymond Is a clever little actreas, and has been before the Xootlights since a child of five. She possesses a peculiar power dltTer- ent from those of others In the profession, hav- ing that taking way which carries her audience with her and makes it understand by her ac- tions where others would have to make them- selves understood 4>y apeech. Miss Baymcmd has expressed her desire to go into the moving picturerfleld and act before the camera, hut has as- yet not decided which of the motion picture companies she will Join. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Tsieie 'wlU be many kaaiten-',it"tbi'yrbdi^' boaser picture who will look twice to recognize tbetr' faVorlte players as found boieath pow- dered wig In Vbi DeelaraUon of'Independence. tbe Count Tnrlno. and many others, represent- lug tbe aristocracy of Italy. As a - result a projecting machine Is now a fixture In the pal- ace, and .films are shown as a fixed portion of the day's relaxation. The Monopol Film Com* pany. are In possession of the Amerlcsn rights, and 'Will. exhibit this production In this country shortly. FII.M NOTES. On July 15 tbe Powers Co. otter their first release of (lamoos theatrical stars posing ex- dnsively Ii^>-pictures of their prodnctlon. Tbe first release will be Nat M. Wills, one of America's (foremost tramp, comedians,! In an elaborate .burlesque prodnctlon, entitled The King of Kasam, , Another announcement. of- Powers enterprise is the securing of tbe serv- ices of Fred . Walton, the . famous "toy" sol- dier of vaudeville fame. Ur. Walton is ooo of the greatest pantomlmlsts on the stage and his iunnsual -ability In this line will insure a picture plar.of splendid finesse. Negotiations are under way vrlth several oHm wdl-known theatrical stars hy the Powers Co,, Oe anooimcemeat of wblcfa win be made In a short time. BUFFALO BILL PICTURES AT THE STEEPLECHASE PARK, C. I. New York. Juno 24 (Special to The Bill- board).—Mr. Jos. P. Collins of Collins and Col- lins, owners of the New . York State rights on the Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill pictures, his leased a print of the films to Mr. Geo. C. TIl- you at Steeplechase Park to be exhibited there. Tbe films will bo shown all summer, beslnnlcer In June and continuing through July. Auguti and most of September. Mr. Tllyon also pur- cbased the New Jersey state rights for tbe sole- purpose of exhibiting the films at Atlantic CUr alone. Be considers tbe films of such worth that he paid for the right of the whole stale of New Jersey expressly for the one theatre at Atlantic City.' "Fhe deal was negotiated on June 21. when Mr. Collins came to New Tork from his oBce ln,.Ctlca. MODEL PROJECTING MACHINE. The American Moving Plctaie Co. Is rapidlr coming Into the limelight In the tnannfacture of projecting macblnea and stereoptlcons. Tbe firm's new Standard machine is a design whicb the company has worked on for some time an< wthich In Its perfected state forma the most durable and most economically operated ma- chine of all the projectiag machines on tbt market. The new Standard No. 4, like tbe older types also. Is buUt of tbe very best ma- terial througboht, the wearlBg parts being of the best' steel, case' hardened. The outside shutter on tke Standard No. 4 produces as near a filckerkss picture as Is possible to obtain. It is so coostneted ss to show light for 65 per cent of ita revolution, which is abont 10 per cent of light In excess of any other machine. Tlie large light apace, which Is abont 80 per cent of the surface of tbe shutter. Is broken by two small dark portions so as te break the sudden change from dark to light. Each picture ia-.then broken Into by two absolntely dark spaces. The dark portion in the movement, that wliidi continues while the-connection between two pletniea Is passing behind the lenses, Is very sUght aa the pictures are moved down very rapidly and are thus sta- tionary for a long time In proportion to the length of time occupied In motion. The machine baa been built vrlth a view to- ward making the convenience of the operator paramount up to the point where doing- th:s begins to Interfere with tbe durability of the machine. The carbons are eontioUed with two movements while tbe lamp can be tilted or tbe angle of the carbons adjnsted by eeparate ad- justments which ensUe any number of posi- tions to be had. In addittcm to the angle adjustment and the tllter for the carbons and the conveaience of two movementa only for temporary adjustment tbe lamp la arranged for either alternating or direct current, urge er small carbons can bv used wtth the same carbon clamps while these holders are made of extra heavy material so aft not to break trader extreme heat as Is So often the case with lighter damp*. Notwithstanding the fact that an parts of tbe madiine are made heavy and of durable material tbe wearing parts are all interchange- able. Every part of the lamp and carbon holder can be taken - out and a new part In- serted. The condensing lease* can be re- moved from the front on the lamp by simply raising the npper part of the frame or lens holder. This does away with the tronble of working a fer<Aen lens out through tbe lamp frame which task often entails a lot of screw setting and fine adjustments and must often be done while the lamp Is extremely hot. Tbe greatest (actor In the maintenance of a picture which Is perfectly focused la tbe even pressure of tbe tension springs or rather the sUdlug strips- which the tension aprlnits bold In place against the film. Due to tbe fact that these springs are subjected to extreme best they often lose their temper and are thus use- less. In tbe Standard machine these sprlncs are placed some distance from the light as the tension strips ate long and the springs are en- closed in cases which prevent the intense l>eat from reaching them. They are also easily taken out and replaeed i( Decessaty. bat ooless a machine is given excessive nse wltkoat any re- cess In the run of illnw they seed never be re- newed. The head of tbe machine, with these springs In use. was givea six months tryout at an exclusive moving picture house, (where one reel was run Just as sooa as the other was finished. It worked vrlth perfect aatMaetlOD and patterns wete Immediately completed for future machines. ~ The adjustable stand nsed on Amerlcsn or Standard machines la the most concise, stead- iest and most easily manipulated stand to be found on any madune. It Is capable of ad- justment for the tamo In either the op-and- down motion or the transverse, while It can also be tilted at any angle deslied so as to be used for an imeratlog bootb of any beigbt above the screen desired. The op-and-doini motion permits the lamp to be moved ao as to suit tile Eoperator's convenience as to height, etc. Am- le space Is left between the lamp and the ead for a neat form of motor. These are furnished by the company If wanted, a universal type being available, Tbe American Oomoany Is enjoying pros- perity In every sense of the word. Its foreign shipments have been a feature for some tini''. the ordera being far In excess of the caparlt.r of the plant, which latter is by no means « small establishment. STARTS COMPANY TO EUROPE. Sometime towsrd tbe end of June the Vila- graph Company will sen4 a large staff of acton and moving picture n^en..-to Burope to take pictures there. JCho ;:rBleasliig . of. trr films a week demands a l>lde ,(tanjn,^t, «ce9ery. and snbjecta snd It Is In cobnectlon wtih tbr extra releas«a.that the,,trlp-ls bstenadesiThe • people wni Jo first to the. <Fltagrspl)<'!«ead- quarten in ParU and (com tbet« .cmttone. tn many rof the-ebhntrles la Borop%^ .tPm P'*" has been - tnder consideration for' over a ;:esr and has Just become a reality.