Brief for the United States (1914)

Record Details:

Title:
Brief for the United States
Date:
1914
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office. Office of the Public Printer
Volume:
Brief for the United States
Leaf #:
000229
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Richard Koszarski",Domitor}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 06, 2024
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PART IX. The ( loN'cniiiiciil iiil rndiiccd in cv idciMM' ;i slntcincnl .I;miia ry 11, l!)rj, hy DiiimiiI ('Iiiircli to W'illiiiiii I N'l/.cr, ;i list of re) )l('\ i n sii it s i nst i tiitcd hy (liiiivli. ((Jc^vt. Kx. LMS, I 1, IHIT, fnl. W. ) A list of i'('])l('\iii suits instituted \)\' the nianut'actui'crs, six printed i)<-i,i;('s lonu", is printed in the ivc'ord vr, :m). Theaters <>-oiU'rally tliroivc'liout tlio eoniitiy had boon displaying' motion ])ictnre films fi-oin 1904, tlie dato of tlio film roissno 12192, down to the s])i-in^ of 1902. (J)yer, TIT, 1680, fol. 2.) Bnt no snits on that patent had been hronght against thc^m prior to the Chicago campaign of 1908. The largest theaters in the United States are the so-called licensed theaters. Mr. Sawyoi*, of the Kinemacolor Co., which mannfactnros natural color moving pictures, said that, while tlie independent companies have fine houses, there are more of the higher t}'|:>e houses using the licensed service. (TT, 741, fol. 3.) Some of the colored pictures which the Txinemacolor Co. was prohibited from exhibiting in licensed theaters were the Durbar in Tndia," the " Coronation of King George and Queen Mary," the ^' Balkan War," the Making of the Panama Canal,'' etc. ( ET, 741, fol. 1.) Mr. Sawyer described the situation at the time he testified, February 28, 19i:i (IT, 740, fol. 2) : AVe have had a great many a])plicati(ms from exhibitors asking us if they could show