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best of friends, began not to see quite eye-to-eye on several matters of very little importance in themselves which assumed, as they heaped up, considerable significance. To show how little they were really, here is a typical example. I had been to London and used the opportunity to buy fifty rolls of negative film each of fifty metres, about 8,250 feet. In view of our growing requirements, that seemed to me to be a quite reasonable investment, but Lawley thought it was gross extravagance — and said so. There was a suggestion that I was squandering the partnership funds to satisfy my own opulent ideas. There was nothing more to it than that but these little things mounted to a growing irritation between us, and in the end we decided to dissolve the partnership.
In order to pay him out — no, that doesn't sound right! In order to refund to him his half of the agreed value of the business at the time, I formed a little private company among a few of my father's friends, who agreed to take shares. The Hep worth Manufacturing Company Limited was registered April 25th, 1904, and C. Parfrey was appointed London Manager. He carried on to everyone's complete satisfaction until the Great War flared up in 1 9 14. He was in America then, arranging and opening our agency there, and he came back in spite of much strong American advice to stay there and help gather up the valuable pieces when the fools this side had fought to a standstill.
Parfrey had, and I suppose he still has, an excellent head for business. In 'Flicker Alley,' under his auspices, we sold projectors, resistances and accessories, most of which had some stamp of originality upon them and, of course, my original arc -lamp. And from here we sold our films and made not perhaps a fortune but enough to carry on and to continue improving our products and repute.
At Walton there came in from time to time several people, some with a little theatrical experience and all with a burning desire to become film-producers. They had what chance we felt able to offer them and they did from time to time produce a few films. These were not altogether their fault, for I butted in in many cases, especially when there were interior scenes to be dealt with. They made their little marks upon the archives and faded gradually away to pass, I hope, into easier atmosphere and opportunities for better work.
I do not wish to appear ungrateful, for these wishful 'producers'
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