The New York Clipper (May 1912)

THE NEW YORK CLIPPER. hltiltors of the country should be given the opportunity for the flrst presentation of his greatest achievement In motion picture pro- ductlon. Accordingly arrangements were en- owjeiis of rnma risorts were fined, but case mil w currier s py ±m?svx& COURT IIY STOP CONEY'S FREE MOTIOR PICTURES. • challenge from any similar team of ua motion picture manufacturer In OUi vicinity of New York. From ill account! the chal- lenging team will have a run for its money. The tenth member of the team li "Mepnu- tophflcp," a goat, which Is the mascot of the team. Mephlsto will be seen .at all thei games wearing hit new Summer blaser and bearing the slogan of the team, "you can't get our foat!" Address all communications regard- dk games to Harry Handworth. Pathe Freres* Studio, No. 1 Congress Street, Jersey City Heights, N. J^ HIGHER FOR TEST. exclusive control of what Is acknowl- Proprletors of seashore drinking places within too city who give motion picture en- tertainments In connection -with the serving of beverages are Interested in the action taken In Coney Island Police Court, when Sector William Bossell. of the Bureau of Licenses, arraigned twenty-five.Meljoroprte- tors on summonses charging; them with gyv- ing motion picture shows without holding Icenses. Magistrate Dodfl fined each at the Wv SraSrar ravJi C0 ^Vo°tem^™ have been giving mouon gar «Sff£S2s^ & % show licenses. The pictures^were *«*-.. Inspector Bussell went to Coney Island April 21, and later he summoned twenty-flve hotel keepers to court. They were repre- sent'd by^Stepben 0'P.rlon tfennnn Wacke proprietor of the Boston Hotel, was the only ° n Wacko's" excuse was that there Is no admls- ^ slon, and anyone Is welcome to step In and see the nhow. Magistrate Dcdd did not agree with that vew, and decided that while no di- rect admission Is charged, nobody can remain In these places and look nt the pictures without buying something. Such purchases corre- spond to an admission fee. Mr. O'Brien asked for time to talk It over with his clients. If an appeal Is taken and the Supreme Court upholds the contention of the Bureau of Licenses that seashore hotels mast have licenses (or motion picture shows, the hotel men may take out a common show license costing |2B a year, but such a license allows only 21)0 scnts In an auditorium, while many of the Coney Island hotels have scats for thousands of spectators. If the hotel men take out concert hall licenses, costing $000 a year each, they will l-ave to fasten their chairs and tables to the floor and observe nil the drastic regulations of the police, the building and the Are de- partments. An appeal will be made to the higher courts for a ruling. The Klnemacolor Pictures. Ten successive successful months, moat of them right on Broadway, and all of them In edged the world's greatest motion Picture. "^ lne g n t a n d n | g h class playhouses, is the The exhibitors of the country, cognisant with £ e ttopolltan recSrd of Slnemacolor, the lellg roly- BenBn fl onll i natural color motion pictures scope Co. have undergone In so releasing the film, arc preparing to show their apprecia- tion by making their presentation of Colum- bus excel everything that has hitherto been accomplished along these lines. ■ ■ rathe Freres' n. B. Olob. Pathe Freres' Baseball Club has been or- ganized, fully equipped and uniformed, and, from all accounts, Is "some" team. This ag- gregation of popular Pathe players has been out on the practice diamond for some time and Is now remarkably fast. The team Is under the management of Harry Handworth, and it Is open to accept "painted by Nature's own hand." Of this period the wonderful "Durbar" series crowd- ed the New York Theatre for six weeks, and now enters upon its fifth consecutive week at the Garden Theatre, and still going strong. The added feature of the launching of the Ill- fated Titanic, and the last pictures taken of Captain Smith and his chief officers, have proven an Interesting and popular addition, lacking, as they do, any suggestion of morbid- ness, and furnishing an illuminative object lesson of educational and historical value alike for old and young. Dally matinees con- tinue (Sundays excepted), at which popular prices prevail. M. P. Theatres In I«os AmsTelea. (Special to Nsw Yobk Cmtpeb.) Los Anoklbs, Cat., April 27.—It MotiM- ful If the Pacific Coast has wr known a more progressive showman than H. W. niim, general manager of the Globe Amusement Co who proposes to build within the next few TontnV a circuit of fifteen beautiful suburban houses, each with a wUng* imclty In the neighborhood of 1,000. This Till bring within walking distance of the suburban residents 1 downtown picture an a vaudeville theatre of the highest class, and nt an admission fee equal to the cost or a street-car ride downtown snd back. •L F. Bpauldlng, the well known real estate owner and builder, Is even now erect- ing a magnificent theatre, to be known as Globe Theatre No. 4, for this company, on his lot Bltnatcd near Eighteenth Street, on Main. This theatre, when completed, will undoubtedly be the largest and most per- fectlv equipped motion picture theatre West of Chicago, and will cost $75,000, with a 8ELIG lilVEN C0L11B11S FIM8 TO INHIBITORS OF THE COUNTRY. With tbe announcement by the Sellg Poly- scope Co. that "Tbe Coming of Columbus" Is to be released to the licensed exhibitors of oi uaituBu o.i" «■» <•—• T.-r— tractive propositions Hoping to secure capacity or l.ouu . picture (or first presentation In their 'The Olobe Amusement Co. s circuit win uc jjg ji thcatrcg _ £ tnte rl0ltlI lnTOBto „ , the country, through the medium of the General Film Co., w. N, Sellg. president of the Sella Polyscope Co., Is giving a fine ex- ample of the high appreciation In which he holds the exhibitors of the country. Already scores of letters and telegrams have been re- ceived In the Sells offices commending Mr. Sellg upon his method o( releasing this mas- terpiece. From the date of the flrst announcement that this film was being produced, the Sellg Polyscope Co. has been besieged with offers of every description by those desiring to Bccure this wonderful picture for money making purposes. Powerful legitimate the- atrical interests offered large sums and at- tractive propositions hoping to secure the clr- Ights Investors made xuu uiuuo Mann)_p* • --— ::— ~~A *!,. coles Streets, Is In active operation, and tho other theatre buildings under process of con- struction. The side walls of the Globe Ttc- ntrc No. 8, at Sunset Boulevard andJW Park Avenue, have already reached a height of sixteen feet, and the house will undoubt- edly he completed nnd ready for opening within sixty days. This houBe will have a capacity of over 800, nnd will cost some- thing over $86,000. t -__. . The Olobe Theatre No. 2, at Central Ave- nue, near Jefferson, with a capacity of over 750, will cost about $80,000, and will he com- pleted In time for the opening of the other houses. .. . Contracts for locations of other theatres to make up the circuit of fifteen are being rnpldlv completed, and there Is little doubt that this company will not only have the best theatres and the best locations, but will he In a position to supply their patrons with lln' best of everything In the nature of ex- clusive first run films nnd vaudcvlllo acts. « Traveling. Picture Shows In Mexico. (From CoiiruI Wm. W. Canada. Vera Crus.l Moving picture shows In this district, while still patronised, hove long since ceased to be n noveltv. In Vera Crus, population about r.0.000. the largest city In the consular Juris- diction, these shows have taken second rank In the estimation of the majority of the peo- ple, and wherever such a performance takes place It It In combination with a moro or less theatrical enterprise Spanish dancers, tureen and general variety business nre the prlnrlpil attractions at present. The Salon lie VnrlodiidoB Is the only permanent place of entertainment of this kind In Vera Crux. As fur us this offlee is Informed, other towns of comparative Importance, as. for in- stance, .Tfllnpn, Orizaba, Cordoba, Coatepoc, Coxoinalonpan, Tlncotalpan, Alvarado, Tux- p:un. I'upuiitln. Huntusco, Itlo Blanco, and othci'H of 8(1,000 down to 2,000 Inhabitants, have no permanent moving picture shows. All these placen nve visited at stated Inter- vals by traveling exhibitors, who do not oven own n pi in in l us nor ill ins. hut are fitted out hy the Companla Clnctnatograflca Explotar- dorn. Mexico City. The \v,-;i Cruz show operates n Patbe ap- paratus, and nearly all films shown arc from the annie concern. At long intervals only are American Dims shown. The fact Is that, with few exceptions, pictures of American Kt'oncH arc never well understood. This Is due to the lack of familiarity with condi- tions as they exist In the United States, nnd also beeiuiae the humor or pathos, as the rase may be, represented on French films Is o( a nature that apjie.i N to the people. In Mexico City, where the American clement Is better represented, matters arc different. it Is worthy of menton that the films shewn In Vera Crus nre nil first class. There is no exception tu this. The town has been worked by traveling shows for so long a time that the people will not now accept anything ancient nr of Inferior grade. This determina- tion of the citizens to Insist upon the best wns exemplified some time ago when, upon (he opening night of a show, well advertised, uver 1.000 BwrMns attended; the succeeding evening, when the show veus repeated, there were lint six persons In the theatre. But Mr. Sellg, president of the Sellg Poly- scopo Co.. maintained that the regular ex- George Gcbhnrt. Harry Tenbrook. Eugenie Forde. Jack Conway. ' Hij£tal;y "COMIiVG.: OF* COryXJAdtBUS." ©o**i.*n.em.cleci t>y Pope Plus X. Cuhrn Mnlie» I IvIiik Crusa> xliiu ■tarry Country Trip I>h lliltlnu "ColumniiH" Kllmn. I tarry Cehen, until recently manager of the General l'llin t'omimny's Washington brunch, but now connedcil with the Selig Polyscope Co., In at prvsrat engaged upon n mission Unit very few picture men would ran lu undertake, lie is milking a flying trip neiMKH the riiiiniry In the Interest of the Sellg and General Pilin companies, visiting Hie various rllles In which General Film t'otuptinv brunches tire located, where he will give private exhibitions lo exhibitors, prcsB, clergy and eiliiciiiors of fiellg's great three reel motion picture masterpiece, "The Com- ing of Columbus." Mr. Colien'B Itinerary calls for twenty nights on sleepers, and he will not stop over night In a hotel during the entire trip. In some eases he will even be torred In alt up all night because of the way in which bis Jumps are routed. Upon several occasions he will hold an exhibition In one city in the morning and in another city In the nfternoon. Mr. Cohen will demonstrate how the Columbus films should be presented, nnd Is cnrrvliiR with him samples of the litho- graphs nnd some of (he advertising matter, etc., which will be available for use In con- junction with this masterpiece. M at 4 A cheap lens out- fit is the most ex- pensive folly that a motion picture man can indulge ii,. It's the quality of yoi;- lenses that can either make or spoil the pleas- ure of your audience. Why risk unpopular! i.y by equipping with any but the best? (ausclT|omk Projection jerxscs give the kind of pictures that keep the people com- ing back for more — clear, clean-cut, brilliant. Our objectives and con- densers for the moving picture trade have be- come the standard among operators who have learned to discriminate. Whether you own a thea- ' tre or operate a machine, send for our free bnolc'et 74D. It gives information that you ne.-d, Tht Superior Quality of all Jtausch t Lomb products—lenses, mfcroaconcs, fl c l& Olatiei, projection apparatus, enitlnecriug and other toientiflo instruments—tit backed by nearly so yean' experience. fiausch i^lpmb Optical ©, ..ROCHESTER. NY. SO.OOO ROLL TICKETS ll.So; 00 6-8 Cored Oar boas, 11.16; Stereoptlctm Objectives, 600. to $3.00; Stereoptlcons, 11&.00; Rheostats, $3.00 to 16.00: Are Lsmns, Jl.tt, $2.00 and $3.26; Condensers, 60c.; Calcium Jets. 12.80; Acetylene Jets, $2.60: Qas Generators, $8.60; Moving Picture, Object Ires 13.76; Jackets, $3.00. List of moving picture repair parts st reasonable prices. Sprocket Wtieels, 86c; Films, lo. foot JM makes of Moving Picture Ms- chines repaired at reasonable prices. Catalogue L. BBTZ, 804 E 2Bd St., N. V. 0. I lt«)M VIEW OP Ml, DM,. CERAMIC AH I l-l, Kit i:. Wntit is pcrhnps tho greatest endorsement which has over been glvm any nrtlstlc nehlcveinent' In the line of photography, and cer- tainly tho highest honor that can be paid a moving picture manufacturer, lias been accorded to tile world's greatest film masterpiece, "The CouiIiik of Coliimbus," and to \V. N. Sellg, Its maker. His Holiness, l'opc 1'Iub X, was presented with 11 set of "Columbus" films by Mr. Selig, nnd after Inspecting them carefully, the pope was so pleased -with Mr. Selig's gift nnd what he had accomplished, that he sent Kathcr Tonclll bis personal blessings and praise, and In recognition of the great epoch which this picture Is predicted to mark In motion picture production, the Holy Father sent Mr. Sellg a silver medal of beautiful deBlgn, bearing his likeness, reeling thnt even this was Inadequate to express his full appreciation, anil desiring to award this "-wizard of picture production" even further, he had a beautiful, much treasured ceramic, or art plaque, removed from lta place In the Vatican and Bent to Mr. Sellg. AN EVENTFUL WEEK FOR GEORGE KLEINB. Scheduled for release during tbe week end- ing May 11, George Klelne has programmed two split reels containing an unusually mirthful Cln-es comedy, a beautiful travelogue on excellently acted and staged Kclliisc drama, concluding with a short, but highly Interesting zoological study, and for Satur- day, May 11, the extraordinarily splendid Cln-cs historically correct, mngnlllcently staged and acted drama of tho Empire period, dealing with the story of the love, marriage and divorce of Josephine nnd na- Colcon. This exceptionally flno program Is ound to prove a popular card and meet with the approbation of the public, and deserves tbe support of exhibitors. The comedy, "A Contest and No Prize, * tho release of May 7, shows in a highly en- tertaining manner how a vivacious and fun- loving girl coquettes with two rival Biiltora who are ready to do or die at her bidding to gain favor In her eyes. Many laugh- creating situations are presented through the ridiculously funny stunts the girl sots tho ardent lovers to do. The reel Is com- pleted with a beautiful view of tho town Flume. Hungary, showing the cathedral nml many quaint buildings, streets and Interest- ing waterways. The Eclipse subject for Wednesday, May 8, Is entitled "The Squire's Fate," is au in- teiiKo drama, relating how Marian, the beau- tiful daughter of the miller, successfully thwarts the evil plan of the Squire to ruin her father and compel her love. To complete this red an exceedingly Interesting nature study, called "Tropical Creatures," is milled, showing several species of curious stlck-llko creatures which Inhabit trees In tho tropical regions. Tho third release of tho week, the Cln-cs "Josephine," for Saturday, May 11, Is one of many splendid films which this excellent company has in store for tho public's ap- proval In the near future. Thoso who rcj member this company's "Joseph In Egypt, "Brutus'* and other excellent picture plays released by them will give credence to the report that this coming release Is one of tbe finest ever placed on the market In ih« country. In this beautifully staged, gor- geously costumed, splendidly acted drninu 01 1,100 feet In length, tho historical romnnec of Josephine and Napoleon Is magnificent ij portrayed. In n very realistic manner Is fl'- plcted their meeting, wooing, tholr ripen MR love, their marriage, happiness, and u"]' 11 .' the pitiful circumstances which led lo 1 heir divorce and Napoleon's subsequent mnrnagi to Louise of Austria. Tbo final scene slic- ing Napoleon on a balcony of the palace 1 iv playing to the Joyous multitude gathered >c- low tho new heir, tho little Napoleon, King of Rome. _, ,„j The growing populnrlty of Cln-cs 1"' Uclipse films will be well deserved If W standard of exccllcnco presented by !"•» week's trio of releases Is maintai ned. iQko. Schuilbb, of the Chas. K. "=";*''* offices, is running the pictures at tuc lumbla Sunday concerts. MCTEINS MAKE-DP . %J.^^^G)^x/lBSOLUTELY GUARANTEED