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Picturedom is looked upon by many as the New Eldorado. Many misguided fools are rushing in where experienced angels fear to tread. Many theatrical concerns are now "going into the moving picture business" and they blithely announce their intention to uplift the motion picture and show the public some real stage productions done in pictures. Some that have come to light so far have been very sad affairs, as is but natural. The average theatrical man makes just about the same brand of pictures as the average picture producers made five years ago. To again quote the invaluable Shaw: "Vital art work comes always from a cross between art and life."
The art of the picture is to convey an impression of absolute realism in a manner artistic. The theatrical stage manager has been proven to be utterly useless in picture production until he has unlearned all the traditions of the stage and acquired an entirely new technique. It is unfortunate that many stockjobbing, security-selling schemes are being offered to investors and the public under the magic "movie" name. Many royalties are being promised that will never be paid, and of many of these cardboard houses, great will be the fall thereof. "A word to the wise is sometimes money in pocket."
The following statistics, furnished by Mr. Frank L. Dyer, late president of the General Film Company, give some idea of the magnitude of the industry:
There are about 14,000 moving picture theatres in the United States ; there are 700 in Greater New York, and in addition 200 airdomes during the summer season.