The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry (1914)

Record Details:

Title:
The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry
Date:
1914
Publisher:
New York, London [etc.] Broadway publishing company
Volume:
The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry
Leaf #:
000299
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
"Edition of 3000 copies ... Autographed edition."
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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168 ^lic Cf)eatre They also were the first to send out film on a cash basis in order to enable them to raise money to continue making pictures. After a few releases they made the one-reel picture, "True Indian's Heart." Of this they sold thirty-five copies, which was wonderful for a beginner, and they have the distinction from that day of never having failed with a release. They then began making pictures in Los Angeles, and were really one of the first to see the benefits of Southern California climate. Kessel & Baumann got together with Cochrane, Laemmle, Herbert Miles and Powers, and formed the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company. The result was the independent film business was put on a sound basis. This group was then enabled to get enough money to fight the Motion Picture Patents Company, with the result that they won in the end. After the Sales Company was sailing along nicely, Kessel & Baumann started to expand, and, in November, 1911, signed a contract with Miller Brothers to use their "101 Ranch" equipment, consisting of Indians, cowboys, horses, cattle and all other paraphernalia. From then on they began making pictures in California at an enormous weekly expense, and supplied Thos. H. Ince with one of the greatest layouts of any motion picture concern in the world. Ince, from the beginning, made good. In January, 1912, Chas. Kessel, managing the exchanges of Messrs. Kessel & Baumann, which by this time had increased in number to five, they having bought out the Imperial Film Exchange, then owned by "Bill" Steiner, was taken into the New York Motion Picture Company, and along about April, 1912, Messrs. Kessel & Baumann saw the advantages of put