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 #:
000302
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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of Science i«9 ting out good film, and felt they were hampered by the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company, because they were not allowed to expand. They then joined forces with Swanson of the Rex, Laemmle of the Imp, Powers of the Powers Company, and J. Brulatour of the Eastman Company, and formed what is now the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. In June, 1912, the New York Motion Picture Company withdrew from the Universal and began releasing through the Mutual Film Corporation, and at the same time sold its string of exchanges to the Mutual Film Corporation; and just about this time Messrs. Kessel & Baumann made one of the greatest moves on record in the industry, that is, the signing up of Mack Sennett, who was sent out and started the famous Keystone Company. In the Spring of 1913, after the reorganization, the New York Motion Picture Corporation was formed: Adam Kessel, Jr., President; C. O. Baumann, VicePresident; Chas. Kessel, Secretary; C. J. Hite, Treasurer; H. E. Aitken, Asst. Treasurer. They are now turning out and releasing 9,000 feet of negative a week. In the year of 1913 they turned out over 21,000,000 feet of film. The "shoestring" of business has worked more miracles in the motion-picture "game" than in all other professions combined. Like "the days of gold," the poor man of yesterday is the "multi" of today. In this particular case, a near-camera, a few feet of film and energy personified in the form of W. N. Selig, were to prove to the world that there were different qualities even in financial "shoestrings." Unlike the majority of suddenly-wealthy, he persisted in continuing a master of commercialism, holding his