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

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176 Cf)e Cfieatte from the Philadelphia plant to the Betzwood factory, a distance of twenty-three miles, took the films that were printed in Philadelphia and developed at Betzwood. It cost extra money to keep to the schedule, but the films went out on time, every Lubin release went out on schedule, every film of other manufacturers was delivered when it was promised, and every outgoing steamship that was booked to carry the Lubin films had their consignment when it was due. It is matters of detail of this sort that continually show the resourcefulness of Mr. Lubin. It is not within the power of man to say that this remarkable man will always be able to meet all the exigencies of every occasion, but if brains can make perfect equipment and efficient personnel of his wonderful enterprise, then Siegmund Lubin is going to continue to be the dominant factor in the film industry as long as he continues to enjoy the life which has so far been wonderfully blessed by a Divine Providence. Great problems have been v/orked out in the development of the industry. Mr. Lubin is one of the firm believers that the motion picture will continue to be a greater factor than ever in the educational world. He looks to the day when its use in the class-rooms is going to be the universal affair. He has watched the industry grov/, and is ready at all times to meet the demands which will be made upon him. His success has brought him a considerable personal fortune, but with his success has also come the confidence of the financial world, and whatever the great producer needs for his future developments is his for the asking, and with such a genius as he at the head of the industry, it is small wonder that thousands of men are willing to invest millions of capital in an industry that has