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 #:
000333
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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188 C&e Cfteatte mation of the Paramount Pictures Corporation, with offices throughout the world. The plan comprehends a joint arrangement between the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Film Co., the Famous Players Film Co., and Bosworth, Inc., whereby an entirely new factor in the distribution of feature film productions was created. A collective distributing agency for this allied program has besn organized and incorporated with the following officers: President and General Manager, William W. Hodkinson ; Vice-President, James Steele, of the Famous Players Film Service, Inc., of Pittsburg, Pa., and Chicago, 111.; Secretary and Treasurer, Raymond Pawley, of the Famous Players Exchange, Asbury Park, N. J. ; Directors : Hiram Abrams, of the Master Productions Film Co., Boston, Mass. ; William L. Sherry, of the Wm. L. Sherry Feature Film Co., of New York. The capitalization of the organization was given as being sufficient to conduct a mammoth program of feature film productions, the amount covering the requirements of the new corporation law and being absolutely insignificant as regards the actual capitalization and scope of the company. The writer believes that this amalgamation of three of the large film manufacturers will bring about the adoption of theatrical methods of business procedure, particularly in the "booking" of that class of productions for the screen which constitute an entire entertainment. The influence of William L. Sherry is to be observed in this comprehensive plan to separate the massive film productions from the ordinary releases of the studios, and the season of 1914-15 is due to witness a greatly improved condition in the amusement f^eld, wherein the local manager for the first time in a