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ELBERT MOORE (scen'riduor^FA Chicago If ambitious to learn PHOTOPLAY ACTING Call UNITED PHOTOPLAY CO., Suite 1212. Times Building. New York. Director giving private instructions for ladies and gentlemen. Fee reasonable. $— Old Coins Wanted— $ $4.25 EACH paid for U. S. Flying Eagle Cents dated 1856 $2 to $500 EACH paid lor hundreds of Coins dated before 1910. Send TEN cents at once for our New Illustrated Coin Value Book, size 4x7. It may mean your fortune. Get posted. CLARKE COIN CO., Box 26, LE ROY, N. Y. American Photoplays Popular The war conditions in England, instead of affecting the American photoplay market adversely, has aided greatly to increase its popularity, says C. H. Hauff, of Hauff, Ltd., of 62 Great Russel Street, London, England, who was in America to complete the final arrangements for the marketing of a large number of prints of the new Kriterion productions. "Business is better than ever, in spite of the war. It is partly due to the fact that many women are receiving the pay of their soldier husbands and have money to spend and freedom to spend it. "The arrangement of the renters and importers has also helped to make the situation better all around. The announcement of the new tariff that went into effect on September 29th, of 1 penny (2 cents) a foot on positives and half-penny (1 cent) per foot on raw stock, caused considerable disturbance in selling conditions, which was finally settled by the agreement of the various film interests to charge 5 pence instead of 4 pence as formerly. "Both features and small stuff sell well, although two-reelers are hard to sell. Educational and comic in one reel are the best sellers. It is very difficult to sell films over 4,000 feet. The five and sixreelers are not popular unless they are very exceptional. "American pictures go very well at present. We like the clear photography and clever direction. 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