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CARL LAEMMLE SAYS TO EXHIBITORS:
"Stick to the Original Independents"
Here's the "Inside Story" of What Has Been Going On in Independent Film Manufacturing Circles— Every Exhibitor Should Read Every Word of It
(By Carl Laemmle)
There has been quite a split in the Sales company during the past few weeks. We've had some exciting times. But as usual the "genuine and original independents" won out.
When the split came we found all the old independents lined up shoulder to shoulder presenting an unbroken front against the assaults of newcomers who wanted to raise merry hell in the independent ranks.
"The Old Guard"
To protect independent exchanges and independent exhibitors, these "old timers" lined up together:— Charles Baumann of the Bison; "Bill" Swanson of the Rex; David Horsley of the Nestor; P. A. Powers of the Powers; and your humble servant, Carl Laemmle
Big Grab Prevented The whole thing was an attempted grab. Men who had a desire to get-rich-quick tried to gain control of the Sales company in order to convert it into an organization that would have been inimical to the exhibitors.
If they had succeeded the exhibitor would have been worse off than ever in the history of the business. He would have been compelled to take orders instead of giving them. He would have been the slave of the film makers instead of their boss.
The Blunder
The mistake that the would-be grabbers made consisted of attempting tc > bulldoze "the old guard." They evidently forgot that the original independents who made the independent business safe and sound had gained their strength by playing square with the exhibitors and by fighting his battle for him, year in and year out.
The Result
what "the old guard" has always done and always will do.
other in politics, we can now devote our undivided time to the improvement ot Quality.
The Program
us, acting along as an individual manufacturer, could not have afforded.
My Message to You
I have never given you a wrong tip yet, I have given you hundreds of good ^^^^^'^^ took advantage of them. The best advice I ever expect to g.ye you is this.— Stick to tne ong. s
pendents. Stick to "the old guard"-the men who comprise the •UmyersaL f.
These men have brains enough to know that their success depends upon your success, ny «■"»« >
will takTcare of themselves afterward. Demand the Universal program, not spasmodically but ALL the time.
We heartily endorse everything Mr. Laemmle has said above and P^^^UmThe"^ ^"^ *•' " "&" that we will guard their interests in future even more than we have been able to in the past. DAVID HORSLEY
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