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426 Louis Eosenbluh, Direct Examination.
with the General Film Company, he could procure licensed film. This exhibitor at a later date came to me again and said if such was the case, that if the General Film Company could supply him and we could not do so, and asked that we make application for him, and I did write such a letter to the Motion Picture Patents Company, and we never received any reply, and this exhibitor has never received any licensed film since.
Mr. Caldwell : My objections heretofore made apply to all of these questions and my motions to all of the answers.
Mr. Grosvenor: All right,
Mr. Willis: For the reason that it is an attempt to repeat conversation that he had with a third party being hearsay.
Mr. Grosvenor: This examination is for the purpose of showing the conditions in the trade, and the difficulties the witness encountered in doing the business he has described.
The Witness: Another instance brought to my particular attention was, several weeks ago, an exhibitor had bought a place. In that theatre, the previous owner had violated some of the rules of the Patents Company, and for that reason the license was cancelled. He, as a new owner, applied, after running the place for about six months, to be supplied with licensed service. We made the application for the privilege to supply in the regular way, and the privilege was granted on the assurance that it was a new owner, and proper proof being shown that it was a new owner, and not one that had violated before.
Immediately after starting the film service, the exhibitors in the vicinity, who were then supplied by the General Film Company, approached this man and said that they were told to inform him that unless he made his arrangements with the General Film Company, he would be a sorry man for having made his arrangements with the Greater New York Film Rental Company. He wanted to know the reason, and they assured him that lie would see the reason in a very short time.
The exhibitors in that vicinity were supplied with a particular kind of run for several months, which was