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2104 Abraham Greenburg, Cross Examination.
Q. Do they send you circulars and advertisements of their productions? A. Yes, sir; they do.
Q. Do they advertise in the trade papers? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Do they co-operate with you in advertising their productions? A. Well, they advertise the goods.
Q. Do they supply you with posters? A. We get them through our service.
Q. Do you ever make a special application to the General Film Company for some special features that you wish to show? A. Well, I myself, I do not, because I use every fea
2 ture they make.
Q. You use them all? A. Yes, sir; I use the whole lot.
Q. You use comparatively early-run reels, do you not? A. Yes; comparatively.
Q. Do the representatives of the independent exchanges ever solicit your business? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Do they offer you a complete and definite program? A. They never worry me, because I have never gone as far as to say I would take their stuff. They gave me the prices, which I found compared almost with what I am paying now, and there is not enough in it to justify me to make a change.
3 Q. When you say they gave you prices that compared almost with what you are paying now, you mean by that that the prices they quoted you are substantially the same as you are now paying to the General Film Company? A. They would be before I got through.
Q. Was the price any inducement at all? A. No.
Q. What projecting machines do you use in your houses? A. The Powers.
Q. Have you ever used any other machine but the Powers? A. I never have used anything else but the Powers.
4 Cross examination by Mr. Grosvenor:
Q. How many years have you used the Powers machine? A. Since I have been in business.
Q. How long is that? A. 1 should say eight or nine years T have been in the business.
Q. Are special features an important part of the program given by you in your theatres? A. Well, I can't say they are, especially; they come right in with my program during