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201)0 George K. Spook, Direct Examination.
1 Mr. Grosvenor: Objected to, as leading.
By Mr. Caldwell :
Q. Did the pendency of that litigation influence yon in any way as to making further investments in the business?
Mr. Gkosvenor: Objected to also, as leading.
The Witness: Yes, sir.
2 By Mr. Caldwell :
Q. Did you receive any inquiries from any of your customers as to this litigation and what effect it might have upon them or their business? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Were those inquiries few or numerous? A. Numerous.
Q. Did the Essanay Company subsequently become a licensee of the Motion Picture Patents Company? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you have anything to do with the organization of the Motion Picture Patents Company? A. No, sir.
3 Q. You were never a stockholder or Director in that company? A. No, sir.
Q. Why did you want a license from the Motion Picture Patents Company? A. I thought that if the Biograph Company joined with the Edison Company the legal warfare would be ended, and it would then look like a better business proposition and more safe to go ahead, and the litigation would stop and we had something definite and desirable to proceed with.
Q. During the year 190S were you in competition with the other Edison licensees, and I am speaking now of the pro
4 ducing end of your business? A. Yes, sir, indeed.
Q. In what ways were you competing with the other licensees? A. In the production of photoplays, the engaging of people, the building of machinery to turn out superior work, and in most every way.
Q. Did you make any special efforts to stimulate interest on the part of tlie exhibitors in your pictures? A. Yes, by advertising, and in fact we did everything possible to stimulate interest in our pictures, and created a demand for them over the pictures of other makers.