Motion Picture News (Apr - Jun 1914)

THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS ^3^ Profitable Territories Now Being Granted to live men able to see a big opportunity and financially able to lay in a small stock of these inexpensive, serviceable, easily operated and rapid selling machmes. For such firms we have a liberal proposition to make, granting exclusive sales agencres which mean big profits for you. Every family is a possible purchaser of Price complete, packed _ _ a strong woodeo cabinet $22.75 with 500 foot rerl box. or $25.00 with 1.000 foot box. Binges Home Entertainer T 'HIS (ascinaliog, absolutely safe molion picture machine, practical in every respect, is manufactured standard size Bing's Home machine has a baby arc at our factories in Germany, is sold on import, and to dealers only. Wtiile useful for lectures and sales demonstrations it is piimarily ., f, J o— d f°f home use. Simple and self-contained; lakes ■d films; equipped with 6re-proof film boxes of 500 and 1,000 feet capacity. Entertainer gives very large while pictures at a short distance; has strong, siitnt mechanism atd large lamp arc lamp of 800 candle power, taking about 6 amperes. The rheostat supplied is suitable for 110, 150 or 220 hcuje. Eai h volts. Don't delay — write us for territoiies open NOW BING BROTHERS, Manufacturers. JOHN BING, Sole Representative, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York RIGHT OFF THE REEL RoUiii S. Sturgeon, director of the Vitagraph's Western Company at Santa Monica, Cal., lias returned to the coast after a month's vacation. Under the direction of manager Julius Stern, tile Imp studio. New York, is soon to be enlarged. With this enlargement, according to Mr. Stern, will go decided improvements in the way of new lighting systems, more and enlarged dressing-room, a new stage with improvements made in the old ones, a quantity of fresh scenery and new executive offices. -Mr. Stern states that the enlargements and improvements will be made with an eye of facilitating the production of photoplays rather than increasing the present Imp output. The happy family at the Edison studio is reunited. The forces that have been performing in Edison films for the past seven months at Jacksonville, Fla., under the direction of C. Jay Williams and Richard Ridgely are now back in harness at the lironx studio. "The Skull," a sensational two-reel melodrama, has been completed at the Imp studio. New York, under the direction of Frank Crane. Alexander Gaden, Dorothy I'hillip.-, Ruth Donnelly and William Welsh play the important roles. The members of a family in Washington, 1). C, have been so greatly impressed with Sallie Crute's performance in an Edison film "The Powers of the Air" that they have sent her a 1000 mile book on the B. & O. and promised a grand celebration when she pays them a visit in the Capitol City. The Loftus Features of Los Angeles will manufacture two features per month of four reels or more in length. Constance Crawley and -Arthur Maude will star in one series, while modern pictures manufactured on the burning questions of the hour will be utilized for the second output. A large investment has been made in studio and equipment. Joseph Shipman has quite an interest in the company, acting in capacity of general manager. A Hawaiian centipede, eight inches in length, put William Clifford, leading man of the I'niversal "101 Uison" company, on the sick list for eight days. The centipede attached itself to Clifford's leg while he was enacting a scene in "Tribal War in the South Seas," near Honolulu. Rather than spoil the scene, Clifford withstood the insect's stings until the camera had stopped. Neva Gerbcr has been engaged by the Messrs. Ilorkheimer to play leads opposite Edwin .\ugust, in the productions of the Balboa Feature Films. : On the completion of' the one reeler, "An Old Rag Doll," Herbert IJrenon will commence a two-reel melodrama, "When the World Was Silent." It is from the pen of Harvey (Jates. Francis Ford is working on Number 11 of the "Lucille Love" series. The Me-xican Rebellion gets into the present two-reeler. A three reel production entitled "The Cruise of the Hell Ship" will shortly be released by the Balboa t'eature l'"ilms through their .American and English agencies. Harold Lockwood is taking the part of Tillford Wheeler in "The County Chairman" at the Eastern studio of the Famous Players. -Macklyn .Arbuckle is the star and Allan Dwan is producing. Russell Bassett is the county storekeeper and Willis Sweatmann has his original part. Work on razing the present buildings and constructing the new theatre began the first of June. The house will carry an elaborate front and will seat 300 people. .Manager M. Schwartzmeier, of the Owl Theatre, on Sycamore street at the corner of Jefferson, Buffalo, N. Y., is one of the city's "live-wire" managers. A line is seen in front of this theatre every evening. The Owl is located in Buffalo's great East side business district. The Star Theatre, at State and Broad streets, Trenton, N. J., one of the larger of the secondclass motion picture houses of the city, feeling the necessity of competing with the larger houses of amusement, has added four and five reel feature pictures. Motion pictures are now being shown in a large open-air pavilion at the White C ity Park, Trenton, N. J., a large pleasure resort just outs'de the city limits. Three-reel features are being specialized. Si.x-reel senations are now being shown at the Royal Theatre, South Broad street, Trenton, N. T., the Park, Pennington avenue near Warren, the Bijou, South Clinton and Chestnut avenues and at the Majestic, South Broad street. Lubin films are being used. REBUILT MACHINES AS GOOD AS NEW ALL MACHINES ENTIRELY REBTJILT AND ONLY GENUINE PARTS USED. Powers No. 6 $140.00 Motiograph 1913 150.00 Powers No. 5 75.00 Edison Exhibition 75,00 1912 Dissolving Motiograph 165.00 Many others. Write for complete list. All the machines are complete with the electrical attachments. A-1 condition guaranteed. We carry complete line of new machines and supplies. Will take back your old machine in part payment of new one. TIME OR CASH Send for catalog today. Amusement Supply Company leOE No. F^iftH Avenue CHicago New York. May 26, 1914. TO THE TRADE;— The dispute between the Lewis Pennant Features and Messri. K^aw & Erlanger with reference to the right to the use of the tit!e WOMAN AGAINST WOMA^i in connection with the Lewis Pennant Features photoplay known as WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN or RESCUED IN THE CLOUDS has been mutually sett ed to the satisfaction of both contending parties. It is agreed that the Lewis Pennant Feature be known under its present companion title of RESCUED IN THE CLOUDS so as not to confuse it with that of the Klaw & Erlanger release known as WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN. The Lewis Pennant release as originally produced, together with the paper as originally lithographed, with the exceptions above noted, will continue to be used. Both Klaw & Erlanger and the Lewis Pennant Features are extremely pleased with the mutual satisfactory settlement of these differences. la WTitinff to advertisers please mention "THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS"