Motion Picture News (Jul-Oct 1914)

THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS 67 FOE SALE Second-Hand Moving Picture Machines in good condition 3 Powers Xo. 0 machines; 5 Edison Exhibition Model: 1 Edison Model B; 2 Standards; 1 Motiograph. Will sell cheap. AMERICAN SLIDE CO., X. High St., Columbus, Ohio. "American" Motion Picture Cameras AT THE FRONT Our famous Improved No. 2 Camera on the firing line at "V era Cruz." "AMERICAN" products are always with the Advance Guard. The world's most important motion pictures are taken with "AMERICAN" CAMERAS. Agents for AGFA and GEVAERT Eaw Motion Picture Film. Send for Catalogue C. American Cinematograph Co. 617-631 W.Jackson Blvd., Chicago, III. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR A LIVE SHOW MAN A beautiful, modern, up-to-date, fully equipped theatre, seating 1,600, in a city of 35,000 population, only 30 miles from Cleveland, Ohio. Inquire THE GREENHUT CLOAK COMPANY, 1200 W. Ninth St., Cleveland, Ohio. False Economy is a pardonable sin. But this is only a temporary concession. You will have no excuse for spending beyond a minimum sum each year for repairs to equipment, and in the purchase of new theatre necessities after you have read The Equipmeat Number to be issued on August 15, under the auspices of The Buyers' Service Department of The Motion Picture News APPOINTS NEW YORK CENSORS Commissioner of Licenses Bell recently announced the appointment of his committee to censor motion picture films, and the plan by which the new board of censors is to work. On the committee are S. S. Eldridge, of Brooklyn; H. H. Hart, Gustavus Kirbj', Dr. Bernheimer, of the Brookh'n Neighborhood Association; Mrs. Josephine Redding, Mrs. Joseph M. Price and Mrs. R. S. Blakie. This committee is to organize this week, and appoint an auxiliary committee of about one hundred members. "The auxiliary committee will be comprised of men and women from every section of the city," Commissioner Bell explained. "Each member will be asked to look after the moral welfare of the motion picture patrons in his or her district and reports are to be made of films not considered fit for exhibition. "As soon as one of these complaints is received it will be submitted to the censorship committee, which will view the film and report its findings. I shall then send out an inspector to report just what the picture shows, without comment. Acting on the report of the censorship committee and that of my inspector, one of my deputies and a reprepresentative of the committee will view the picture and arrive at a decision. FILM MISSISSIPPI TOWN Columbus, ^liss., Julj 2S. Arrangements have been completed by which an industrial motion picture will be produced, exploiting the industrial, civic and educational advantages of Columbus, ]\liss. ^lanager E. L. Kuj-kendall, of the Princess Theatre, Columbus, has just closed a contract for the making of the film. After having been run in Columbus and in various sections of INIississippi, a portion of the film will be allotted to the Mississippi Panama Exposition Commission, for use in the mammoth feature film of the Mississippi exhibit at the San Francisco Exposition. FILMS CURE NERVOUSNESS Louisville, Ky., July 29. A new field of usefulness for the pictures has been found, according to the manager of one of the principal motion picture houses in this city, who recites an unusual incident figured in by a member of his immediate family who now is a resident of Chicago. His mother has for several years been a sufferer from nervousness, he says, little relief being gained through medical treatment. She recently discovered that her condition was considerably improved after each visit to a picture show and now is a regular every-day patron of the picture theatre. We have not had one tell us that our plan for increasing attendance at theatres is not a whirlwind of success. It costs less than 1 per cent of your gross receipts. If you are not using it write us for the lay out. IN LOBBY DISPLAYS WE OFFER THIS WEEK Mary Pickford ^ 30x40 Single copy sep ia $3.00 li tt Hand c r\r\ Colorea J.UU 22 X 28 ^ Single copy sipia .50 (( ti Hand 1 Cr\ Colored I . JU WYANOAK PUBLISHING CO. 136 West 52n(l street New York In writing to advertisers please mentioD "THE MOTION PICTtTEE NEWS"