Motion Picture News (Jul-Oct 1914)

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00 THE MOTION PICTURE NEWS The National Film Producing Company, which commenced business at 111 Turk street, San Francisco, Cal., has been compelled to seek larger quarters and is now located at 220 Post street, in that city. Commercial work is being turned out, but plans are being made for making a number of comedy films. The concern, of which E. N. Dusenberry is general manager, is preparing to incorporate under a different name with a capital of $50,000. T. H. Bargman, of the Golden Gate Film Exchange, Los Angeles, Cal, made a trip over the kite-shaped track of the Santa Fe Railroad recently in the interests of that concern. He was well pleased with the business conditions in practically all the small cities visited, and procured many orders for feature pictures. Vincent Trotta, formerly advertising artist of the Gaumont Company, has severed his relations with that concern. While he was with the Gaumont Company he prepared many of their composite posters and was responsible for all the cartoon advertising published by Gaumont and Melies. Mr. Trotta is a brother of Joseph Trotta, the gold medalist, and besides doing work for the Gaumont Company has supplied a number of comical sketches to "Life" and other well-known comic journals. He is a capable artist and possesses an unusual amount of originality. Lewis J. Selznick, general manager of the World Film Corporation, is now on a business trip, visiting the cities of Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit, Toronto and Montreal. At the expiration of this trip Mr. Selznick will make another journey to the Pittsburgh office and then westward to the Pacific coast branches. The Chicago branch of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company installed a motion picture orchestra in the Star Theatre, 1516 West Sixty-third street, Chicago, on August 17. Harry Rose is the proprietor of the theatre. The Galveston (Texas) store of the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company recently installed motion picture orchestras in the Orpheum Theatre, Texas City; the Gem Theatre, Houston; and the Star Theatre, Galveston. In addition to many two and threereel subjects, all the branch offices of George Kleine are now equipped with prints of "Spartacus" and "The Lion of Venice," and are now equipped to meet the needs of every variety of motion picture theatres. Orders in all the offices are taken care of promptly. E. Meadows, who was formerly engaged as salesman for the Colonial Motion Picture Corporation, has severed his connections with that concern. He has plans to work out a motion picture advertising proposition that bids fair to be one of the most serious undertakings along this line. Before entering the motion picture business Mr. Meadows was an advertising man and has given this phase of the motion picture industry particular study. His plans in connection with this new business will be announced in the near future. The Milwaukee Poster Mounting Company announces the opening of a branch office in Minneapolis, Minn., at 252 First avenue North, of which John Delorenzo will assume the management. His brother, Frank Delorenzo, will be in charge of the Milwaukee office. Increasing business warranted this extension, and in a short time the company contemplates opening branch offices in all the principal exchange centers in the United States and Canada. The Beauty picture, "The Other Train," while enjoying a run at the Palace Theatre, Santa Barbara, Cal., has been favorably commended by all who have seen it. The fine work of Harry Pollard and Margarita Fischer, the two leads, has called for a great amount of praise and there are few who do not term it one of the best. George Kleine's four-part subject, "European Armies in Action," which shows military and naval movements of the European Powers, opened a week's engagement on August 10, at McVicker's Theatre, Chicago. W. F. Barrett, former manager of the feature department of the General Film Company in Canada, has been put in charge of the Toronto office of the World Film Corporation. The Sterling Camera and Film Company, while disposing of the state rights of "The Land of the Lost," are giving the buyers preference of all the features of the company to follow. The intention is to release one multiple reel subject each month. Trade Notes from Abroad By M. H. SCHOENBAUM The first proof that war is a return to the state of barbarity is given by the fact that the cinematographic expositions which were announced recently in London, Paris, Budapest, Dusseldorf, etc., will not take place. The African Film trust having signed various contracts with European manufacturers, the government has increased the existing customs duty by adding a new tax of five shillings per 100 feet on foreign films. The trust, it is said, will suffer heavy losses owing to the absence of clauses in the contracts providing against contingencies. If the war had not been declared and the London motion picture exposition opened, its visitors would have had a surprise 'in the form of a striking innovation. The officers of the exposition organized an amateur acting contest which promised to be amusing, indeed. The demand in Europe, before the beginning of the war, was for scientific and other serious subjects; the public there seems to be tired of drama and ordinary comical films. A new society has recently been founded in Vienna for the purpose of photographing all scenes and monuments which are liable to disappear, so as to transmit their images to future generations. WHO MADE THE LITTLEST REBEL NORTHERN LIGHTS C APTAI N SWIFT THE ANSWER IS : EDGAR LEWIS SOLE AND ONLY PRODUCING DIRECTOR