Motion Picture News (Oct 1914-Jan 1915)

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8o MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 10. No. 16. OVER S.OOO MIRROROIDE SCREENS IN USE MR. EXHIBITOR: Your Success Depends, Not Upon Promises, but Upon Actual Results Obtained Some Screen Manufacturers Will Promise You Everything and Anything, BUT — Will They Guaranteed to Keep Their Promises? Will they guarantee their screen for five years against cracking, peel Will they guarantee perfect prelection regardless of how close your ing, deteriorating — tarnishing or turning hlacki seats are placed to the screen, or angle? Will they guarantee their screen is climate proof and can he washed Will they guarantee perfect projection, without haze, glare or eyewith soap and water? strain? Will they really guarantee the saving on Current Used? We are Guided hy Our Policy of Six Years to Under-claim Rather Than Over-claim. You Can Rest Assured That We Do Not Exaggerate or Misrepresent. Therefore Feel Secure in Accepting Our Representations at Their Full Worth. WE GUARANTEE MIRROROIDE FOR FIVE YEARS TO SUBSTANTIATE EVERY CLAIM WE MAKE AS ABOVE. WILL THEY? MIRROROIDE is the Only Rough or Matte Metalized Surface on Earth — Silver White, Silver Flesh, or Pale Gold. Send for Our Large FREE Samples. TEST, COMPARE with any Screen on Earth. MIRROROIDE IS THE WORLD'S BEST SCREEN— and We Will Back This Statement Up with $1,000.00 in Real Tests — Tests Open to the Public in General. MIRROROIDE IS SOLD AT 36 1-9 CENTS THE SQUARE FOOT Our Latest Pure White Glass Coating, Not Metallic, Ready Mixed, Ready to apply direct, at $10,00 per gallon. Fire and Waterproof and Guaranteed. THE J. H. CENTER CO., Inc., NEWBURCH, N. Y. PIUrraPAL" ^CITIES BE NEUTRAL PRCS. WIISON DON'T BURN POWDER "BURN CARBONS'" Burn E m Up SHORT with W[6BSCARB9N SAVER Extra heavy and best material used throughout PRICE $1.00 EACH PREPAID Ask about our Terminals. MOTION PI -TURE SPECUl TV 6 REPAIR CO. 326 3d Ave. Pittsbu gh. Pa. LE COURRIER Cinematographique 28 Boulevard St. Denis, Paris Directeur: Charles LE FRAFER Journal hebdomadaire frangais, le plus important de I'i n d u s t r i e cinematographique. Envoie numero specimen, sur demande. Abonnement 12 FR, 50 There Are Several interesting business boosting schemes outlined in the "Live Wire Exhibitors' " department of this issue. It will pay you to read every one of them. HANDSOME PHOTOS OF STARS FOR ALCO PRESIDENT Walter Hoff Seely, president of the Alco Film Corporation, is the recipient of magnificent sepia and platinum pictures of Ethel Barrymore, Beatrix Michelena, Andrew Mack, Jacob P. Adler, Macklyn Arbuckle, Burr Mcintosh, Leslie Carter and several other stars to be seen on the Alco program. The photos were mounted in sterling frames and placed in Mr. Seely's newly fitted office on the fifth floor of the Alco building. The photos were all autographed on the silver frames in facsimile of the stars' signatures. ESSANAY AND LUBIN GO BIG IN SYRACUSE Special to Motion Picture News Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 14. All of the Essanay productions featuring Francis X. Bushman are proving wonderfully popular in Syracuse, and exhibitors are all pleased with the new story arrangements with the "Ladies' World." The new Lubin serial, "The Beloved Adventurer," is drawing big, and the little book at IS cents a copy containing the story is selling like wildfire. FAVORITE PLAYERS FINISHING SECOND RELEASE The Favorite Players is finishing its second release, "The Man Who Could Not Lose," and is now outlining the work to be done on their third production, entitled, "The Last Chapter," written by Robert A. Dillon, from an unfinished story by Richard Harding Davis. All indications point to the fact that the Favorite Players will manufacture only films of the highest class adapted from books of the foremost writers in America. World Film 'i^isJ.^^ Corporation Prtsents 9 Shubert Photoplay feature "When Broadway Was A Trail" £s Released Oct. 26 Arrange Bookings on these features through WORLD FILM CORPORATION LEWIS J. SELZNICK, Vice Pres. & Gen'l Mgr. 130 WEST 46TH ST., NEW YORK. 26 Branches Throughout the U. S. & Canada. Lantern Slide Mat Co. Manufacturers of Lantern Slide Mats and Reel Bands Prompt Service Prices Right Best Goods 149 W. 35th St., New York Telephone: Greeley 6414 Manufacturers of the Wonderful Eembusch Patented Glass MIEEOK SCEEEN and all other kinds of Curtains for Moving Picture Projection GLASS SCEEENS Mirror Screen Mirror Screen Split Glass Transparent Screen for Rear Projection Phone Seven-Eleven METALLIZED SCEEENS Gold Fibre Silvercloth Mirror Cloth Seamless, with stretchers White Opaaue F, J. REMBtrSCH, Pres. MIRROR SCREEN COMPANY Incorporated SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA Mr. O. P. Sammons of Denison, Texas, bought a "Mirror Screen," and he writes that he cannot take care of the crowds. His picture is simply the talk of the community. A few second-hand screens for sale cheap. Eastern Representative, Frank Manning, 125 W. 48th St., N. Y. Phone, Bryant 2416, Be sure to mention "MOTION PICTUKE NEWS' ' when writing to advertisers.