Motography (Jul-Dec 1913)

200 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. X, No. 6 Scene from Vitagraph's "Fortune's Turn." they measure up in numbers, state by state. We are also of the notion — will some one make a motion asking where Neff shows his pictures and the date? Where he buys his daily features — what exchange — who are the creatures that supply the reels uncensored that are bad? For we ought to have the details in the case that even he fails to attach a leader which cannot be had. If Neff digs up all the treasure to finance us in a measure and burns the midnight oil with his stenog; save these tears, my selfish brothers, hark the lesson of your mothers and cough your dues at once; don't be a hog! If we can't forget the bicker — pass it on and let it flicker — there are men around the corner, by the way, and if they should meander to the point of raising dander, we'll be sorry that we ever faced the play. Oh, I felt there would The wires arc tapped in Edison's "Saved By the Enemy." be trouble when they pricked the Empire bubble, which dragged Tichenor and Trigger to the mat, but I felt it would blow over — that we'd buy a tag for Rover and get back to showing pictures — think of that ? I wonder if those big captains of the game who sit in the mighty places at the head of immense film manufactories ever realize how far-reaching are the efforts of us humbler souls who contribute so much to their greatness. I wonder if they have observed the change thai has come over the form of presenting the scenario? In the good old days, the mere suggestion of a theme was all that was needed. Sam Schiller would tell George Anderson to make "In the Baggage Car Ahead," for example, and the thing was done. All sorts of people invade my sanctum these days with ideas for scenarios. They want information that will help them to present their ideas practically — intelligently. And we relieve the manufacturer of that waste of time, doing all in our power to make his going the easier. In many ways we are on his job all the time. We have steered money into the game and we've kept it out — all with an unselfish idea to boost. There is scarcely a day that we do not find a way to increase the efficiency of the business as Scene from "For His Brother's Crime." Copyright 1913, by George Kleine. a whole. We are the willing servant of the industry with as keen an interest as the best, please remember that. * * * Stan Twist has shaken the dust from Chicago to get back to dear old Los Angeles. You will find his Diamond S brand tatooed on his left arm above the elbow. ^ ^ ^fe Ships that passed in the night carried Dave Horsley, headed West and William Selig headed East. They didn't wig-wag. Welcome home, David. # * * I have just read a clipping that tells me 20,000,000 people see the films every day. Get a pencil and figure your head off. And I read it in a paper that claims it represents the trade. That would give fifteen thousand Scene from "The Mystery of the Yellow Room," I Feature.