Motography (Jul-Dec 1914)

I M ( EMBER _V 1(>14. MOTOGRAPHY 883 bic film taken in the southern states to be used • n ■>! tin' country al the Panama-Pacific Exposition. SI I'll Ml I R. rhe Universal Film Manufacturing Company secured film the works of a number of prominent authors including Clara Louise Burnham, O. Henry, Eleanor Gates and Booth I ar kington. . ' ' x program u.is completed, the Ml Star Feature *Um Corporation, California Motion Picture Corporation. Popular 1 ays & Players, Inc., Favorite Players Film Company and the txcelsior Feature Film Company comprising it ^ producine companies. The Reel Fellows ,>i Philadelphia was organized, as was the rhotodrama i !ul> ni Chic The Mutual Film Corporation and the New York Motion 1 ICture Corporation renewed their contracts for the handlin the Kay-Bee, Domino and Broncho brands. The Eaco Films was formed, with Edwin August as featured star. The United Motion Picture Production. Inc.. was formed. sin Motion Pictures Exhibitors met in Milwaukee on September IS and decided that they would be hereafter known as the Wisconsin Photoplay Association. J \Y Sherwood of Madison became president. A. Schibe of Plymouth vice-president, and R. (i. Nuss of Madison secretary. fr«i/3j?e "Lu,na_Lite" Screen Patents Company with a capital of was formed at Richmond. Ind. September 14 marked the opening of the Broadway Rose Gardens of New York City. OCTOBER. The Dyreda Art Film Corporation incorporated in New York with Frank L. Dyer as president. H"SO Riesenger. carbon importer, died in Germany. The Alliance Film Corporation was formed, wi'th George \\ est as president and Andrew Cobe as vice-president and general manager. The original companies comprising its program were Excelsior Feature Film Company. Select Feature Photoplay Company and Favorite Players. Inc. The Excelsior feature Film Company and Favorite Players Inc.. withdrew trom the Alco Film Corporation, and the B \ Kolfe Photo Productions and the Tiffany Motion Picture Corporation filled their places. The General Film program added the Columbus brand to its list, but retained it only a few weeks. T-aumeu Jn Ki,rl^.\ood was eIected president of the Screen Club. Ine Holland Film Company with its studios at Boston, Mass was established. Announcement was made that David Bispham, famous operatic producer was to enter the film ranks with a brand known as Gibraltar Films. ., . At a meeting of the Greater New York Motion Picture Exhibitors League. Sidney Landau was elected president. The World Film Corporation secured the film rights to all the productions of the Charles E. Blaney Photoplay Company. The third annual convention of the California Motion "Picture Exhibitors* League was held in San Francisco. The war tax on motion picture theaters was passed by the United States Senate, the scale being graded according lo the sl/c c 1| III. Uses. rhe Apex Film Company secured the rights to the productions -I the Eaco Films. The Thanhouser Film ( ompany secured the first permit issued by the government to take motion pictures in Yello National Park. "Neptune's Daughter" completed its twenty-fourth week at the Fine Arts 1 heater m Chicago, this being anm the longest run oi any phot,, play in a single bouse. The Uliance Film Corporation secured all the productions ol the Masterpiece Film Manufacturing Company for release .„. us program. a meeting of the Standard Program Association in Chicago, Joseph Hopp was elected president, Dan Markowitz vicepresident. E. 1". Peters secretary and Sam Werner treasurer ... he Dyreda Arl '",lm Corporation closed a contract with the World Film Corporation, whereby the latter concern agreed to market its productions. David Horsley completely arranged and placed contracts for the erection of a studio in Los Angeles, Calif. William Kessel, a pioneer film man. died at his home in New York on October 30. NOVEMBER. The Life Photo Film Corporation was added to the \lcc program. . , T'K' L"nit.ed Managers' Protective Association joined forces with the National Board of Censorship for the suppression of legalized forms of censorship. The Reliance Film Company announced that in the future its special features would be sold on a state-rights basis, instead of being released through the Mutual Film Corporation John Cort and Oliver Morosco, prominent theatrical producers entered the film-producing field under the name of the Oliver Morosco Photo Play Company. The K C. Booking Company. Inc., closed contracts with a number of big independent exchanges throughout the country I he Universal Film Manufacturing Company opened a number ot feature exchanges to book its big productions The first episode of the Thanhouser serial "Zudora" was released. The Oliver Morosco Photo Play Company became affiliated with bosworth. Inc. The first episode of the Universal serial production "The Master Key. was released. Pathe Freres was appointed the official cinematographers by the French government to take war pictures The third annual Screen Club ball was held at Hotel Astor New York City. The California Motion Picture Corporation announced that it would release its feature productions through the World Film Corporation. DECEMBER. ~ The Alliance Film Corporation secured the output of the Oz Film Company. Rene Alexandre's death was announced bv the Pathe Company. He was killed on a European battlefield Announcement made of the Standard Program. Films to bernade by the Standard Polyscope Corporation, H .C. Hoa^land «W™^ * «• ""'« '*<« """ Kir. Bernstein's octagonal office on the roof. Next is the factory where films arc