Moving Picture News (Jul-Oct 1913)

14 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS G. Silverstein, of New York; Mrs. M. J. Gleason, New York City; Mrs. J. T. Cairlo, of Kentucky; C. VV. Harden and wife, J. E. Richey and wife, of Dennison, Ohio; Mrs. Louis Blumenthal, wife of the State League treasurer; Mrs. Philip Macnabb, J. W. Brown, Cambridge, Md. ; Dr. Jacob Herman and wife, Stahl Bros., of Farrell, Pa.; Miss Irene Harrington, of Pittsburgh; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ensor, of Little Rock, Ark.; Mr. Fred Swett, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hansen and daughters, of Reading, Pa,; jNIiss Dorothy Kingdon, of the ladies' committee; Mrs, E. Meyer and Miss Estelle Meyer, New York City; Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Brandon, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gardner and Lyle J. Gardner, of Columbus, O.; Harry McGowan and wife, Harry Rieff, Henry Polke, Nap Rapp, Bob Jennings, Will Fritz and wife, Mrs. J. Silverstein, Mrs. L. Lesser, Mrs. L. Kemp, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Levy, Mr. and Mrs. R. Corn, Mrs. L. Corn and daughter, of New York; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brice, Cincinnati, O. ; Miss Irene Buggy; Ed. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McMahon, of the Empire Theater of Bridgeport, Conn.; Mr. William B. Fulmer, of the Montauk Arcade Theater, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and his sister, Mrs. Emma Smith, of Bethlehem, Pa.; C. R. Fisher, of the Colonial Theater in Camden, N. J.; C. C. Hite, manager of the Mutual Exchange in Wilkesbarre, Pa.; Thomas Kyle, with his wife and daughter, of New York City; F. L. Smith and son, of Frederick, Md. ; Mr. Tickner and W. A, Ball, of the Suburban Amusement Co., of Toronto, Canada; D. C. Vail, of New Milford. Pa.; William Campbell, of the INIutual in Toronto; A. E. Jones, of Farnville, Va.; Noel Mandell, the secretary of the League in Toronto; A. J. Bentley, of Motion Pictures, Ltd., in Toronto; W. L. Joy and J. R. Joy, of Toronto; A. Applebaum, of Toronto; E. Mule and wife, of Branford, Ont.; E. Harrison and wife, of Toronto; W. K. Hill and wife (Mr. Hill is the president of the Toronto League) ; D. Stewart and wife, of Hamilton, Ont.; J. Fordham, of St. Catherine's, Canada; J. S. Glickman and wife, of the Court Theatre, Newark, N. J., and five other theatres; J. C. Gerrish and wife, of the Comet Theatre in West New York; William Kalb and wife, of Baltimore; M. Gebirtig, of Toronto; J. Aber, of Toronto; W. F. Barrett, of the General Film in Toronto; George Dodds and wife, of Toronto; H. L. and Max Stahl, of the Rex Theatre in Farrell, Pa.; Silverman Bros., of Altoona, Pa., and Harrisburg, Pa.; C. Saylor, of the Lyric Theatre, of Holidaysburg, Pa.; S. Marks, of the Marshfield Amusement Co., of Chicago; Sig. Faller, of the Bijou Dream in Chicago; John J. Wittman and wife, of the Bronx, New York City; J, Tierney and wife, of Sioux City, Iowa; J. P. Masters and wife, of Bowling Green, Ky.; Sam Schiller, of Chicago (he's the guy that owns the Schiller Building) ; R. M. Davidson, Lyric Theatre, Binghamton, N. Y. ; H. C. Kliehm and Miss Katherine Roberts, Pittsburgh, Pa.; William W. Fagely, Bloomsburg, Pa.; D. M. Sachter, Sheffield, Pa.; Nathan Friedberg, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. Felix Garzigeia, of Washington, D. C. ; Charles S. Goldstein, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Willard Howe, Brookland, D. C; George S. List and wife, Frederick, Md. ; Abe Seligman, New Orleans, La.; H. H. Durgin. Personally, after this trip, I felt I had had enough of the Hudson, so did not take in the moonlight ride given by the president of the Fludson River Day Line, jNIr. E. E. Olcott, on the Washington Irving, but those who took part said that the boat was the most beautiful steamer on the Hudson, that they had a most enjoyable time in this floating palace, enjoying the moving pictures that were shown for the benefit of the assembled guests. This finished Wednesday. The next event of any importance was the visit to the Famous Players studio, where I saw produced the Belasco triumph, "A Good Little Devil," with our own "Little Mary" in a character role. The pictures were beautifully portrayed and will certainly make a furore when the time for release comes. We noticed among those making the guests welcome Mr. Daniel Frohman, Adolph Zukor, Ed. Porter and Ben Schulberg. This quartet did all that was possible to make the guests welcome, and give them a very enjoyable time. I feel I have not said enough about the four reels of "A Good Little Devil," and want to revert to it again, by saying that the pictures are an exceedingly good reproduction of the scenes of the plav. I saw the play and was very much interested in it. It was very popular, and deservedly so, and I am quite sure that the featured films will have as great a success as did the play itself, and thanks must be given to David Belasco for allowing this to be filmed and giving the privilege for thousands to view so remarkable a play. In a later issue I will give full particulars and scenario of this for the benefit of my readers. Then came Friday, when the exhibitors were guests of Vitagraph at their studio in Brooklyn; from there they went to Coney Island to feast themselves on clams and fish, and the great wonder to me is that many of them are not suffering from typhoid fever as the result. Speaking was the order of the evening, finishing up with dancing in the pavilion of Shelburne Hotel. Coming back to the Exposition, Friday night was one of the "big nights" at the Exposition, this being Edison night at the General Film Co.'s booth, and the management acknowledged themselves indebted to the Edison Co. for one of the greatest drawing cards of the week in the person of Mr. Thomas A. Edison, who was present on that occasion. Mr. Edison, accompanied by jNIrs. Edison and their daughter. Miss Madeleine, arrived about 8:45, and from the time of his arrival until his departure, about 9:30, the throng about the booth was so dense that any attempt to get through was useless. When asked for his impression of the Exposition, j\Ir. Edison said, "I was delighted to find, in this first International Moving Picture Exhibition, a dawning realization of my own vision, when, several years ago, I showed to the world the moving picture. The enthusiastic interest of the great crowd which attended the exposition on the night which, I am proud to say, bore my own name, was a striking and inspiring example of the tremendous grip which the moving picture, as an entertainer and educator, has upon the great mass of the people. I rejoice to see it so." Among the officials of the Edison Co. who attended were; Mr. C. H. Wilson, vice-president and general manager; Mr. William Maxwell, Mr. L. C. McChesney, Mr. N. C. Durand, jMr. F. K. Dolbeer, and Mr. Horace G. Plimpton. The following directors and picture players were also present: Mr. C. Jay Williams, Mr. Charles M. Seay, Mr. Ashley Miller, Mr. Walter Edwin, jNIr. George Lessey, Mr. Richard Ridgely, Miss Mary Fuller, Miss Mabel Trunnelle, Miss Alice Washburn, Mr. William Bechtel, Mrs. Laura Erskine, J\Iiss May Abbey, Miss Gertrude McCoy, Miss Elsie MacLeod, Miss Bessie Learn, Miss Bliss ?vIilford, Miss Edna Flugrath, JNIiss Clara Adams, Miss Edna May Hamel, Miss Helen Coughlin, Mr. William West, Mr. Augustus Phillips, Mr. Ben F. Wilson, Mr. Edward O'Connor, Mr. Barry O'Moore, Mr. Richard Neil, Mr. Richard Tucker, Mr. Edward Bouldon, Mr. Arthur Housman, ~Mt. Frank A. Lyon, Mr. Dan Alason, Mr. Jules Reed. Last but not least, our good friend, John Hardin. Saturday night was the surprise night for Essanay and Selig, when Stan. Twist was in his element giving out puzzles, punch, and vanity cases, which were eagerly snapped up by the ladies. The greatest regret was expressed that the Exposition had been brought to a close. I am dealing more fully with this phase of the question in my editorial. A. H. S. OFFICIAL NUMBER Notice is hereby respectfully given that owing to the fact that there are four vacancies in the office of the New York State Branch of the Motion Picture Exhibitors League of America which leaves the executive committee without a quorum, a convention is hereby called to meet on Monday. Aug. 11, 1913, at such place and as may be hereafter designated for the purpose of electing officers to fill such vacancies. R. L. Macnabb, National first vice-president; approved, M. A. Neft", National president ; George H. Wiley, National secretary. Jacob Berg, of the Supreme Feature Film Co., has returned from Europe, and states that the Supreme Feature Film Co. will soon have a surprise for the exhibitors. At present "Satan," for which they have the state rights for New York State, North and South Dakota and Alinnesota, is still making a big hit wherever shown.