Moving Picture World (Jul-Sep 1913)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD 327 hall and let them fight it out, but the bells are holding their own well, and are attracting attention. They have other music makers, but the bells lead the rest. Down at the west end of the hall the Lang Manufacturing Company declare that they have sold more rewinders than all the other companies combined. They have an all-metal reel, and, to keep things moving, you can get reels free — if you buy a rewinder. Dust-proof oil-cases insure good lubrication, and careful workmanship does the rest. The Kinemacolor booth, just across from the entrance, is one of the centers of attraction. To most people, the entire machine is a novelty-, and to those familiar with the machine, the color screen corrector is a novelty, enabling the operator to instantly reverse the screens in case of a misthread or other mishap. Although not an exhibit, the splendid display of the Eastman Company deserves a special word of mention. The handsome sepia enlargements attract universal attention and the most favorable comment. It isn't necessary to talk much about the Wurlitzer-Hope-Jones Unit Orchestra. It speaks for itself and in no uncertain tones. Every time it starts up — and it starts up about ten minutes after it runs down — the crowd hustles over and the only person in hearing who does not seem to like it is the man who tries to sneak in a demonstration of the Dramagraph each time they change a tune. The W-H-J has to hustle some to live up to two hyphens, but it makes it every time and with plenty to spare. The Wurlitzer people might have filled that end of the hall with their various styles of instruments, but they centered on the Unit Orchestra and the band lost its job after the opening night, just as many orchestras have been replaced by one man at the W-H-J console. The best thing about it is that having only one man, a good man may be engaged, since he is the director over a mechanical instead of a human orchestra. The regular Wurlitzer catalogue lists machines all the way from $375 up, but no one ever discovered that they had more than one standard of excellence though a score of degrees of elaborateness. The Berry-Wood people, at the other end of the hall — and have you noticed how these automatic players run to hyphens — have three instruments on display and many more in their catalogue. The Lithograph people have been making a good display, but they have mostly been leaving the exhibits to take care of themselves. The Hennegan booth shows but a small portion of the large catalogue, most of the instrument going to the new pennant signs which offer a veriety of readings and a permanent banner in the shape of a long frame with eighteen-inch letters that can be changed at will. The frame is infinitely superior to painted or printed banners and a deal cheaper in the long run. This is one number that no exhibitor can afford to overlook if he uses banners. It takes less time to make a new sign than it would to hang a cloth banner, and it presents a finished appearance that a cloth banner can never give. The Rex Film Renovating Company, nicknamed "the Troy laundry," takes the rain out of commercials and makes as much noise, if less music, as the Wurlitzer. It has a comparatively limited appeal to exhibitors, but it does show them that there is no excuse for unlaundered film. The Miner exhibit is as deserted as an orphan child in a foundling asylum as to attendants, but thev show a fine line of paper, some of it in frames loaned b}' the Newman Company. The American Slide Company offers a wide choice of legends in a compact display, covering the ground as fully as any in the choice of readings. It offers mostly cartoon and sketch subjects. The Electric Light and Power Companv has a most tasteful display with tea and coffee pots as a side line to motor-generator sets and other more ^^■eigllty trifles. They have a completely equipped booth, the only one in the main floor, bv the way, and occasionally throw some industrial films on a daylight screen, but most of the time the screen, which is closed off by stained glass doors from the rest of the exhibit, is interrupted by the doors being in use. There is a constant procession of employees in and out of the doors until the belief has become current among the regulars that they were operating an opposition to the place downstairs where they charge ten cents a .glass for very ordinary beer, but the manager exolained that it was a storage room as well as screen box. and those who were willing to take a chance on a blind tiger on the proposition that it could be no worse than downstairs were disappointed. Haywood Brothers and Wakefield and The .American Seating Company have the only displays of chairs. The .American Seating Company has a fine showing of seats from the cheapest to the best. They are built on comfortable lines and the display is intelligently arranged. The Mirror Screen Company contents itself with its reputation and several samples of screens. Wednesday they got a hustle on and built up the display with signs, but the regulars all know the screen and need only to see just what it looks like close to. The Famous Players' exhibit was rendered complete on Wednesday by the appearance of B. P. Schulberg. The B used to stand for Benny, but now it stands for Benedict, as we can prove by a whole stack of postal cards showing Niagara Falls from every conceivable angle save the middle of the river. A sign announces that they will make three releases a month in the fall and some fine frames display Mrs. Langtry in "His Neighbor's Wife," Mrs. Fiske in "Tess, of the D'Ubervilles," Miss Pickford in "A Good Little Devil," and, of course, their past successes, "Queen Elizabeth" and "The Prisoner of Zenda," The booklet is one of the best souvenirs of the exhibition. EXHIBITORS REGISTERED AT M. P. WORLD BOOTH. D. M, Naughton and Mrs., Manheim, Pa.; J. F. Fairman, Kinematograph and Lantern \¥eekly, Brooklyn, N. Y.: S. L. Rotenberry. Herrin, 111.; H. !•. Jackson, Springfield, Mass.; Jas. Cochrane, Vice-Pres., M. P. E. of Am. Mil. Local. Milwaukee, Wis.; D. M. Sachter, Sheffield, Pa.; W. L. Younmr. Durham. N. C. ; W. L. Jov, West Toronto, Ontario, Can.: D. P. Wine, Harrisonburg, Va. ; B. D. E'agan, Ronceverte. W. Va.; M. E. Commerford, Scranton, Pa.; Omer F. Dowd, Chicago, 111.; Chas. H. Pyatt, Elmhurst, Long Islang, N. Y. I. Picker, Bronx, N. Y. City; Chas. O. Brown, Middlesboro, Ky. ; Mr. Bell, Boston. Mass.; H. F. Jackson, Springfield. Mass.; B. R. Tolraas. Lrtility Folder Co., N. Y. City; W. I. Hanley, Kinemacolor Co., N. Y. City; John Cooper, Sterling Economizer Co., Warren. Ohio; Wm. H. Bishop, Everett. Mass.; S. A. Lambert. Fayetteville, N. C.; William Fox, on board of the Mona-Belle; Jacob W. Loeb, Riverside. L. L: Howard Milchrest, N. Y. Citv; Francis Wald, N. Y. City; Willard Howe, Brookland, D. C. ; B. D. Deagen, Ronceverte, W. Va.; Joseph Abel Washin.gton. D. C. ; Mr. Nixon. Bausch and Lomb Optical Co.. Rochester, N. Y.; W. T. Koch. Nat'l Vice-Pres. Ga. SI. P. Exhibitors' League. Augusta. Ga. ; Jas. Seiden, Royal Feature Film Co., N. Y. City; Jeff Dolan, Sedeg Feature Film Co., N. Y. City; Alvin B. Giles, Advance Motion Picture Co., Chicago, 111.; Ben Zerr, Reading. Pa.; G. C. Miller, Lyric. Plymouth. Pa.; F. E. Simmons, Cleveland, O. ; J. P. Heim, "Luna" Danville, Pa.; Chas. C. Spinks, "Star A Shop." Chicago, 111.; B, C. Hoyng, West Union, W. Va.; .las. C. Rathbone Exeter Opera House, Exeter. N. H. ; Harold C. Jenkins, Exeter Opera House. Exeter, N. H,; K. W. Linn, Eclectic Film Co., N. Y. City; J. W. Brown, Cambridge, Ind.; H. G. Catton and wife, Fort Worth. Texas: R. M. Brown, Shelbyville, Ky. ; W. A. Cory, Nat'l Vice-Pres., and Mrs. Cory. San Francisco, Cal.; W. L. Shelton and wife, Kansas City, Mo.; Fred J. Maher^ New Haven. Ct. ; Louis Benesck, Excelsior Theater, Baltimore, Md. ; H. R. Ashbrook, Exhibitors' Feature Film Corporation, Toledo. O. ; Wm. B'. Short, N. Y.; Harry F. Grelle. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Tohn Winslow, New York: R. H. Karnes, Huntington, W. Va.; W. J. Miller and Son. Glens Falls. N. Y.; Mrs. William Fort. Baltimore, Md. : Mrs. A. Anderson, Baltimore. Md.; Jim B. Wilson, Sherman, Texas; S. Kresh, N. Y. Citv; A P. Tugwell, Los Angeles. Cal.; Bender and Williams, Pittsburgh, Pa.; C. Fred. Ruhlman, Trenton, N. J.; Abr. Seligman, Lafayette Theater, New Orleans, La.; Frank White, Bronx, N. Y. Citv; H. H. Durgin, The Spa, Pittsfield, Mass.; A. L Paul, Mgr., Roval Theater, Gallon. O. ; E. F. McAttee, Family Theater. Mahanov Citv, Pa.; Geo. Millet, Whitehall, N. ■ Y. ; L. .L Schulman. Buffalo, N. Y. ; J. P. Schulman. Brooklyn. N. Y. ; M. W. Jordan. Laninsburg, N. C. ; Fred E. Howe, Ithaca, N. Y.; Chas. L. Harner. Ithaca, N. Y. ; F. T. Merklein. Brooklyn, N. Y.; John M. Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Williamson Buckman, Trenton, N. T. ; Chas. Weigel, Cincinnati, O. : T. M. Eastwood, Wasliiiigton, D. C. ; Chas. A. Nasse, Oroheum Theater, Toledo, O. ; E. O. Griffith. Tampa, Florida; T. E. Yeum, Du Quoin. 111.; W. Rayner. Dreamland Theater, Dayton, O. ; S. H. Mendenhall, Pastime Theater, Greenville. O.; Geo. H. Moore, Mgr. Orpheura Theater, Chicago, 111.; I. Ulraan, Opera House, Salisbury, Sid.: Lcm S. Miller. Local No. 2, Cincinnati, O. ;_A. P. Tugwell, Rose Theater, Los Angeles, Cal.; Maurice Davis. Washington, D. C. ; A. C. Vale, Dennison, O. ; T. P. Morgan, Princess Theater: Washington, D. C. : Wm. R. Storm, Lancaster, Pa.; D. R. Sablasky. Pickwick Theater. Wilmington, Del. Automatic Coin Cashier Co., Hamilton. O.; Daniel Donahue, L. I. C. ; Meredith F. Staub, Frederick, Md. ; Wrav E. Physioc. Rarao Films, N. Y. City; C. Fisher. Newark. N. J.; J. Henkel Henry, Empire Theater, Winchester, Va. ; Jeff Dolan. Sedeg F. F. Co., N. Y. Citv; L. A. H. Laidman. N. Y. Citv;'J. S. Phillips, Odeon Theater, Fort Worth, Texas: W. H. Wood. Pastime Theater, State College, Pa.; E. R. Graff, Plaza, St. ,\ugustine, Fla. ; Dr. W. Wider. Ronfort, Rudolph Wurlitzer, Harry A. Flvnn, N. Y. Citv: A. A. Beecroft, Photo Machine Co., N. Y. Citv G. St. Callahan, American Theater, Curtain & Supply Co., N. Y. City; E. E. Oliver, Oliver Moving Picture Supply Co., Cle^-eland, O. : L. A. Wagner. Standard .Amus. Co., Kansas Citv. jMo. ; A. Eendsler. Waltham Theater, Waltham, Mass.; Mr. and Sirs. J. P. Masters, Elite and Columbia Theaters, Bowling Green, Kv. ; John Bunny. Vitagranh Co., N. Y. City; Tack W. Levland, St. Tohnsville, N. Y.; O. L. Tarodski, Colonial Theater, Danville, 111.; Robert C. Whitten, Sergeant-at-.^rms. N. Y. State League; Walter J. Brackin and wife, "The Grand." Bainbridge. Ga. ; Chas. Cecil Smith. Rep. "The Thespian." Kansas Citv, SIo.; Frank Himmellberg, N. Y. City: Chas. E. Bowles, Chicago, 111.; Sir. Slortimer. Slortimer Film Cleaner, Portland, Me.; H. Spencer, N. Y. City; Wray B. Physioc, N. Y. City; SI. E. Comerford, Scranton, Pa.; John Nelson. Sudbury. Ontario, Can.; Slussgnug. N. Y. Citv; F. L. Duntton. N. Y. Citv; Abram Lott, Brooklyn, N. Y'.; G. D. Eriggs, Jr., New England Unv, Exc, Springfield, Mass.; Slarshall P. Wilder, N. Y. Citv; Delbert E. Seymour, The Peerlees, Schaghticoke, N. Y. ; Edmund Reid, Palace Theater, Slillergeville. Ga.; W. L. Joy, Wonderland Theater; Henry Bishop, Hoboken. N. J.; I. H. Gorley, Uniontown, Pa.; F. C. Monaghan, Uniontown, Pa.; O. M. McClosky. Uniontown. Pa.; J. E. Robin, Precision Machine Co.. N. Y. City; F. W. Peters, Houston, Texas; Edward A. Jeffries, Pennsylvania State Branch No. 3 ; J. A. Maddox, Columbus, O. ; Thos. Furniss, National Vice-President, Duluth. Minn. Eric Slcrison, American Moving Picture Slachine Co., N. Y. City; Chas. Segall, Philadelphia, Pa.; John F. Miller, Buffalo Sunday Times, Buffalo, N. Y. ; G. D. Eriggs, Jr.. New England Universal Film Exc, .Springfield, Slass. ; Abram Lott, Motion Picture Story Slagazine, Brooklyn, N, Y. Pop Rock was early on the job Monday, but Pop Lubin did not show up. A convention without the two Pops is no convention at all and only half a convention with Pop Rock. The word "Pop" has no allusion to paternal dignities, but refers to the sound made by the extraction of a champagne cork.