Moving Picture World (Nov 1915)

1288 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD November 13, 1915 CENSUS OF LOS ANGELES' PICTURE INDUSTRIES. Los Angeles Has Over Sixty Motion Picture Studios and Producing Companies, States Industrial Bureau of Chamber of Commerce. THE Industrial Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles has recently made a census of the motion picture industry in the city of Los Angeles and surrounding district. Through the publicity department of the bureau, advertisements have been placed in Eastern papers advertising the many advantages of the city as location for motion picture plants. The bureau states there are now sixty producing companies with studios in Los Angeles at the present time and has compiled a list of these enterprises as follows: Albuquerque Film Mfg. Co., 1745 Alessandro street; AmericanEuropa Film Company, Alessandro street, southwest corner Modjeska; Bach Photographer, 546 South Los Angeles street; Balboa Amusement Company, Sixth street and Alamitos avenue, Long Beach; Banner Motion Picture Company, 355 South Broadway, room 719; Big U, Universal City; Biograph Company, west side Georgia street, near Twelfth; Bison, Universal City; Bostock Jungle and Film Company, 1919 South Main street; Bosworth, Inc., 201 North Occidental Boulevard; Broadway Feature, Universal City; Broncho Film Company, 1712 Alessandro street; Clune Film Producing Company, Melrose and Bronson avenue; Crown City Film Mfg. Company, 40 Mountain avenue, Pasadena; Daniels Dillwyn Companv. 143 North Mariposa avenue; Deer Brand Film Company, 5821 Moneta avenue; E. & R. Jungle Film Company, 1720 North Soto street; Eclair, 1529 Gordon street; Educational Film Company, 357 South Hill street, room 922; Emess Film Company, 1712 Alessandro street; Equitable Motion Picture Corporation, 822 South Grand avenue; Essanay Film Mfg. Company, 651 Fairview avenue; Famous Players, Hollywood; Film Producers, Inc., eleventh floor Van Nuys Bldg. ; Fine Arts Film Company, 4500 Sunset Boulevard; Gold Seal, Universal City; Griffith Feature, 4500 Sunset Boulevard; David Horsley, 1919 South Main street; Thomas H. Ince Film Company, 1712 Alessandro street; International Film and Producing Company, Santa Monica; International Pictures, Inc., 300 Ferguson Bldg.; Joker, Universal City; Kalem Company, Verdugo road, Glendale, and 1425 Fleming, Hollywood; Kay Bee Film Company, 1712 Alessandro street; Kellum Talking Picture Company, 518 C. Wesley Roberts Bldg.; Keystone Film Company, 1712 Alessandro street; Kolb & Dill Film Company, 1025 Lillian way; Komic, 4500 Sunset Boulevard; Laemmle, Universal City; Lasky Feature Play Company, 6284 Selma avenue; L-KO Moving Picture Company. 6100 Sunset Boulevard; Major Film Mfg. Company, Inc., 510 South Spring street, room 806; Malibu Motion Picture Company, Santa Monica; Masterpiece Film Mfg. Company, 1329 Gordon avenue; Matthews, H. C, Sunset Boulevard and Gower street; MinA Company, 1919 South Main street; Monrovia Feature Film Company, Monrovia, Cal.; Morosco, Oliver, Photoplay Company. 210 North Occidental Boulevard; Mutual Film Company, 4500 Sunset Boulevard; National Film Corporation, Gower street and Santa Monica Boulevard; Navajo Film Company, 355 South Broadway; Nestor, Universal City; New York Motion Picture Corporation, 1712 Alessandro street and Inceville, Cal.; Norbig Film Mfg. '■ " . 1745 Alessandro avenue; Pallas Pictures, Inc., 210 North Occidental Boulevard; Pathe News, 114 East Seventh street; Powers Photo Plays, Inc., Universal City; Quality Pictures, Sunset Boulevard and Gower street; Reliance Motion Picture Company, 4500 Sunset Boulevard; Rex, Universal City; Rolin Film Company, 1745 Alessandro street; Selig Polyscope Company, 1845 Alessandro street; Selig Zoo, 3800 Mission Road; Triangle Film Company, 1712 Alessandro street; Universal Film Mfg. Company, Universal City, Cahuenga canyon; Universal Special, Universal City; Victor, Universal City; Vitagraph Company of America, Talmadge and Prospect avenue; World Film Corporation, 822 South Grand avenue. We might comment that this list needs a little bit of revising if the reader wants to use it for reference purpose. For instance, a number of subsidiary companies like various brands of Universal, etc., have been listed individually. Also a few of the concerns above mentioned are now out of business or not producing at present. However, the list is quite complete and gives an idea of the many moving picture enterprises in Los Angeles at the present time. THOMAS A. EDISON AT UNIVERSAL CITY. Great Inventor Lays Cornerstone of Big Electric Studio at San Fernando Valley Plant. UNIVERSAL CITY is such an unusual attraction that it is an object not only for the millions of people who enjoy seeing moving pictures, but also for many of them who are actively engaged in the business of making them. Some weeks ago Siegmund Lubin, head of the moving picture manufacturing company which bears his name, was entertained at Universal City, and was shown all over its vast extent. He was tremendously impressed. Thomas A. Edison has been attracted to Universal City. President Laemmle, who expected to be present at the laying of the cornerstone of the great electrical studio which is just being started at Universal City, asked Mr. Edison if he would do him the honor of laying this cornerstone, and Mr. Edison gladly accepted. On Friday night, before an immense audience which cheered him repeatedly, Mr. Edison was handed a large copper plate bearing an inscription which chronicled the date, the building, the fact that Mr. Edison laid the cornerstone, and other important data. Kneeling on the ground, Mr. Edison placed the copper plate upon the stone, and it was fastened there while the crowd cheered. The Klegel lights had been arranged in such a way that excellent moving pictures were taken of this interesting event. These will be shown in the Universal Animated Weekly. After the ceremony Mr. Edison entered the beautiful Universal Theater and viewed moving pictures made of himself and party, which consisted of Mrs. Edison and her sister, at Santa Barbara, at one o'clock that same afternoon, by the Universal Animated Weekly cameraman. "Speedy work," was Mr. Edison's comment after the film had been run. ROTHAPFEL IN BIG COAST CITIES. Talks to Exhibitors in Los Angeles and San Francisco and Carries His "Message of Success." S. L. Rothapfel, who is covering the country on the Rothapfel-Mutual tour, is now in the far west visiting the coast cities. The tour is proving a progressively increasing success as it extends from city to city. Despatches from San Francisco and Los Angeles tell of the meetings in those cities. Every city in this territory was represented at the Rothapfel-Mutual luncheon held here on November 2. There was an ovation at the conclusion of Mr. Rothapfel's address. The exhibitors declared it the biggest thing ever done for the exhibitors in the history of the industry and expressed their appreciation of this effort on the part of President Freuler of the Mutual Film Corporation. Many of the exhibitors of Southern California turned out to the luncheon and met Mr. Rothapfel, who spent a part of his three-day stay here visiting the film studios and picture communities in the city and vicinity. Among those present were: P. D. Gold, president National Drama Corporation', Los Angeles; B. E. Lober, manager Pathe Exchange, Los Angeles; J. M. Goertz, Bijou, Los Angeles; Seth D. Perkins, Garrick theater, Los Angeles; H. J, Siler, Family theater, Whittier; S. G. Crickmore, Photoplay, Pasadena; M. W. Swearingen, Ramona City, Los Angeles; S. U. Anderson, La Pictoria theater, Pomona; T. L. Tally, Tally's Broadway, Los Angeles; S. N. Robinson, manager Fox Film Corporation, Los Angeles; Fred A. Miller, Miller's theater, Los Angeles; J. G. Knapp, Lyric theater, Santa Ana;