The Billboard 1909-07-10: Vol 21 Iss 28 (1909-07-10)

atom Reena 2 tenn cman ett piteidetentnanneey ess. 'ULY 10, 1909. The Billboard 13 FILM CONVENTION AT ATLANTIC CITY Representatives From Many States Will Attend Impertant Meeting. POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED. What promises to be the most enthusiastic ention ever held by the F. 8. A. will oecur Atieontie City July 16, 17, 18. Delegates parts of the country will flock to the I walk City on business apd pleasure bent \ ss Hotel, the convention headquarters, will t on a gala appearance and all indications F t to a bully time, and a three-day session w spent Matters of vital Import are slated early bearing, and much that is for the of the F. 8S. A. will come up for dis radical changes have taken place in th film toduetry since the last annual election he in New York. New affiliations have been many of the old ones have been severed ar these three days ere looked upon to bring shout a betterment of conditions, a general band‘ og all around If no other results are A plished the latter will mean that time and ney were well spent. During the past year many concerns have been wit» out of business, many new ones have to the fold Conditions in many in have been bettered, in others there is room for Improvement. The gentlemen of the Fr. S A. by concerted action will in a large way influence the events of the next twelve othe Dorlog the last year strong efforts have been to commercialize the film tadustry. which ch even now is In its Infancy, is a healthy be No one not intimately connected with the ss can realize the struggle it has gone On every side the moving picture en attacked. first from this angle, then a plratical clique of unbusinesslikefomped into the game from mercertives, big money was to be made quicksorts of nefarious methods were used ) squeeze ao dollar here or there. But order 2 come out of chaos, what was once termed fod hes now developed tnto one of the most commercial enterprises any country eter is being put on a business basis, by n. with business principles. Bad duprs have been to a large extent worthy subjects are being reproduced. are being regulated, sanitary an! laws have been passed with a view of ameliorating conditions and the result from coast to coast Is apparent. bly in no other enterprise have there many set-backs, and so much to disthe man who wanted to make an hoaest profit in a decent way. There have been s et work to weed out the bad and en ‘ ge the goad and the F. 8. A. can yet de‘ much time to missionary work that will eventuate In bettering conditions all around. Ir organization of men there is always 5 r or two-—some who have the courage convictions wor't agree with some one many times a hardship is worked on With the F. 8S. A. there has been “s n witoin {ts own ranks Many times this cbt have been eliminated, at all times it « ! be a spirit of harmony, will eventue the organization what it should be and there is very good reason to believe that with this convention much good will be ac‘ 1 No one need be called upon to con point that would be prejudical to his t the same time there has been tco Ls triviality Involved In mach of the bitter nwss that has existed This is the time for men to sit down to a hard fisted treat 1 bosiness proposition, there is room pessibly a few more, but there must be me and all in every arrangement. Toe bave manifested a desire to get bere has been a competitive war * been ruinous. The public has been e | to take kindly to moving pictures, the that it is no longer a fad—and getting fair value for its There hae been a general the picture, the manufacturer<« ending to the demand made on them na seems lacking now but a complete noon the part of the exchange men will have much to talk about and time to do it effectively. One of : the exchange man claims to carry of feet that manufacturers persist in the ng nosystem, This will prbably be discussed } meny ways. The menufacturer bolletin a worthy method of an r c hi< film For tustance as one manu ~ r stated the other day. ‘It has come knowledge that films we made five years . re still being sold as new—this does not ' hor the public and the only effective keeping our, newest products in public by advertising and the bulletins." The Will probably come in for heated argu And there are a dozen or so more that discussed, of possible topics for discussion may be omg the following: Sub-rental of films, " rental prices, limiting membership to (nts lieenses, suggesting a lower royalty vers. Considering the sub-rental of films ‘s been said on all sides, It has brought conditions that many claim should not It has had a tendency to lower the rental rd and injected a competition that aside ne very keen had littl to commend hat an effort will be made to secure rental prices seems apparent. There *n agreements ‘made on this point, but satisfactory to all cmnesuned For a ' Went smoothly enough but the cut rater to existence and the others had to fol \nother pofot that seems likely to come bether the F. 8. A. shall include in {ts Pp only licenses of the Patents Co diseretion will be necessary in » le Issue. At the last meeting several Micers were elected who have since gone ‘ent and there is an element which feels for present conditions events are hap : ‘t cross purposes. There is nothing tn vn With these and the Patents Co © some lively skirmishing on this remains to see whose will be the diplo» Mid to shape the affair felicitiousty hos been considerable comment projected Present $2 license fee and an effort “sew marero2 a >a * 277ne o> elminated, theatres i a sides siets nsists on TN tter v the riens con tn tt fe 2 ee 2 There | wint | Film Convention Promises Interesting Meeting; Many Difficult Issues to be Determined --American Film Service Suffers Serious Fire Loss, but Recovers Quickly. List of New License Exchanges---Laemmle’s Plans. MOTION PICTURE NEWS may be made to have the Patents Co. reduce this to a sliding seale. There may be some exchanges which will ask the manufacturers to put a fixed price on film for standing or spasmodic orders. Taken all in all the convention promises to bear forth most entertainingly. On the convention much will depend for the future welfare of jhe many concerned. The main thing now ts for bvery one to get together for the betterment of the film industry. AMERICAN FILM SERVICE FIRE LOSS. Wednesday night, June 30, at about the time the crowds were leaving the Colonial, af ter witnessing the opening performance of Richard Carle’s revival of The Tenderfoot, fire broke out in the Security Building, at Madison street and Fifth avenue, Chicago, and played swift havoc in the big office structure, until 't was finally controlled by the fire brigade, which respended quickly to the alarm. The flames apparently had their origin in the rooms occupied by the American Film Service, but this can not be definitely determined, as little was left in the roogis except the blackened ruins, where but a moment before had existed a comolete film exchange, whose proud boast was thet they were the ‘‘best in America."’ Their system certainly is worthy of the superlative, for despite the great loss business did not for a moment leave its smooth routine, and the next morning customers were supplied with their regular orders of film, filled to the letter as booked. Not only that, but not a single shipment was skipped, nor did the customers In any manner suffer any inconvenience or delay. Iowa—Des Moines—Iowa Film Service, 229 Commercial Building: Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 421 Walnut Street. Kentucky—Louisville—O. T. Crawford Exchange Co., Hopkins Theatre. Louisiana—New Orleans—Imported Film & Supply Co., 708 Union Street. Film Maryland—-Baltimore—Miles Brothers, 412 East Baltimore Street; Pearce & Scheck, 22: North Calvert Street. Massachusetts—Boston—Howard Moving Picture Co., 564 Washington Street; Kleine Optical Company, 657 Washington street; Miles Bros., Inc.. Washington & Dover Sts. Michigan—Detroit—National Film Company, 71 Griswold Street. Grand Rapids—Vaudette Film Exchange Co., 103 Monroe Street. Minnesota—Minneapolis—Twin City Calcium & Stereopticon Co., 709 Hennepin Avenue. Missouri—Joplin—Western Film Exchange, 201 Miners’ Bank Building. Kansas City—Yale Film Renting Co., 622 Main Street. St. Louis— ©. T. Crawford Film Exchange Co., Gayety Theatre Building; Western Film Exchange, 949 Century Building. Montana—Butte—Montana Film Exchange, 41 North Main Street. Nebraska—Omaha—Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 1318 Farnam street. New York—Buffalo—Buffalo Film Exchange, 272 Washington street. New York City—Actograph Company, 50 Union Square: Vitagraph Co., 116 Nassau street; Greater New York Film Rental Co., 116 East 14th street; Imperial Film Exchange, 44 West 28th street; Kleine Optical Company. 19 W. 21st street; Miles Bros., Inc., 259 Sixth avenue: People’s Film Exchange, 126 University Place: P. L. Waters, 41 East 2ist street; Alfred Weiss Film Mr. Van Runkle, at the temporary headquarters Exchange, 219 Sixth avenue. Rochester—Pittsa > I aie i te rc eee hy ee YOUNG'S HOTEL, ATLANTIC CITY. at 120 E. Randolph street, gave out the tnformation that the old reels which were burned and defaced have been replaced with a supply of newer subjects, superior in every way to the old stock, and that additional purchases are being made with all possible dispatch, so that the American Film Service will be better than ever befor The loss incurred was complete and was not covered by insurance. The many offers of assistance and letters of sympathy from the various moving picture men of Chi cago evince most “lable spirit of co operatior amd = the leniency of cus tomers was not nefident of the catastroph It is of many that the fire was of origin, and already an investigation is ur J In the mean time business at th temporary quarters is progressing nicely, to the mutual satisfaction of those concerned LATEST LIST OF LICENSED FILM EXCHANGES. Following !s a complete list up-to-date of Heensed film exchanges: Alamaba—Birmingham, Birmingham Film Supply Co., 2008% Third Avenue; Theatre Film SupIpy Co., 2104 First Avenue. Arkansas—Little Rock—Mitchell change, 120% Main St. California—-Ios Angeles—Clune Film Exchange Film Ex 727 South Main St.; Kay-Tee Film Exchange, 224 Pacific Electric Bidg.; Tally’s Film Exchange, 554 South Broadway. San Francisco— Miles Bros., Inc., TO Turk St.; Novelty Moving Picture Co.. 418 Turk St.; Theatre Film Service Co., 76 Second St.; Turner & Dahnken, 136 Exidy Street Colorado —Denver—Colorado Film Exchange Co., 320 Charles Building: Denver Film Exchange, TIS Lineoln Avenue; Kleine Optical Company, 302 Roston Building. Iltnols—Chicago—Amertean Film Service, 186 Madison St.: Calumet Film Exchange, Masonic Temple; C. J. Hite Company, Monadnock Block; Kleine Optical Company, 52 State Street; George Spoor & Co., @ North Clark St.; Standard | Film Exchange, 79 Dearborn Street; Theatre Film Service Co., S) Dearborn street. Indiana—Indianapolis—H, Lieber Co., 24 | West Washington Street. burg Calcium Light & Film Co., 501-503 Central Building: The Talking Machine Co., 97 Main street east. Syracuse—Moving Picture Service of Syracuse, 427 South Salina street. Troy— Co., Third street; Imperial Film Excasange. 299 River street. North Carolina—Charlotte—Theatre Film Supply Co., 202 South Tryon street. Ohio—Cincinnati—Lubin Film West Sth street: Pittsburg Calcium ‘iim Co., 132 West 4th street: Southern Film Exchange, 148 West 5th street. Cleveland— Lake ore Film & Supply Co.. 314 Superior ave nue., N. E.; United Film Exchange, 414 Su perior avenue, W. Columbus—Ohio Film Service, 20 East Broad street. Toledo—Kent Film Service, 218 Nicholas Building; Superior Film Supply Ce., 325 Huron street. Oklahoma—Oklahoma City—Monarch Film Ex change, 11 North Robinson street. Oregon—Portland—Edison Display Co., 16514 Fourth street; Morton Film Exchange, 107 Sixth street. Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—C. A. Calehuff Fourth and Green streets; Electric Theatre Sup ply Co., 47 North 10th street; Lubin Film Service, 21 South Sth street; Swaab Film Service Co., 338 Spruce street. Pittsburg—Columbia Film Exchange, 414 Ferguson Building; Duquesne Amnesement Supply Co., 104-5 Bakewell Bulld ing: Pennsyivania Film Exchange, 408 Lewis Building: Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 121 Fourth avenue. Wilkesbarre—Pittsburg Cal cium Licht & Film Co., 108 South Main street. Tennessee—Memphis—Mitchell Film Exchange. ” -_ Service, 140 Light & Texas—Dallas—Alama Film Exchange. 405 Main street: J. D. Wheelan Film Co., 339 Main street. Houston—Alama Film Exchange, 59 Travis street. Utah—Ogden—Progressive Motion Picture Co., 408 Eccles Building. Salt Lake City—Trent & Wilsen, 68 East 3rd street. Virginia—Norfolk—-Duquesne Amusement Sup ply Co., 2335 Monticello Areade Building; Lubin Film Service, 510 Paul-Gale Greenwood Building. Washington—Spokane—Spokane Film Ex change, Pantages Theatre Building. Seattle— Edison Suply Co., 221 Madison street. , Sullivan-Considine Ruilding; Morton Film Exchange, 214-17 Shaffer Building. Washington, D. C.—Imperial Film Exchange. 434 Ninth street, N. W Wisconsin—MIilwaukee—Western change, 307 Grand avenue. Film = Ex | Brothers American | A REMARKABLE MOVING PICTURE The remarkable for life between William Pickett, an Oklahoma cowboy, and a Spanish bull, taken during the recent visit of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show to the southern republic, had its first real public display in Keith’s Boston Theatre last week, and made a distinct sensation in the playhouse and among the film men of that city. The picture was promptly secured from Miller Brothers by Mr. B. F. Keith, after he had seen it privately with the cowboys, cowgirls and Indians of the show at his theatre. It had been put on following the pleadings of the show employes that they be permitted to see themselves re-enacting the stirring incident of their southern tour. Mr. Kceith’s interest in the picture was keen from the start. So enthusiastic was he that, following its first presentailon before the public audience in his theatre, he made personal appearance before the curtain and delivered the lecture which preceeds and accompanies the showing of the film. Mr. Keith laughingly declared that he felt that the theatre orator did not bring out the sensational features and that he would give a demonstration of his own ideas. The ‘‘fight for life’? thus has the dis tinction of having been the medium of speech from the most high-priced lecturer in the world. The encounter depicted in the picture took place before 25.000 persons in El Toreo, Mexico City’s world-famous bull ring, and Miller engaged Pathe Freres, the famous French manufacturer in advance to photograph it in all its details. Mr. Joseph C. Miller, president of the ranch, had wagered with M. Rivero, impresario of the bull ring, that Pick ett could battle, hand to horns with the fiercest fighting bull of the republic’ and escape alive The tremendous Mexican audience assembled in the confident hope of witnessing the immediate death cf the reckless cowboy on the horns of the man-hilling animal. The bravest Spanish matadors had never dared give battle to a bull except et a distance with swords and banderilloes. The professional Spanish bull fighters laughed derisively at Pickett’s audacity and Buenvenita, the best known of them, caused to be printed over his signature in all the Mexican newspapers, ‘‘Pickett’s funeral will follow moving picture of the fight | his foolaardiness’’ All the Republic of Mexico is still talking | of that afternoon, when Pickett leaped to the horns of the infuriated bull and fought the an {mal bare-handed for seven minutes and a half. When the dumbfounded audience realized that the buli had met his match, that Pickett's funeral was not to take place in Mexico after all, as they had fondly hoped, and that their own bull fighters were being belittled and discredited before the world by this bold stranger from Oklahoma, they hurled stones, bottles, fruit, canes, and even open knives at him. The picture is about 900 feet In length, and depicts every feature of the remarkable proceeding. Miller Brothers bought the negative and one positive outright from Pathes Freres. The picture was shown in several Oklahoma citfes in the spring, where its wonderful drawing powers were fully demonstrated, and then kept in seclusion until the show reached Boston. LAEMMLE HAS NEW PLANS UNDER WAY. Carl Laemmle at his office in Chicago. gives out the information that the opening of his of fice in New York City is merely a matter of loeation and that as soon as the selection of quarters is made the business will there he operated along the lines of his main film service depot in Chicago. Mr. Laemmle also has to say that after careful consideration he has deemed it advisable to locate his intended man ufacturing plant in New York City instead of in Chicago.as per his original plans in thiregard! From July 9 to the 13, on which day he will sail for Europe on the steamship Kronprinzen Cecelia, Mr. Laemmle will be tn New York and will personally direct his budding and fast ma terializing plans. While in Europe he will thoronghly investigate all conditions pertaining to the moving picture business and hopes to so supplement his present wide and thorengh knowledge of the business as to greatly add to the efficiency of his several enterprises in this line. LUBIN NON-INFLAMABLE FILM. The Lubin Mfg. Co. announce that with re leases this week, parts of their Film Subjects are on non-inflammable film. NEW YORK FILM NEWS. A. T. Maxwell, formerly has been appointed assistant with Miles Bros manager of the Great Northern Film Co., under Ingvold G Ohes. Maxwell will spend most of his time on the road. % A very important meeting of film turers will convene at the Patents Co + George K. Spoor, of Essanay, trip to New York last week. mannfac this week. took a flying CHICAGO FILM NOTES. S. W. Pascoe, who for the present is direct ing the publicity end of the Phoenix Film Co.. Chicago, has decided to put out two companies playing Just a Woman's Way this season. This step is taken because of the success of his com pany last season. The shows will open Angust 12 and 18 and are booked solid for the season. % William Wright, Chicago representative of th® Kalem Company, returned to the city last week after a tour of the west during which he visited Omaha, Denver. Ogden and Salt Lake City. Mr. Wright says that conditions out there are cncouraging and that apparently the moving pieture industry is steadily growing in strength. (Continued on page 37) es exe x P= Aw = er is See