Views and Film Index (1908)

FREE PLAY. The confusion caused by the blaming of picture theatres for any fire which occurs in its immediate vicinity is going to be avoided by an amendment to the building code of Baltimore, Md. Build¬ ing Inspector Preston is preparing to draft an amendment prohibiting the use for packing purposes of any part of buildings in which moving picture shows are located, as well as to make the ac¬ cumulation of rubbish in such buildings unlawful. The steps which Mr. Pres¬ ton is taking are the result of the fire that occurred at the moving picture show on Lexington street. Fortunately no disaster attended the fire, which oc¬ curred on the second floor of the build¬ ing. That no panic resulted among the patrons gathered on the first floor to see the show was due to the clear-headed¬ ness of one of the singers. According to Chief Engineer Horton, the fire started among some rubbish which had been allowed to accumulate on the second floor. Mr. Preston said that while the new building code au¬ thorizes him to enforce certain fire pre¬ cautions in the auditorium of a moving picture show, he has no power to regu¬ late the uses to which the remainder of the building may be put. Had there been a law prohibiting the accumulation of rubbish or packing material in any part of the building, he said, the fire would probably not have occurred. “As a general rule,” Chief Horton said, “the moving picture shows in Bal¬ timore are probably as well safeguarded in the way of exits and fireproof con¬ struction as the theatres here. Where the shows are confined to the ground floor, with sufficient exits, the chance of panic is slight. Chief Horton is also interested in the drafting of an amendment to the build¬ ing code of the kind proposed by Mr. Preston. The fire chief, however, would extend the power of this amendment to business houses. That is to say, he would legislate against the accumula¬ tion in such buildings of loose packing material such as excelsior, straw and other combustible material. “At present,” he said, “such condi¬ tions can be left only with the fire in¬ surance companies. These companies, however, do not always find it advisable to prohibit such conditions by raising their rates. Other companies may be willing to step in and take the extra risk.” Mr. Exhibitor, do you know why your competitor has all new pic¬ tures? It’s because he gets the VIEWS AND FILMS INDEX every week and knows what’s what. How about you? FILMS, SLIDES AND APPARATUS. American Ticket Co., Toledo, O. Brooklyn, N. Y. Carrick Electric Mfg. Co., 213 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill. Cin’ti Calcium Light Co., 108 4th St., Cincinnati. Globe Electric Co., 419 W. 42d St., New York. New York Calcium Light Co., 410 Bleecker St., New York. Philadelphia Calcium Light Co., 621 Commerce St., Philadelphia, Pa. St. Louis Calcium Light Co., 516 Elm St., St. Louis. American Exchange, 630 Halsey St., Brooklyn, N. Y. A. S. Aloe Co., 513 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. American Biograph Co., 11 E. 14th St., New York. American Vitagraph Company, 116 Nassau St., New York. American Vitagraph Company. 109 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. P. Bacigalupi, 1107 Fillmore St., San Fran¬ cisco, Cal. Boston Film Exchange, 564 Washington St., Boston, Mass. Boswell Mfg. Co., 122 Randolph St., Chicago. Central Supply Co., 114 N. Edwards St., Kala¬ mazoo, Mich. Cleveland Film Renting Exchange, 510 Citizens Bank Building, Cleveland, O. Harry Davis, 347 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Detroit Film Exchange, 24 Newberry Building, Detroit, Mich. Edison Mfg. Co., 31 Union Square, New York. Edison Mfg. Co., 304 Wabash Ave., Chicago. Empire Slide Co., 131 W. 24th St., New York City. Enterprise Optical Co., 154 Lake St., Chicago. Erker Bros., 608 Olive St., St. Louis. Essanay Film Manufacturing Co., 501 Wells St., Chicago, Ill. German-American Cinematograph and Film Co., 109 E. 12th St., New York. M. E. Green, 228 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. Harbach & Co., 809 Filbert St., Philadelphia, Pa. Kalem Co., Inc., 131 W. 24th St., New York. Kleine Optical Co., 52 State St., Chicago. Kleine Optical Co., 662 Sixth Ave., New York. Kohl, Chas. W., 913 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. S. Lubin, 19 S. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. McAllister, 49 Nassau St., New York. McIntosh Stereopticon Co., 37 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. Mutual Film Exchange, 95 Washington St., Chi¬ cago, Ill. G. MSliSs, 204 E. 38th St., New York. N. Power, 117 Nassau St., New York. Novelty Moving Picture, 418 Turk St., San Fran¬ cisco, Cal. Novelty Slide Exchange, 221 E. 53d St., N. Y. C. Path® FrSres, 41 West 25th St., New York. Paths FrSres, 37 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. Paths FrSres, 2104 First Ave., Birmingham, Ala. Power’s Machine & Film Exchange, 13 East Genesee St., Buffalo, N. Y. Selig Polyscope Co., 45 E. Randolph St., Chicago. Geo. K. Spoor & Co., 62 N. Clark St., Chicago. Stains, H. F., 2220 Federal St., Camden, N. J. Wonderland Film Exchange, 410 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa. Williams, Brown & Earle, 918 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. E. M. Martine, 29 Patterson St., Orange, N. J. Chas. Beseler Co., 251 Centre St., New York. Elite Lantern Slide, 207 W. 34th St., New York. Ch. Dressier & Co., 143 East 23d St., New York. 20th Century Optiscope, 91 Dearborn St., Chicago MOVING PICTURES, TRAVELS, TOURS. Chicago Transparency Co., 69 Dearborn St., Chi¬ cago, Ill. Hale & Gifford, 940 New York Life Building, Kansas City, Mo. Henly & Plummer, 185-187 Dearborn St., Chi¬ cago, Ill. Trip to California Amusement Co., Cincinnati, O. Trolley Car Tours Co., 89 S. Clark St., Chi¬ cago, Ill. SLOT MACHINES. Arcade Machine & Supply Co., 522 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. American Mutoscope Co., 11 E. 14th St., New York City. Automatic Novelty Co., 145 E. 23d St., New York City. Caille Bros. Co., 1300 Second Ave., Detroit, Mich. Douglas Post Card & Machine Co., 27 N. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa. •las. McCusker American Supply Co., 227 N. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Manhattan Auto. Merchandising Co., 116 Nassau St., New York. Marvin & Casler, Times Building, New York. Mills Novelty Co., 11 S. Jefferson St., Chicago. National Automatic Weighing Machine Co., 60 Murray St., New York. The National Novelty Co. (Inc.), 100 2d St., S., Minneapolis, Minn. National Supply Co., 1703 E. 55th St., Cleve¬ land, O. Roovers Bros., Brooklyn, N. Y. Rosenfield Mfg. Co., 587 Hudson St., N. Y. City. Sloan Novelty & Mfg. Co., 932 N. 9th St., Phila¬ delphia, Pa. Up-to-Date Slot Machine Co., 60 Centre St., New York. Union Vending Machine Co., 133-135 De Kalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Watling Mfg. Co., 153 W. Jackson, Chicago. F. S. Zimmerman, 5 E. 14th St., New York. TICKET AND POSTER PRINTERS. Aekerman-Quigley Co., Kansas City, Mo. American Ticket Co., Toledo, O. Globe Ticket Co., 112 N. 12th St., Philadelphia. Hennegan & Co., Cincinnati, O. Standard Roll Ticket Co., 181 Pearl St., New York Thrash-Lick Printing Co., Fort Smith, Ark. Weldom, Williams & Lick, Fort Smith, Ark. ASSOCIATION RENTERS. Theatre Film Supply Co., Augusta, Ga. Pearce and Scheck, 223 N. Calvert St., Bal¬ timore, Md. Bailey Film Service, 116 21st St., Birmingham, Alabama. Southern Film Exchange, 130 20th St., Bir¬ mingham, Ala. Theatre Film Supply, 2007 Second Avenue, Birmingham, Ala. Howard Moving Picture Co., 564 Washington St., Boston, Mass. Miles Bros., Washington and Dover Sts., Boston, Mass. Montana Film Co., Butte, Mont. Buffalo Film Exchange, 13% Genesee St., Buf¬ falo, N. Y. Theatre Film Supply Co., 202 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, N. C. Twentieth Century Optiscope Co., 122 La Salle St., Chicago, Ill. National Film Co., 62 North Clark St., Chi¬ cago, Ill. American Film Service, 641 American Trust Building, Chicago, Ill. W. H. Swanson, 79 South Clark St., Chicago., Illinois. Standard Film Exchange, Unity Building, Chi¬ cago, Ill. Theatre Film Exchange, 85 Dearborn St., Chi¬ cago, Ill. U. S. Film Exchange, 59 Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. Inter-Ocean Exchange, 69 Dearborn St., Chi¬ cago, Ill. Temple Film Exchange, Masonic Temple, Chi¬ cago, Ill. Eugene Cline, 59 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Laemmle Film Service, 196 Lake St., Chicago, Illinois. George Spoor, 62 North Clark St., Chicago, Ill. Chicago Film Exchange, 120 E. Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. Schiller Film Exchange, 103 Randolph St., Chi¬ cago, Ill. Royal Film Service, 253 La Salle St., Chi¬ cago, Ill. Globe Film Exchange, 79 Dearborn St., Chica¬ go, Ill. Lake Shore Film & Supply Co., 314 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Eugene Cline, 717 Superior Ave., N. E., Cleve¬ land, Ohio. National Moving Picture Supply, 1703 E 55th St., Cleveland, Ohio. Ohio Film Exchange, 16 East Broad St., Col¬ umbus, Ohio. Cleveland Film Rental Co., 512 Citizens Bank Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Southern Talking Machine Co., 347 Main St., Dallas, Texas. J. D. AVheelan, 339 Main St.., Dallas, Texas. Chicago Film Exchange, Railway Exchange Building, Denver, Colo. Denver Film Exchange, 713 Lincoln Avenue, Denver Colo. Globe Film Service Co., Nassau Block, Denver, Colorado. Little & Pratt, Charles Building, Denver, Colo. Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 421 Walnut St., Des Moines, Iowa. Michigan Film & Supply Co., 82 Griswold St., Detroit, Mich. National Film Co., 100 Griswold St., Detroit, Mich. Leammle Film Exhange, 6th and Main Sts., Evansville, Tnd. O. T. Crawford Film Exchange Co., El Paso, Texas. Loper Bros., Fort Worth, Texas. 1 J. Gillingham, 103 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Michigan. Keystone Film Exchange, Spooner Building, Harrisburg, Pa. O. T. Crawford Film Exchange, 214 Levy Bldg., Houston, Texas. Indianapolis Calcium Light Co., 114 S. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. H. Lieber Co., 24 W. Washington St., India¬ napolis, Ind. Eugene Cline, 1021 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Twentieth Century Optiscope Co., Schukert Building, Kansas City, Kansas. Yale Film Renting Co., 1116 Main St., Kansas City, Kansas. Chas. Stebbens, 1028 Main St., Kansas City, Kansas. Louie Mitchell, 120% Maine St., Little Rock, Arkansas. Talley Film Supply Co., 554 South Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal. Clune Film Exchange, 727 South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. American Film Exchange, Memphis, Tenn. Laemmle Film Exchange, 78 South Front St., Memphis, Tenn. Western Film Exchange, 307 Grand Ave., Milwaukee, Wis. Northwestern Film Co., 27 S. 5th St., Min¬ neapolis, Minn. Eugene Cline, Third and Nicollet Aves., Min¬ neapolis, Minn. Twin City Calcium & Stereopticon, 720 Hen¬ nepin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. Luther Day Service, Muncie, Ind. W. H. Swanson & Co., 620 Commercial Place, New Orleans, La. Imported Film Supply Co., 708 Union St., New Orleans, La. People’s Film Exchange, 126 University Place., New York City. Imperial Film Exchange, 44 W. 28th St., New York City. Alfred Weiss Film Exchange, 219 Sixth Ave., New York City. The Actograph Co., 50 Union Square, New York City. The Electrograph, 199 Third Ave., New York City. Empire Film Co., 106 Fulton St., New York City. Improved Film Supply, 34 E. 14th St., New York City. Kinetograph Co., 41 E. 21st St., New York City. Harstn & Co., 138 E. 14th St., New York City. Greater New York Film Supply, 24 Union Square, New York City. Miles Bros., 259 Sixth Ave., New York City. Vitagraph Co. of America, 116 Nassau St., New York City. Virginia Film Exchange, 235 Mopticello Arcade Building, Norfolk, Virginia. Monarch Film Exchange, Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma Film Exchange, 221 W. California St., Oklahoma City, Okla. 20th Century Optiscope, 408 Eccles Building, Ogden, Utah. Laemmle Film Service, 800 Brandies Building, Omaha, Neb. Chicago Film Exchange, 858-860 Brandies Bldg., Omaha, Neb. Miles Bros., Hub Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia Film Exchange, 1229 N. 7th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Electric Theatre Supply Co., 47 N. 10th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Charles A. Calehuff, N. E. corner 4th and Green Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. S. Lubin, 21 S. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lewis M. Swaab, 338 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Columbia Film Exchange, 414 Ferguson Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. Pennsylvania Film Co., 403 Lewis Block, Pitt¬ sburg, Pa. Duquesne Amusement Supply Co., 104 Blakewell Building, Pittsburg, Pa. Pittsburg Calcium Light Co., 121 Fourth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Harry Davis Amusement Co., 347 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Talking Machine Co., 97 Main St. E., Rochester, N. Y. Pittsburg Calcium Light & Film Co., 158 Main St. East, Rochester, N. Y. Central Film Exchange & Supply Co., Saginaw, Michigan. Trent & Wilson, 63-67 E. Third St. So., Salt Lake City, Utah. Eugene Cline, 268 S. State St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Geo. Breck, 552 Grove St., San Francisco, Cal. Novelty Motion Picture Co., 418 Turk St., San Francisco, Cal. Miles Bros. 790 Turk St., San Francisco, Cal. Edison Display Co., 1116 Third Ave., Seattle, Washington. O. T. Crawford Film Exchange, Gayety Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. Eugene Cline, St. Louis, Mo. Western Film Exchange, 841 Century Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. W. H. Swanson, 813% Chestnut St., St. Louis, Missouri. Superior Film & Supply Co., 621 Nasby Bldg., Toledo, Ohio. Kent, Film Service, 218 Nicholas Building, Toledo, Ohio. Toledo Film Exchange, 5 Spitzer Arcade, Toledo, Ohio. Actograph Co., 22 Third St., Troy, N. Y. Chicago Film Exchange, Westory Building, Washington, D. C. Mullin Film Exchange, Solar Building, Watertown, N. Y. New England Film Exchange, 611 Washington St., Boston, Mass. TRADE DIRECTORY. A.