Wid's year book (1919)

OKLAHOMA Empress . . . Liberty . . . . Peoples . . . . Majestic . . . Alleganey . . Regent .... Hippodrome Boyer . Olympic . . . Strand . Park . Stanley Victoria . . . Olympia ... Alhambra .. Grand . Lyceum . . . Regent .... Belmar .... Strand . Strand . Strand . Tudor . Saenger . Seanger . . . . Beacon .... Olympia . . . Strand . Olympia Royal . New Park. . Strand . Broadway . Ideal . Princess Colonial . . . Majestic . . . Rex . Elite . Strand .... Rialto . Alcazar . . . Hippodrome Queen . Old Mill... Rex . Victor . Isis . Zoe . Liberty . Oklahoma City OREGON . Portland . Portland . Portland PENNSYLVANIA . Alleganey . Allentown . Allentown . Altoona . Altoona . Altoona . Johnstown . Philadelphia . Philadelphia . Pittsburg . Pittsburg . Pittsburg . Pittsburg . Pittsburg . Pittsburg . Scranton RHODE ISLAND . Providence . New Orleans . New Orleans . Shreve Port . Alexandria . Boston . Boston . Lynn . Lynn . Worcester . Worcester . Worcester SOUTH CAROLINA . Columbia . Columbia SOUTH DAKOTA . Sioux Falls . Sioux Falls TENNESSEE . Memphis . Nashville . Nashville . Nashville . Chattanooga . Chattanooga TEXAS . Dallas . Dallas . Dallas . Galveston . Fort Worth . Fort Worth . Houston . Houston Queen .. . Empire . . Empress Grand . . . Alhambra . . . .Houston . . . .Houston San Antonio San Antonio . El Paso Paramount-Empress American . Liberty . Strong . Majestic . Weil’s . Granly . Strand . American . . Colonial . Victor . Isis . Broadway . Odeon . UTAH VERMONT VIRGINIA Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Salt Lake City .... Burlington .... Burlington . Norfolk . Norfolk . Norfolk . Norfolk . Richmond . Richmond . . . . Richhmond . Richmond . Richmond WASHINGTON. D. C. Lyric . Washington Crandall’s Knickerbocker . Washington Crandall’s Savoy . Washington Crandall’s Metropolitan. . . Washington Elite . Washington Strand . .. Washington Moore’s Garden . Washington Rialto . Washington WASHINGTON Coliseum . Seattle Liberty . Seattle Rex . Seattle Clemmer . Seattle Strand . Seattle Liberty . Spokane Clemmer . Spokane Rialto . Tacoma Liberty . Tacoma WISCONSIN Butterfly . Milwaukee Palace . Milwaukee Merrill . Milwaukee Alhambra . Milwaukee Princess . Milwaukee Strand . Milwaukee Grand . Madison Majestic . Beloit AUSTRALIA Crystal Palace . Sidney CANADA Family . Ottawa Strand . '. . Toronto Francois . Ottawa BRITISH COLUMBIA Rex . Vancouver The M. P. D. A. By Ashley Miller, Secretary The Motion Picture Directors Association is a fra¬ ternal order composed of the most progressive men engaged in making pictures. It is not a business or¬ ganization. It is not a union. Its purpose is to better the product of the whole industry by fostering the highest ideals among its members. A list of the latter includes most of the prominent and successful directors in the field today. Two lodges are centers of activity; one in Los Angeles, (the parent), and one in New York. Through them the Association is quietly but inevitable becom¬ ing a potent factor in production everywhere, because it is the only organization which provides for direct, personal discussion of the things that make for pro¬ gress. The spirit of brotherhood and cooperation which animates this body of capable, efficient idealists not only shuts out petty jealousies and the monopoly of ideas but promotes their circulation for the general good. Meetings of the two lodges are a rearing house for discussion of new methods, of business and art prob¬ lems, of ways and means and for sifting the wheat of value from the chaff of “bunk” in production. As the industry is now organized the director car¬ ries the greatest measure of responsibility ror its out¬ put. Authors of the higher order are not technically qualified to do much more than furnish the basis for a