The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-09
FIGHT PICTURES ARE IN TOWN
IND mn M SHOW NNON ~
HtIOR DOENN'T OHJIGT
Th~re VIA Ne . Private Performance 10
Rra-.ure the PsiI~r amt Hatb~ ihr
WsSsr'u ~ In,t~d CS-t 90 uskinG
the Pirturr- VIZ Ne s1So. otss,

i m. moving utctur.-- 81 M. t"hnznu
Jehri,-- ngh' go AZ l"t- uu- n-gaiiNr
. slmprt-iug several rolls - MIN arrived
here Yesterday morning u charK" ~
" D Huck pr.-ld sut ~ M" \tlRraJ'h
COMPANY 81 America Shu had raced
. across he continent Ntth . in seventy ntu.
hours leaving Reno a. , ~ IN the mornink
after the hgh, The hght pirturs-s were
taken ~ W. RoyN'- automobile over 20
The factory 10 BruOklyn but IA tl- way
tn- dri,rr got arrested fpr sps'''diug
which caused littl~ DELAY Later m
I tn. afternoon ia" development process
had gone far enough along Tor the fore
man 10 pronounce the pictures almost
I pssf-cl
b ~ everything Ru-4 well and Mayor
Gaynor dO.Sn't follow the eNampl" of
some ~ th. other Mayors people IN New
! oTk will probably have a Chanca tn $50
IN. fight from orchestra seats week
/ from Monday TN Wednesday a. ~ the
PURPOSE 81 the moving picture folk 10
CIV. a special performance for the news
papers and some invited g'Ies,s. among
whom will b. probably the police officials
aud po~-ibly the Mayor himself
Plans Tor getting the pictures started
on the show circuits we're discussed yss-'
terday afternoon and even ng a. a meeting
~ IN. ! 4 10 held az the film ~
chang al ~ Fifth avenue The J \ J Go
- the owner NJ the pictures and J m
the Incorporated name stands FOR JehrIes
and johnson. who were originally mem
hers - the company. hrt who have sold
out The other member. -, the company
are Richard IN. 'ishi promoter. Who has
sold out all hat . small part Of ms interest.
and tea moving picture manufacturers
operating under tn. Edison license. IL
was thes. manufacturers who met YES
t.rduy a. soon a. the pictures got here
from Reno
Sons. Of the manufacturers at the
meeting did not attempt 10 conceal their
dIsappo ntment over the fact that their
culored partner had won the fight said
one 81 them
IF J-firieS had Won the fight the PIC
tur,.s would have been invaluable. Now
m. value of them - decidedly problem
airCsl Had Jshries won you wouldn't
: have seem anv fuss made a. all. but now
their ylll" dap"nds entirely upon the
attitude VI the authori'iss
Tn. pictures will have cost when ready
for distribution $3.50. GOD President Rock
said that despite the adverse sentiment
lat had sprung up IN" pictures ought to
make barrels 81 money for the manu-
= cturer. Already he saId. Hammerst"in
had Iff.r.'d $50 ON for the picture in his
theatres an Australian promoter had hid
s.uO'N Tor the exclusive rights for that
country aud the ~ me- orer had BEEN made
'.r the French rights Roth oilers were
rejected ~ being too low
\ ragre-eutativ" OF the manufacturers,
, VINO met Yesterday afternoon mad. this
| statement
/ No .-ror' will ba made ~ show the
pictures IA any city or town whsr" adverse
/ action has 'cog taken. u Will not TO
! Necessary Ia Ec' out InlunctiOps Tor this
/ combine does not intend to buck the
! law N any city or stat" We d. not think
'h"-.. pictures ar" any different from
B thusa which have been displayed Of
th. johnson Burns and Johnson h"tChel
tights but II Va md THAI popular ssntI-
msnt - against them "" will lay them
| on m. shelf and not show them az all
/ Thu. reason for this attitude on the
part ~ H." moving picture mon. II was
/ explained was due largely - the fact
thar lat IgatIun ia behalf Of the fight pc
tilrs, might interfere seriously with their
{ rngular husin..-- # supplying moving
pictures frr theatres They do not want
7 - ge' IA had rdnr w pushing III" hght
pI,ti.ras which ar" sort 81 side ISSUE
l. - sald that snul" formal statement
EXPIRE IN" views ~ he meeting
mi ght - Is-u-d day
Aocnrding - NJ Rock ia" 4 j
Camuauv will shortly call for bids Tor the
-sDltISiN" rights Tor IN. pictures ~ III"
different foreign UpuntrIs- and m the
Different States though an som" "aEa-.
a. IN this stat" the owners viii keep
the privileges for themselves.
his II Khf AGAINST the pIctUT'-. sad
NJ Rock. Affects ~ only IniireCtiy. W
cpur-.. the niii"rs have rot to take their
CHANCES bru undoubtedly some Will count
tEslftlg.I tnflfItsFttt la them }
through Of course ~ will Ice for the sue
c..-.ful bidder To max" a night To present.
ii" pICtuTs- II they can ha presented
uiu.rwt~. IN" tI.tuT"s wont b. show q
~ uICkelodepus - has bs-n '"iprtst, auh
thus harm the children They vail he
shovn only VA the rag theatre
IN all Al.''y feet ~ MIN wa taken AZ
Reno hv three cameras On" 81 IA"
thr-.. negatives vas brought here ami
the two OtherE taken To- thicagO to h." ie-
yslOpei III" tnr.-n sets are then 20 o."
conpaf.i and III" he~t pictures take
from zach ant made Iutn the film thai ~
20 10. sold The hght itself axes W. only
about , GOI feet of film. bat 4OJI NOR" feet
Of pICtur'-- goes along. including HCeH'-
AZ tn" training caini- III" Who'll" VIII
make "A show lasting about two aud a hall
hours
The moving pictuT. people are counting
upon the trIal performances convincing
u lot of hostile Mayors and chiefs Of police
that the fight in moving picture form
ISIS nan ~ bal a. TOMS nave mhus "
out that II doesn't differ much from an
athletic eNhIbItion. lt'- all faithfully
represented. TO I've sure. but then It's DIFF
ferer' from the real thing
TRENTON y J July Responding to
Requests - tn. social purity committee
- IN. Intsrchurch Fed GRAFTON Of this
City announcement wa. made on behalf
Of the. three theatres to- dAy that under
no circumstance would theyJ-rini' PIC
lures ~ IN. Jeffria- Johnson fight - h.
shown
The committee also waited upon Mavur
Madden to enlist his AID IN suppre-~tng
the pictures anyw here ~ the CITY tn.
Maypr declined tD commit himself
n HITIDTh on THE IIGHT