The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-15
Depict Industries and Attrac-
tiOnS of SunflOwer State.
'1RONJlW" BROWN As IAIkER
Kansan viii Explain Pictures
From Outdoor Platform.
Movie Operators Will Visit 600
Towns in Kansas.

Contracts were closed today be-
tween the Kansas commission to the
Panama Pacific International exposi-
ton and Paragon Feature Film corr
poration Of New York for the produc-
ton of $4,000 feet of moving picture
film showing industries, educational
institutions and other scenes of inter-
est in Kansas to be shown at tho
Panama Pacific exposition in 1915.
This is regarded by moving picture
concerns as the largest publicity stunt
ever attempted with the use of films.
Following the closing Of the con-
tracts today. work of producing the
$4,000 feet OF film. or kansas To-
day." the name under which the films
will be shown at the exposition. will
commence Monday, December 21, at
Garden City.
The work will be carried on under
the supervision OF the Kansas Pam
ama-Pacific commission and the
operators will work under the direc-
ton Of o. w. Lamb of the Paragon
Film company.
The pictures will be shown at tho
exposition in the open air. beginning
by lectures on Kansas" The lec-
lures will be made by Major w. L.
(Ironjaw) Brown, formerly a menu
ber of the Kansas state legislature and
speaker of the house.
According to the contract. scenes OF
interest and industries and institutions
of the state including oil fields. coal
mines, wholesale districts and busi-
ness districts OF cities, educational in
stitutions, modern Kansas farms and
prize live stock and agricultural dis
plays will be produced by the film
company.
1t is expected that the operators will
visit at least 200 towns in the state.
Expense of making the films will be
met by Institutions, cities and counties
| in which they ara taken. 1t is the,
present plan OF the commission 10
represent practically every industry.
institution and scene of interest in the
state. Work of taking the pictures,
it is expected, will extend over several
months.
Prior to being sent to tho exposi-
ton the pictures will be shown in the
towns in which they were taken by
the moving picture theaters. Thea
ter owners wishing to secure the pro-
ductions will communicate with AL
bert T. Reid, president of the Pana-
ma-Pacific commission of Kansas.
| After the local views have been re-
leased a final review Of about sixty OF
the largest towns in the state will be
released in Kansas by the cOmmlS-
sion.
Open Air PlatfOrmzand Free.
After being shown in Kansas tho
films will be sent to the exposition,
where they will be shown in the open
air near the Kansas building. They
will be free to the public.
Although several states in the cOun-
try will show pictures of their indus
tries at the exposition. the Kansas
production will be the largest on the
grounds according to o. w. Lamb OF
the Paragon Aim corporation. New
York will show about 10000 feet of
film Next to Kansas this will be the
largest publicity film on the grounds.
The pictures taken in Kansas will b0
colored and will be taken under expert
direction. They will be run in series
at the exposition.
Tell Of Topeka.
Arrangements are also being made
by Topekas space in the mammoth pro-
duction. Industries and institutions OF
the capital city will be well represented.
A picture of the school children of the
city will be taken from the State house
steps.
Members of the Kansas commission to
the Panama-Pacific International expo
sition are: Albert T. Reid OF Topeka,
president; w. F. Benson, of Eldorado:
Walter p. Innes, OF Wichita: J. J. Pet
tyjohn. Of Olathe. and Henry E. Dean.
Of Kansas City. Kansas. secretary.
Ri NV 7ERn AGAIN