Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-21
REAL MOVIE" News
Items About the Film Artists Not
Censored by Press Agents
or Owners.
Long Suffering Fans Give Vent to
Honest Criticism Of the Moving
Meal Ticket.


nickel show. The pictures, in the
opinion of many. are not improving
in quality. Much of the acting" is
rotten. The Funkhouser fad has
clipped the supply, and the fve.cent
theater, apparently, Is doomed by the
increased cost of production, which
begins with the cost of the scenarios
and extends through all phases of the
business. Carl Laemmle, president
of the Universal Film Co.. comment.
ing recently on this question, said:
1.-THE time has come when the small
exhibitor must face squarely the ques-
ton of increased admittance prices,
| and there Is but one conclusion at
which he can arrive.
"When motion pictures were a nov
city, scenarios brought anywhere from
S. to s25 and at the most $50. Now
1t is not unusual to pay $4,000, or
even $4,000, for a single reel scenario.
In fact, I have under consideration a
plan to produce a flfty-two week serial
of single reel subjects. each scenario
of which will cost me $4,000. This
price represents purchasing power
of $50 scripts a few years ago.
an the matter of studios and equip.
ment. the improvement and the ad.
vance in cost Is equally startling. The
old studio generally was an office
roof or the back yard. Today the
number Of great studios which have
| sprung up all over the country Is
amazing. Altogether they represent
an expenditure of millions of dollars.
I have just approved the plans for a
new Universal studio at Fort Lee,
N. j.. which will cost $4,000, exclu.
| sive of the grounds.
"Then there are the actors and act.
resses. superior in every way to the
moving picture actor of several years
ago and receiving higher salaries.
Many movie stars earn as much
money as the most important men
In the commercial world. And the
photography and detail in the plays,
all have advanced in cost, but the
price of admittance In most instances
| remains the same.
"The increased cost to manufacture
ers must be paid finally by the public.
We must charge the exhibitor more
for his service and he will be obliged
to shift the burden to his patrons by
exscting a higher price for admit
lance. In every industry the con.
sumer pays the freight why not In
motion pictures"
| Politics will be the paramount issue
In Chicago from now on. According
to the election calendar. things will be
on In earnest Jan. 3 and from now
until then the preliminaries will en-
gage attention. The mayoralty pri-
mary and election are to be followed
by the judicial election In June. The
election calendar looks like this
Jan. 3--First day for filing petitions
OF primary candidates for mayor, city
clerk, city treasurer and aldermen.
Feb. 2-Pre.primary registration
day.
Feb. 3--Last day for filing primary
petitions.
Feb. 23-Primaries for nomination
of mayor and other municipal officers.
| "uISiI iV-NeslrtTdtlOI udy,
April 6-Mayoralty election.
June ELECTION of fourteen Circuit
judges, one Superior Court Judge and
five justices Of the Supreme Court.
Judge John j. Rooney, who Euro.
pean experiences while on his wed.
ding trip were full OF exciting Incl.
dents, has made one of the finest rec
Ords OF any Judge on the Municipal
bench.
Henry stuckart made q good record
as City Treasurer. q good record al
South Town assessor and good rec
ord as alderman. He certainly will
make good record as county treas
urer,
Judge Charles A. Williams has
pleased his friends by his fine record
on the Municipal bench.
~
Many Democrats talk of Judge ia
cob H. Hopkins for mayor.
Frederick Il. Coyne. former post
master Of Chicago. was suggested BY
his friends as possible candidate
for the mayoralty nomination. So wal
Isaac n. Powell.
~
Chicago will never stand for Blue
Laws.
John +. Clare has thousands OF
friends who would like to see him
elected Judge.
Daniel l.. Cruice. the able lawyer
would make a good Judge.
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Thomas Carey Is frequently men
toned for Mayor.