Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-21
Nonsfrous Grouth of the Mouies and the
Millions They Make for Those Concerned
golfers Weekly

When sou shove sonr dime
Through the hux office window II
your faNofife movie ihtater. il Joins
a current II coin that registers q to-
tai daily admission fee--in the init
ed States alune-of 81 coo Geo. The
thfatef sou enter is a link 10 4 chain
II picture houses that. placed side
b. side would stretch from New YORK
TO Hartford The film that flashed is
thrill and romance on the screen be-
fore you Is part 81 far-flung belt
81 animated eellnloid that IN the
course n q year would gir8ic the
globe nearly three times ever.
Five millions 81 people. more Than
All the residents II Paris and Chicago
combined. see the movies eveZ dag ln
the week. over $500. ooe. oeD<or we'll
nigh twice the amount Of green
backs in circulation. are invested 10
the business force II men and
women equal to the population II
Kansas City Is engaged IN creating
and exploiting IL. Such is the extent
and scope u the motion picture which
Ia = decade has risen from toy L.
amusement necessity.
50 quickly aud naturally has the
photoplay entered into the pursuit Of
diversion that We have scarcely paus-
Cd - measure its amazing financial
side
Probe iis many mliiloned depths
and you get a narrative II men and
money no less romantic or stirring in
some II is details than the story II
steel aud copper. II is the record of
the obscure and even the lowly re-
e. D. =
iected into wealth and power on the
high tide Of an amazing expansion
What. then j. the finance u tht
film What is the real commercial
status II the activity that is emery
ing from the glIed disorder such as
attends huge mining strike into
the legitimate proportions Il stan
dafdixed industry
The Lineup Of the business.
In lses the Motion Picture Patents
company 1.-THE so-ealled trust, built
around the ORIGINAL Edison camera
patents and On whose standard float
ea such pioneer brands as Luhln. VI
taeraph. Biagraph. Edison. Sshe. Ka-
lem and Eszsnayl ruled the reel
world. With the Genefai Film ealn-
nany it created the original monopoly
Of exchanges thus controlling for the
moment both the output and the dis
trIhuiian.
This led t. the revolt which gave
The whole Industry new alignment.
Men such as Il r Aitkin. Carl Laem-
mls Charles Haumann and T. \.
Fawers-futufe lords q the film do
Hain-ehafine under the restraint II
monopoly began e. build up an indie
pendent movement Ai4kln ran up the
flag # the Mutual Film company.
with the nucleus II his present or
eauizafien ef nine producing eompan-
res aud fifty exchanges. iaemmie
aud Raumauu struck Gut with the
I aiNfHsai With q klHHfed force.
Here were three great compel
ing fllm-fnaklns ORGANIZATIONS. each
with complete machinery Il
make ami distribute the phatapiaXs
thai had nou aHpped the Imagination
and fassfnea aa she purse 0f q large
PART Il thu American people As the
business grew these people became
fnafe fasfsdeas The original Loco
fees reel waN Inadequate for story
Tines wanted d more sustained thrill
"a longer tug AZ the heaftstrings
iienee came the fourth big producing
agency dedicated Is the sa-calleti
feature With Ha three 10 flve-reel
narrative lased en famous play. film
lxed novel ar memorable event This
fesfHFa movement has not only Wild
Hned the field of ihe industry. nruvid-
ms nhDae evenings entertainment
v tn 4 single screen picture but gave
G. the whole enterprise is first ar
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