The Grenada sentinel., 1915-07-23
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supply to exhibitors and storerooms con-
verted into theaters in all parts OF the country.
In less than two years more than ten thousand
picture theaters we're opened in the United
States. The number in New York city alone to-
tailed more than 1900 January l. 1907 and IN
Chicago there 800 of a mushroom growth
Many motion picture producing plants were es'
tablished In many cities, and the film supply
proved abundant for the rapidly increasing num-
Der OF theaters But there was no system to the
production the making OF prints. preparing ao
vertising matter for exhibitors. or giving heeo
to what is today considered the most important
phase of the busness-that Of arranging we'll
balanced program.
Manufacturers saw the necessity Of not only
making the subjects, but also maintaining their
own system of exchanges for the purpose OF safe
guarding their own interests by controlling the
films. and merged their interests In releasing
companies. Now there less than ten cor
poratons composed of owners of producing COM
panies that have national releasing systems, with
exchanges in all principal cities. These are capi'
tazed in the millions and one is reputed to have
made 1000 per cent profit while on the other
hand others have operated continuously at loss.
With the formation Of big releasing COM
panies and the general improvement of conditions
OF the industry, with regard to all phases the
most important to the ten millions Of people OF
the United States who daily witness the show
ing Of motion pictures is the great change for the
the manufacturers Of the possibilities of photo
plays.
In the Standardization of the flm the cellulod
strip was gradually reduced in size from one hav
ing picture two inches wide and one and one
half inches Deep to uniform size Of picture three
fourths OF inch deep by one inch In width.
There are sixteen separate pictures to each linea
foot Of Aim, or 10000 to a reel of 1000 feet,
which, when properly projected is run or in
eighteen minutes. Few motion picture lovers
know that every minute approximately one thou
sand separate pictures are projected on the
screen. each one separated from the adjoining
one by a black line OF the thickness Of aver
age calling card
Still stranger. It may seem 10 the fact that
about one-fourth Of the time the pictures are
hidden from view Of the audience and the screen
10 black. This is caused by revolving fan wheel
or shutter passing in front Of the projecting lens
each time the nm IL advanced from one picture
to another by the intermittent sprocket move
ment thousand feet Of film which passes
through the projecting machine is stationary
three-fourths Of the eighteen minutes required
In projecting It, and in action but approximately
four and half minutes. This prevents blurrins
Of the pictures and makes each individual picture
or frame" sharp from point OF focus. The pic
lures ars magnifed from two to four hundred
times their actual size by the projection, accord
ing to the size Of the screen, distance from the
lens and the lens itself.
The making of motion pictures is most interest
ing. and all studios are visited daily by hundreds
At a few visitors are permitted but at the ma
tority mo Admittance sign hangs over the
entrance and no amount of talk or money will
get the stranger past the gates. The studio ir
reality consists of an open-air platform, one In
closed entirely by glass; or halllike building
with movable electric lights OF such candle power
as will make 1t light as day.
In all producing plants now the story for thu
photoplay is first written. From this is prepared
the scenario which briefly outlines every scene
describes the settings and action Of the players
When 1t is considered that each reel OF picture
reou,res from fifty to seventy-hve scenes ant
many of the photoplays of today consist of a
many as Ave, six and seven reels while th
larger ones. such The Spoilers" consisted o
nine reels. Les Miserables" eight "Cabiria" o
Twelve. and the largest photoplay yet made ''Th