Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-09
NEW BREAK RUM0RED
IN GENERAL FILM co.
Rumor That v-L~s-E Compa-
MES viii Leave Parent Dis
tributor and Use Own Agency
nr the phntonlar EdItor.

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A further break. 50 one Of the New
York theatrical ,weaklies, says, e hssly to
occur within the ranks Of the Motion
| pictures Patents Company members, who
] now reiease their daily short reel MIN
/ output through the General Film Cont
pany, and will take away from that
agency, Il is said. the product OF the mo-
on-picturo manufacturers now nnked
with the feature Aim service known aa the
Wise. These are the Nitasraph'
Lubin, seiis and Hsanay.
The manufacturers then remaining with
the General Film would be Edison. Bio
Rraph and Kalem. tSieine and bdison
have combined their features for as
tribution outside the General Film while
Ksiem and Rio have remained with the
niotlon=pioture rental agency, both as
daily release and feature-makers'
A vague rumor says the remaining
members OF the q. y, might enter into
feature aim distributing agreement that
would also remove their daily release
hims from the q. f., leaving the rental
agency Of the Motion Picture Patents
Company almost bare Of material to fur-
nlsh exhibitors OF late the main strength
Of the General Film has been the ns.
sanay-Chaplln comedy releases that
could be only secured by exhibitors from
tho @. r., the latter. II ia said. tacitly
making the condition any exhibitor VINO |
used q Chaplin from II must also take |
other O. #. service. The removal OF their |
feature flms from the operations OF the
O. #. by the four manufacturers now
with the V-L-S-B, presaged
condition that might lead to further de-
when the initial break oo-
,urred. Since then there have been symp-
oms of Internal dissension within the
VI. p Company makers ranks, and the
ntest rumor of a final break seems 10
Ind considerable credenoe In the picture
rade.
No explanation Is Forthcoming of where
he trust" manufacturers expect to ind
egular outlet for their daily releases. IL
eavlng the @. F., but film experts agree
his will be an easy problem for the daily
elease makers to solve.
The present situation OF the Motion |
lectures Patents Company and the Cen
rnl Film Company Is believed to have .
eon largely brought about through the !
ctivty Of the Government prosecuting
ne M. p. Co. aH trust an action that I
I'LL pends in the courts. {
The Patents Company manufacturers
,mprise the first group of picture max
g In this country. Following faotional 6
nerences and fights the Patents Com
my was formed after the Biograph ap- :
Jared to have a decided advantage over +
Olson. the latter having claimed all pat
It rights upon a shutter" without y
hich a motion picture could not be pro- =
cted. Up to that date the manufactur-
5 licensed by Edison practically con- d
oiled the field. After the Edison-Bio- v
aph tangle had reached the courts and =,
as later adjusted through combina- d
IN that became the Motion Picture Pat G
Is Company the picture trade then
to spread until the business I
ached its present enormous propor- H
ms.
'he Industrial film has big future be- 81
It; and II Ia not a future Of Adver-
Ing alone. It has It's big value in the d
d, a value that will grow; but II has n
even greater educational worth. 1t
! explain intricate processes of manu-
ture which would be Greek to the av-
ge person, even II described on the y
nted page II
Philadelphia can see such a Aim this
elk at the Curtis Building and for a II
'rt time thereafter. On Tuesday and III
DAY evenings az s:i5 six reels inter-
ting the work of making the modern II
gazine will be shown in the auditorium II
the Curtis Building at Walnut and II
streets, Tickets, which are free, may II
obtained at Ledger Central and at a II
nber OF drug stores about the city. II
ne six reels hegln with general view III
the city sky line and of Independence II
are and then follow the truokIoads
paper into the courtyard of the build
From there they trace the course OF II
white paper through all the depart II
Its until 1t comes out magazine, Tne II
also show the work of electrotyp-
ana composing and the care taken II
the welfare Of the employees.