The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-02-16

Nessrs Charles and Emile rathe We
m-s. eenee3e rue Genius Nih two
other brothers they put an lheir say.
irss me a business which then was
tli a mere Idea The combined cap
iial amounted 20 bat $1,000 and eF
only three weeks the other two
brothers horr fod hv their RASH ss.
VfhdFew taking the.r money with
ihem Nessrs Emilio aua Ctsres
lnae Who held true % their faith lua
stuck 70 their guns. ioiay draw t'e2-
900 rsr year apiece in salaries q nf'
Opportunity had called 20 them ani
ihcN had heard her voice
The original motion pieiurc WAS
imprisoned in a wooden cabinet vtere
one was privileged hy afposiIrg d
coin 70 soc succession Of tlny 81 eias
tumhlng over one ano'her ana Ing
the semblsnce OF he action Tho
original idea had been FiIsnas ani
IN q Charles palhe had e. rl
the germ OF great things BE raatel
small store and placed within &C
two &C those machines The ycuuro
proved profitable bur WAS h.nit
canlsd by the facl Thar ihere Was
but one picture 90 a machine To
make patrons return again ana asaln.
a change ~ prorfam was a vni
necessity To secure his program Mr
Pathe purchased eighteen more MA
chimes ana placed ihom IN eighteen
different cities From week 10 week.
he switched h|s pitures ia rotation
and then ana there was born lbc
modern film exchange idea
with hts profits DE purchased mo
tion picture camera lcc of the verr
first 10 be- made and started making
his own pictures llls subjects were
primitive man running chickens
feeding cattle grazing and the lte
but he was developing his Idea and
for that reason MS work WAS import
ant These embryonic drama were
in short lenelhs Ten twelve. fifteen
feet at a time bli ihe idea ot pro
iecine them upon a screen instead
OF imprisonlnr them ln q box holpcl
Tremendously lle iook his films m
his pockets and carried them tavp'
iug third class ll You pleased %
London norIu ana Rome ana sold
them There ny degrees hI hm
lenglhened aud hi market strength
enod lint for weary months ne Nls
his own camera man shipping clerk
manufacturer drmonstraior ana Wlfs
man Man OF many activities as ~
was his brain could not he idle The
idea came 70 him ihat story could
BE- worked ont ur0n the screen ana
that ilat story wonla posseas a Gar
wider appeal than the dmplc litlo
facts OF everyday l'fe which hc had
been filming ITO thlHk. with him. wat
TO act llc employed Max Liudor. q
young actor for 81 dav
to act out "a crude scenario and Lou
J Cashier a stage manager ana pia}
producer OF pan 10 direct the taFiur
of the picture That short picture
was the first acted story ever To he
put upon The screen and from it tht
modern photop'ay has developed
Max Liudcr jumped 20 fame and fof
tune and is st'll cor iered the best
comedian b the world All
the outbreak OF war his Sl per day
had grown to $40 000 per year. /
J. Cashier the first director is today
one Of Americas prominent film meu .
and stdl identified with the pathe .
organization
Snll another great idea came to Mr.
Pathe when he considered the posi- /
billiy Of putting news into motion
pictures. The idea Ike an OF bis
IDEAS, proved practicable and success
ful and the News Weekly came into
being Most persons in spite OF the
competition which sprang up. still as
sociaie the news film in their minds
with the old Palhc Weekly. the father
of them an Today there ia the Pathe
News in the United States. the pathe
Gazette IN Greal Britain the paths
Journal in France the Pathe Giornalc
IN Italy and Sun another with Jaw
breaking name in Russia
Thus are great businesses born;
beginning with am Idea 6ome strong
nan Ike Charles paihe takes It, molds
L. changes IL, improves It. and makes
{ his own Behind It he puts bis
1wn strong will and dynamic per.
ionaliy lie breatbes upon It the
breath OF his genius and Ike Galatea
{ becomes alive. throbbing with beau.
y and energy. an entity and no longer
in Ideal