Arizona republican., 1917-07-10
C0MP ANY
 CONTEMP HATES
 SITE IN PHOENIX
Proposition Will Be Taken Up With Directors of the Chamber of Commerce at Meeting to Be Held Soon

Believing that Arizona has every fla cility for a motion picture organization, McClung Francisco and Webster Gull lison, who have been prominently identified with the industry for years.- are in the city at present with the studio somewhere in the Sunshine state'' Associated with the well known film promoters in the local ven ture will be Celora M. Stoddar6, who is using his influence to have the studio established in Phoenix
 It is not plan in the making, for every detail-even to the members of the caSt-has been selected It is only a question of whether Tucson or Phoe- nix will be chosen for the headquarters of the Company, which will operate every day in the year
 l MT. Francisco, MT Cullison, and MT. Stoddard, who comprise the Great Western Film corporation, will meet with the Phoenix Chamber of Com | merce on Wednesday and ask that certain concessions be made The wants of the company will be conser- vative. according to MT. Cullison, who stated that grounds and an open-air studio would be the only demand-and | that the company would not wish to accept the concession until it had filled every agreement. The entire cost would be little more than a few thous- and dollars, which is a small outlay i in comparison to the enormous benefit from advertising the valley would re- ceive in return he thinks
 | no boI e,ier .l a years contract with the Mutual Film 1 corporation for 104 pictures a year, which would mean producing a two reel western picture every week, the films to be rented through the ex- changes to 1900 theaters in this coun- 1 try, alone. He declared that the war would not affect the sale of films but that he believed the amusement would be more popular than ever
 MT Cullison has just come to Ari Zona from California, the real home Of the motion picture industry, but he believes that the opportunities for great pictures lie in this state. The atmospheric conditions here far sur pass those of the coast
 The most beautiful results in pho- tography can be obtained in Arizona ?
 e saId. People stand away from the negative like cameos. In addition tC having 365 days in the year in which to work, there is such marvellous seen cry here. Besides Phoenix and all il has to offer in it's immediate vicinity Camelback. Papago park, Hole in. tne- ROCK and countless other places we are in reach of the rugged scener, around Prescott, the Apache Trail, the NatufaI Bridge and other points of in. terest and exceptional scenic value"
 MT Cullison is thoroughly familiar with Arizona, having passed two veare i,and half in Tucson where he directed the Eclair productions. The disburse. ments during his years stay in Tucsor
 were from s250,0O0 to 5000. .0OO fol maintaining the organization. There seems to be no doubt, according to in. messages he has received from the Olf Pueblo, that the southern city is mak. ing an effort to secure the return ot the picture plant. MT. Stoddard. wh, mas tnlrd interest in the corporation
 IS equally determined that the head
 quarters should be in the Capital eft,
 because of his loyalty to his home IF,
 IS confident that the advertising it vii
 give Phoenix will bring to the valle,
 scores of investors and homeseekers The third member of the corpora
 ton, MT Francisco, is president of tn Monrovia Feature Film company-re sponslble for many successful histor
 lcal features, prominent, among others The Argonauts.'' The Daughter n
 the Don is another of MT, Francisco
 photoplays while the Biblical pla, Ihe Chosen Prince" made at the cos . or $10O,O0O, is still another
 , MT. Cullison, who has had wide ex
 QO
 features the o. Henry stories-wi
 personally direct the first company an r John Rathborn will be the associat 5 producer. Among the members of th r cast will be Norbert Myles, who wa l With the Eclair company; Betty John t son, of stock fame; Agnes Wallac r Villa, well known character woman George Gebhart, a famous Indian char
 acter man; Clara Horton, Ethel Phil
 lips and Lucy K Villa.