Arizona republican., 1919-01-29
MOVIE STUDIO TO BE LOCATED IN
 PHOENIX IS PLAN
Big Photoplay Production
 Enterprise Is Launched
 With This City Probable Headquarters of Company

Establishment ol a $l0G.00J motion picture studio somewhere in Arizona with Phoenix as the probable location, IS the project under way which bids lair to be a matter of fact within the ucNt few months.
 Believing that Arizona affords the uaural setting for big pictures. the plan is being promoted hy Mrs, Clara Myers who has already taken steps to- ward the formation of company which will be truly Ari2oniau ln every respect. The woman who is behind the movement and who became widely EuoUu in this state through her pro motion of Casa Grande lands, iS m Phoenix where she proposes to make her headquarters for the present.
 When seen at her apartments at the Commercial hotel yesterday Mrs. Myers talked frankly of her plans, dis ,uasing every detail of the venture which she is confident will meet with sIccess.
 Saw State is Slandered
 Disgusted at the way she saw her rayorite state depicted on the screen, Mrs. Myers, long before she cuntem- plated entering the picture game, protested against the phOtoplaNs which gave the world in general the idea that Arizona was still WilI and woolly. The dance halls, the saloons the cowboys, as shown on the screen the dime novel heroes with make-believe. Arizona set f'D-s have aroused her to action and she is determined that. those in the far cast change their opinion of the sun shine state by having as the back -rouud of series of plays the great underground working of her mines, the cotton Wiclds. the valley ranches. the cotton fields. the valley ranches, the well as the more scenic wonders, such as Roosevelt dam and the Grand Can Non. It is not her idea to feature the natural wonders of the state, but to rse them merely in connection with the dramas and comedies to be filmed in his state.
 She already has received a permit from the corporation commission to sell stock in the company and if is her idea that every stockholder be an Ari- @ouian. She stated yesterday that 50,- t0o shares of stock at the par value of $l1 a share were 10 be offered and that the actual details of forming a company and securing temporary studio would not be considered until $-oo.u00 was in the treasury.
 Have Funds Soon
 We hope to have sufficient funds with which to launch the project in a few months,' said Mrs Myers, whose soy, Ray Myers, a well known coast director is holding himself in readiness io come to Arizona when the company oi players is organized MT. Myers ras had experience at Griffith Ince and other leading motion picture stu Gios. Both as actor and director ht has gained fame on the coast and only awaits word to come to Arizona where ho believes still greater opportunities for picture making are to be found Dho atmosphere. the natural scenic charms the unusual-all of which con tribute toward the success of a photo pla- are here. says Myers, who is as , enthusiastic as his mother over the ijo1
 . Miss Josephine Jacobson is to Writt inc scenarios for the company, storie. which will show Arizona in a far diff tcrgut light to that which she has beer viewed by millions in picture play houses in this country and abroad Miss Jacobson has written scores 0 phojoplays, interesting dramas 0 heart interest, modern society play, and delightful comedies. She has beer connected with the I4asky studio nor, recently and her work is well known t, critics who have given her many ia vorable notices.
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