The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1922-09-02
BAY ST. LOUIS TO HAVE MOVIE
STUDIO.
Gulf Coast Studio, Inc, Style of New
Firm Composed of Local Citizens.
Charter of Incorporation Published
in This Issue of Echo.

With the knowledge that moving
pictures can be filmed all the year
round on this Mississippi Gulf Coast
where the weather will permit, and
the light of longer duration with
more sunlight than in New York and
other Eastern centers of the moving
picture industry, aside from the far
off Pacific Coast, local citizens head
ed by w. H. Davis, formerly of New
York, but now of Bay St. Louis, have
organized the Gulf Coast Studio cor
poration.
Mr.. Davis has had wide and prac-
tical experience in the shooting" of
movies and their manufacture on to
the marketing of same. There is not
phase of the business that he is not
thoroughly familiar with. Associated
with such reputable and well known
business men as ex-Mayor Robt. W.
Toulme, August A. Bulot, Ben Mon
teleone and others, Mr.. Davis has set
to organize and incorporate CON-
pany that will make the pictures in
Bay st. Louis. Towards this end a
company with 100000 has been
formed, and the publication of the
charter of incorporation appears in
this number of the Sea Coast Echo.
The par value of each share is $25.
Already much Of the stock has been
subscribed for and the land for the
building of the big studio has been
purchased, and, as Mr.. Davis informs
US, paid for. This land is located at
Dunbar and Felicity streets, in Ave
nue. Subdivision. The first of a
unit Of studios will be built at once.
This will measure forty by eight feet,
with several stages and many settings
in order more than one scene may
be made at the same time.
The pictures will be "acted" and
filmed in Bay st. Louis. And COM
panies from the East during the win
ter wishing to shoot their own pic
lures South. where weather condi-
tions are propitious all the year
round, may do so. This is said to be
a big advantage. Besides there are
quite a number of producing COM
panies without studios of their own.
The objects of the company, which
also includes the owning and oper-
ating of moving picture theatres, is
best told in the declaration set forth
in the charter:
'To own, produce, acquire, lease,
sell and otherwise dispose of photo
plays, moving pictures and rights
therein to secure copyrights, and to
renew copyrights therein, vend, pro-
duce, reproduce, represent the same
in any manner, by any method what
ever; to erect, purchase, lease, own
and manage, maintain and equip mo-
ton picture exchanges, studios, thea
tres buildings and places of amuse-
ment generally; to buy and sell any
properties for the purpose of doing
this. To employ any writer's, actors
or any one necessary to do such busi-
ness. To buy, lease or rent any CO.'S
tune, and all things necessary to pro-
duce or manufacture moving pictures
or to own and operate moving pic
lures, and to do all things necessary
to operate moving picture theatres
or the productions of pictures, and
the rights to lease, sell or buy moving
pictures. And to do all things neces-
sary for the production of pictures
or the operating of moving picture
theatres. To own all lands for the
doing Of these things that might be
necessary, and to own all personal
properties necessary to do the same."
Mr.. Davis will be president and
general manager, Mr.. Toulme treas
urer; Aug. Bulot, secretary.