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after By WALTER WALDMAN 1»TEW YORK is the business end of the pBJ film business: the home town of the ^ ^ home offices; headquarters for worldwide distribution. New York is the place where most of the dollars and cents decisions are made affecting the Industry. Two of its streets help call the tune for this industry. There is Wall Street, which provides financial sinews and policies, and Broadway, which provides much story material for Hollywood's studios. As the birthplace of the industry. New Yorlc is rich in film history and traditions. Its list of notable "firsts" is long. The first conunercial exhibition of film took place Apr. 14, 1894, in a converted shoe store on Broadway near 27th street. The first "gross" for that .showing, provided by ten peephole EdLson Kinetoscope projectors, was $120. Two years later, Apr. 23, 1896, the first commercial exhibition on a theatre screen was held In Ko.ster & Bial's Music Hall at 34th street and Broadway— the present site of Macy's. Thomas Armat did the honors with his Vitascope projector. The first efforts to exchange film were made during 1897 In Raff & Gammon's 28th •street studio. The first advertising films were exhibited that fame year on an outdoor screen at Broadway and 34th street. Although Hollywood is today the production capital of the world. New York City, We.stche.ster county, and .sections of New Jersey falling within the metropolitan exchange center, originally held that title. In nearby West Orange, Thomas A. Edison perfected his Kinetoscope projector Oct. 6, 1889. Two years later, Edison built the world's first motion picture studio in West Orange. By the end of the first decade of the 20th century, studios were popjilng up all over the metropolitan district. There was the Raff & Gammon studio on West 28th street; the Blograph studio on East 14th .street; the Komlc .studio in Yonkers; the American Eclair studios at Fort Lee; Powers Picture Plays in the north Bronx, and Pathe at Bound Brook, N. J. The studio trek to Hollywood didn't get 28 1 FILMROWS OF AMERICA... lu Here is the story of film distribution in America's Big City, where the dollars and cents decisions affecting the industry are made. One of the world's most glamorous sights — Times Square at night, with its lights and crowds and theatres. NEW YORK going full blast until the second decade of the charge of distribution for MGM, was br,, century. manager for General Film during t! pioneering years; and Joseph J. Unger. i; By that time New York had clinched its eral sales manager for United Artists^ be| position as an exhibition and distribution his industry career as a booker for center. Film. Fourteenth and 23rd streets were originally By the time the Motion Picture Pat' the exhibition and distribution centers of the Co., parent organization of General Fj city. had been dissolved as a trust by the supr^ court in April 1917, the exchanges were 1 Following Armat's successful experiment at Koster
i I ••• • I In Hew York's Exhibitor Fold FRED SCHWARTZ Vice-president of Century Theatres, and head of Metr»politan Motion Picture Theatres Ass'n and Motion Picture Associates. president of ATA, at the or- with Robert Coyne (L), eCOT, and Ned Shugrue (C), I puljlic relations. iices i GEORGE SKOURAS, president ol Skouras Theatres (L). as he recently presented a $31,366 check to Walter Young, publisher, ior charity. (R), W. A. White, manager. f^i& " SAM RINZLER S. H. FABIAN (L) When the head of the Fabian circuit presented a gift to the Randforce circuit chief at the recent dinner honoring the industry veteran. mAURER, managing director of ai Victoria theatres. The Astor showcase on Broadway. A. I. BALABAN, of the well-known Bolaban family, manages the Roxy Theatre, which is owned by 20th Century-Fox. E. C. GRAINGER President of Shea Enterprises, operators of 44 theatres in three states. VER, who made a success Theatre playing murder and He distributes foreign films. MAX A. COHEN, president of the Cinema circuit, started in the business in 1910. He is active in many civic functions. HARRY BRANDT Head of the 122-theatre circuit bearing his name. He is president of New York's ITO. .,!1 TRES EXECUTIVES are shown here (L to R)—Front row: Dan S. Terrell, Pi :)licity head; John Murphy, in charge of out-of-town theatres; Charles C. Irf usurer and director; Edward C. Dowden, assistant advertising-publicity -e Seidlitz and Jack Harris, district managers, and Oscar A. Doob, genrutive; second row—William Downs and Larry Beatus, district managers; vice-president in charge of Loew's theatres; Samuel Meinhold, gen- :irtment; Eugene Picker, in charge of New York theatres; third row—Wilitrict manager; Mike Rosen, assistant to Picker; Jim Grady and Salli Levi, nsnac rs. and Ernest Emmerling, director of advertising and publicity. JOJJFTCE :: June 28, 1947 WALTER READE P:osident of the Reade circuit and innovator of many modern ideas in theatre construction and management. GUS EYSSELL Managing director of Radio City Music Hall. On the wall are wartime citations.
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In Hew York's Exhibitor Fold<br />
FRED<br />
SCHWARTZ<br />
Vice-president of Century<br />
Theatres, and head<br />
of Metr»politan Motion<br />
Picture Theatres Ass'n<br />
and Motion Picture Associates.<br />
president of ATA, at the or-<br />
with Robert Coyne (L),<br />
eCOT, and Ned Shugrue (C),<br />
I puljlic relations.<br />
iices<br />
i<br />
GEORGE SKOURAS, president ol Skouras<br />
Theatres (L). as he recently presented a<br />
$31,366 check to Walter Young, publisher,<br />
ior charity. (R), W. A. White, manager.<br />
f^i& "<br />
SAM RINZLER<br />
S. H. FABIAN<br />
(L)<br />
When the head of the<br />
Fabian circuit presented<br />
a gift to the Randforce<br />
circuit chief at the<br />
recent dinner honoring<br />
the industry veteran.<br />
mAURER, managing director of<br />
ai Victoria theatres. The Astor<br />
showcase on Broadway.<br />
A. I. BALABAN, of the well-known Bolaban<br />
family, manages the Roxy Theatre,<br />
which is owned by 20th Century-Fox.<br />
E. C. GRAINGER<br />
President of Shea Enterprises,<br />
operators of 44<br />
theatres in three states.<br />
VER, who made a success<br />
Theatre playing murder and<br />
He distributes foreign films.<br />
MAX A. COHEN, president of the Cinema<br />
circuit, started in the business in 1910. He<br />
is active in many civic functions.<br />
HARRY BRANDT<br />
Head of the 122-theatre<br />
circuit bearing his name.<br />
He is president of New<br />
York's ITO.<br />
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TRES EXECUTIVES are shown here (L to R)—Front row: Dan S. Terrell,<br />
Pi :)licity head; John Murphy, in charge of out-of-town theatres; Charles C.<br />
Irf usurer and director; Edward C. Dowden, assistant advertising-publicity<br />
-e Seidlitz and Jack Harris, district managers, and Oscar A. Doob, genrutive;<br />
second row—William Downs and Larry Beatus, district managers;<br />
vice-president in charge of Loew's theatres; Samuel Meinhold, gen-<br />
:irtment; Eugene Picker, in charge of New York theatres; third row—Wilitrict<br />
manager; Mike Rosen, assistant to Picker; Jim Grady and Salli Levi,<br />
nsnac rs. and Ernest Emmerling, director of advertising and publicity.<br />
JOJJFTCE :: June 28, 1947<br />
<strong>WAL</strong>TER READE<br />
P:osident of the Reade<br />
circuit and innovator of<br />
many modern ideas in<br />
theatre construction and<br />
management.<br />
GUS EYSSELL<br />
Managing director of<br />
Radio City Music Hall.<br />
On the wall are wartime<br />
citations.
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