Moving Picture News (1911) . ties of the motion picture have up to the present been im-perfectly realized, if indeed they have been grasped by themasses to any appreciable extent. The term moving pic-tures, which has been so persistently applied to the enter-tainments in the cinematograph theaters, has, I believe, stoodin the way of the mass of the people comprehending thepossibilities of the cinematograph, not only as regards thepresent, but in reference to posterity. There has been, andindeed still is, a disposition fostered by a certain section ofthe press to look on moving pictures as an e
Moving Picture News (1911) . ties of the motion picture have up to the present been im-perfectly realized, if indeed they have been grasped by themasses to any appreciable extent. The term moving pic-tures, which has been so persistently applied to the enter-tainments in the cinematograph theaters, has, I believe, stoodin the way of the mass of the people comprehending thepossibilities of the cinematograph, not only as regards thepresent, but in reference to posterity. There has been, andindeed still is, a disposition fostered by a certain section ofthe press to look on moving pictures as an ephemeralkind of entertainment in vogue for the moment. By the Coronation pictures the cinematograph theater hasbeen afforded a unique chance of demonstrating in theplainest possible manner that it is not merely the only truerecorder of history, but that it serves to bind the wholeworld closer together, and in a nation to arouse and developpatriotism by awakening and quickening interest—such is thereal power of the The Plaza Theatre, Washington, D. C, under the maragement ofTom Moore, who stands on the right and next to him his little Moore, Sr., is on the extreme left, while the others n the line areemployees of the Moore Amusement Company at the Plaza, where theoffices of this company are now located. The Plaza is one of the latestentries into the Independen*; field. 24 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS
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