Moving Picture News (1911) . has all it can do to deliver the goods. Shorty Tompkins, of Local No, 2, will be out for thirty-si.\ weeks on the Orpheum Circuit with Janeiros his smoke. Dick Lawrence, manager of the Hoke Supply Company,states that they are doing a tremendous business as they havealmost more orders than they can handle for machines. at the present time is out of the city but will returnnext week. * * * * The Co-operative Independent Film Exchange, of whichMr. Phil Louis has been general manager for the past twoyears, was sold recently to Wm. H. Swanson & Co. Mr


Moving Picture News (1911) . has all it can do to deliver the goods. Shorty Tompkins, of Local No, 2, will be out for thirty-si.\ weeks on the Orpheum Circuit with Janeiros his smoke. Dick Lawrence, manager of the Hoke Supply Company,states that they are doing a tremendous business as they havealmost more orders than they can handle for machines. at the present time is out of the city but will returnnext week. * * * * The Co-operative Independent Film Exchange, of whichMr. Phil Louis has been general manager for the past twoyears, was sold recently to Wm. H. Swanson & Co. will return to Chicago shortly accompanied by hisbrother, Harry Louis, who left Chicago several weeks ag,-^ toclose the sale. Mr. Harry Louis is the president of the Gen-eral Film Brokers, which firm is now being successfully man-aged by his brother, Max Louis. ^ ^Js t- Mr. Spencer, of the General Film Company, is now con-nected with the Anti-Trust Company, where his many friendswill give him the glad hand. W. INTERIOR VIEW THE SKYDOME 20 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS FROM THE G. F. Blaisdell. The pastor of the Dr. Fry ^Icmorial M. E. Church of Buf-falo, the Rev. John W. Coontz, as a means of increasing theattendance at the services of his church and thereby extendingits influence, on the Sunday before Labor Day introduced themotion picture in his edilice as a means to an end. The suc-cess of the experiment exceeded his highest house was filled to its limits. The exhibitions of picturescontinued throughout the week. The subjects comprisedBiblical and historical events, classical and Shakespereandramas, battles, Western life and customs and wild bird andanimal life. The exhibition each evening was preceded by ashort talk by the Rev. Mr. Coontz. ^ The Rev. Wallace F. Thompson, pastor of Christ EpiscopalChurch of Lockport, N. Y., has installed in his parish housea complete motion picture apparatus, and intends to give sev-eral picture exhibiti


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