Moving Picture News (1911) . o the ever-flowing human tide, and created a backwash that filledthe theater tw^elve times a day. ^And again. Splendidvestibules with marble steps, marble ticket boxes, andsplendid doors, marble staircases with railings of bur-nished brass make an alluring bait. There is not a sufficient market to warrant the largemanufacture of moving pictures in Australasia, said]\Ir. Williams. We have one or two firms, but theirgoods are not up to the mark. The gazettes of different manufacturing firms areadvertised by the Williams Amusement Co.; it is sur-prising to see how the
Moving Picture News (1911) . o the ever-flowing human tide, and created a backwash that filledthe theater tw^elve times a day. ^And again. Splendidvestibules with marble steps, marble ticket boxes, andsplendid doors, marble staircases with railings of bur-nished brass make an alluring bait. There is not a sufficient market to warrant the largemanufacture of moving pictures in Australasia, said]\Ir. Williams. We have one or two firms, but theirgoods are not up to the mark. The gazettes of different manufacturing firms areadvertised by the Williams Amusement Co.; it is sur-prising to see how the people watch for them, and cometo see them. The same people are seen in our theaterseach week. It seems a pity that Australasia is not used morelargely for scenes of moving pictures. Says The LoneHand again, In scenery alone Australasia has im-mense possibilities in the cinematographic line. The gor-geous splendor of the Gorse Valley, the Kanimbla Val-ley, and the Wolgan Rift in the Blue Mountains; the(Continued on page 27). THE COLONIAL THEATRE, LTD., No. 1 24 THE MOVING PICTURE NEWS FROM THE OBSERVATORYBy G. F. Blaisdell From California comes a complaint that to many mustseem well founded. The superintendent of the Southern Cal-ifornia Indian Reservation, W. H. Stanley, says that whenthe Indian visits the city he will spend his last cent on amoving picture show. Mr. Stanley says further that theIndian cannot understand why his race is always depicted inwar paint, when, as a matter of fact, it is now engaged inthe peaceful pursuit of farming. The Indians complain of the white mans injustice. Smallwonder. It is rare in moving pictures to witness the por-trayal of an Indian who seems to possess the common at-tributes of a human being. The ordinary thing is to seeIndians represented always as burning and slaughtering; sucha thing as revealed motive rarely appears. Mr. Stanley well says: We are trying to teach the Indianthat he should be a good farmer and forget about being awarr
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