DEATH OF A FILM PIONEER
(UNITED FBZSS IS3OCUTIOK—-Bf mxcmc TELEGnAI'U—COI'TUrGUT.) NEW YORK, August 2i). The death is announced of James Dixon Williams, a pioneer of the motion picture industry and one of the earliest sponsors of Charlie Chaplin's career. In 1910 he organised the Williams Amusement Company, Sydney, and operated a chain of theatres in Australia.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21257, 31 August 1934, Page 8
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