THE KINEMATOGRAPH.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9, 10 January 1914, Page 4

THE KINEMATOGRAPH.

The fact that kinematography attains its majority this year, the first moving pictures having been shown ar- the World’s Fair in 1808 lias induced a writer in the ‘'Daily iMail to give np-to-date statistics of this wonderful invention. At the present time the picture palaces in Britain employ 120,001) people', with a weekly wage bill of £250,000: Every, week

8,000,000 people attend “Hie pictures.” It is only within the last six years that the kinema business has rushed ahead to its present huge dimensions. Towns which six' years ago had lone picture theatres now possess over a score. America, it is not surprising to learn, has quite outdone Great Britain. Tin re -six million people are said to attend tlie pictures daily. Minneapolis maintains sixty-nine theatres solely devoted to moving pictures. Many of the; must popular dramatic dims cost from] £IO,OOO to £20,000 in the making. The prices for “him stories’’—which are, of course, merely scenarios—-are also rising. Five years ago 10s or a pound was a good price tor a scenario,: hut to-day £lO is quite an ordinary price. Many people must wonder sometimes what the end oi it all will he.