The Bank Clippings 2/46
Variety, New York, August 6, 1915.
Baseball Player Nick Altrock, Chicago White Sox, American
League, 1912, Bain News Service, Library of Congress
& Yankee Stadium, interior, New York, 1935-1947, New York
City Municipal Archives
& Nick Altrock, who goes to movies and reads the comic papers,
has invented for himself a new caper to show the fans
around the American League circuit. It is nothing more than
a Charlie Chaplin walk and run. He showed it to the
New York fans for a starter and it made an instant hit with them.
Over here Charlie Chaplin is a hero, with dozens of
imitators standing out in front of those theaters where his pictures
are being shown.
(...) Washington Times, Washington, D. C., April 26, 1915
„The main strength of General Film“
Editorial content. „GEN. FILM‘S REPORTED BREAK
PRESAGES WIDE DISRUPTION
Story Members V. L. S. E. Feature Combination
May Withdraw Daily Releases from G. F.
Distribution. Other Members Reported Dissatisfied.
A further break likely to occur within the ranks
of the Motion Picture Patents Co. members, who now release
their daily short reel film output through the General
Film Co., will take away from the agency, it is said, the product
of the M. P. manufacturers now linked with the feature
film service known as the V-L-S-E. These are the Vitagraph,
Lubin, Selig and Essanay.“ (...)
„Of late the main strength of General Film has been
the Essanay-Chaplin comedy releases, that could
be only secured by exhibitors from the G. F., the latter tacitly
making the condition any exhibitor who used a Chaplin
from it must also take other G. F. service.“ (...)
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