Headline
Fight for Film Market: A Suggested Organisation
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1919-04-05
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Publication Year
1919
Page
8
Film Projector / Film(s)
From the Manger to the Cross; or, Jesus of Nazareth (View more)
Actors
R. Henderson Bland
Director
Sidney Olcott
Writer
Gene Gauntier (scenario)
Country
USA
Runtime
71 min
Genre
Biography
Language
None
Plot
An account of the life of Jesus Christ, based on the books of the New Testament: After Jesus' birth is foretold to his parents, he is born in Bethlehem, and is visited by shepherds and wise...
Awards
1 win.
Rated
TV-PG
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Organisation
Summary

News from the Daily News – The fight for the British film market appears to be imminent. The American share in this, apparently, is not to be limited to the production and marketing of films but is to be extended to the neutral running of picture theatres on an elaborate scale, if plans which are said to have large sums of money behind them are carried into effect. The most ambitious scheme of the kind which is being talked of in Filmland is that of an organisation which proposes to run its own films in its own circuit of theatres. Meanwhile, Mr. Harry Aitken, a leading figure on the commercial side of film enterprise, has come to England and is said to be surveying the ground preparatory to initiating picture production schemes in Great Britain or on the Continent. Mr. Sidney Olcott who produced 'From Manager to Cross' is also here with the intention, it is understood, of producing films in this country, and Mr. Sheehan, president of the Fox Film Company, is credited with similar intentions. At the same time, British producers are making rapid progress and vigorous and well-directed efforts are promised to place the genuinely native production at the front.

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