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== 1913 Motion Picture Exhibitors' League Outing == | == 1913 Motion Picture Exhibitors' League Outing == | ||
Most of the 48 motion picture houses in Columbus closed on June 26, 1913, so employees could attend the first annual Motion Picture Exhibitors' League outing at Olentangy Park. A grad parade began at 3:30 p.m. and Royal Company recorded footage of the parade and crowds to be later exhibited in various locations in the park. The footage was to be auctioned off throughout the day to whoever wanted to show it first. The chairman of the committee on the arrangements was J.V. Dempsey, who had a picture house near the park and the officers of the league at the time were: J.W. Swain of Pastime and Hippodrome theaters, president; W.R. Wilson of the Schiller Street Theater, secretary; John Smithheisler of the Oak Theater, treasurer; and J.C. Rector of the Marathon Theater, vice president.<ref name="nook" /><ref>"Movie Shows Closed; Owners Attend Outing." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch''. 26 June 1913. Pg. 2. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.</ref>. | Most of the 48 motion picture houses in Columbus closed on June 26, 1913, so employees could attend the first annual Motion Picture Exhibitors' League outing at Olentangy Park. A grad parade began at 3:30 p.m. and Royal Company recorded footage of the parade and crowds to be later exhibited in various locations in the park. The footage was to be auctioned off throughout the day to whoever wanted to show it first. The chairman of the committee on the arrangements was J.V. Dempsey, who had a picture house near the park and the officers of the league at the time were: J.W. Swain of Pastime and Hippodrome theaters, president; W.R. Wilson of the Schiller Street Theater, secretary; John Smithheisler of the Oak Theater, treasurer; and J.C. Rector of the Marathon Theater, vice president.<ref name="nook" /><ref>"Movie Shows Closed; Owners Attend Outing." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch''. 26 June 1913. Pg. 2. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.</ref><ref>"Moving Picture Day." ''Columbus Evening Dispatch''. 26 June 1913. Pg. 14. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.</ref> | ||
== 1913 Sham Battle == | == 1913 Sham Battle == | ||
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Here is a list of lost media - photos, footage, etc.
1913 May Day Outing
During the 1913 May Day Outing on May 23, 1913, "motion picture men" recorded footage of several areas of the park including events such as a speech by Billy Sunday. The footage was to be shown at the park and other places during a Moving Picture Exhibitors' League outing on Thursday, June 26, 1913[1].
1913 Motion Picture Exhibitors' League Outing
Most of the 48 motion picture houses in Columbus closed on June 26, 1913, so employees could attend the first annual Motion Picture Exhibitors' League outing at Olentangy Park. A grad parade began at 3:30 p.m. and Royal Company recorded footage of the parade and crowds to be later exhibited in various locations in the park. The footage was to be auctioned off throughout the day to whoever wanted to show it first. The chairman of the committee on the arrangements was J.V. Dempsey, who had a picture house near the park and the officers of the league at the time were: J.W. Swain of Pastime and Hippodrome theaters, president; W.R. Wilson of the Schiller Street Theater, secretary; John Smithheisler of the Oak Theater, treasurer; and J.C. Rector of the Marathon Theater, vice president.[1][2][3]
1913 Sham Battle
A "sham battle" (war reenactment) took place in a field north of the Olentangy Park involving G.A.R. veterans, the Old Guard, Spanish-American War veterans, United States Regulars and others. A Toledo-based firm of "motion picture men" recorded footage of the event. It was one of the first films censored by the new state board[4][5]. Consisting of 10 reels, it was shown at Memorial Hall (also known as "Old COSI") on September 13-14, 1913, accompanied by two patriotic concerts each afternoon and night at 2:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. The cost to attend was 25 cents ($28 in 2021) for adults and 10 cents ($3) for school children. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds benefitted the Old Guard to pay for a trip to Chattanooga that September[6][7].
Newspaper Scrap Book
A newspaper "scrap book" was created and shared by Leo and Elmer Haenlein during the late 1920s/early 1930s with other amusement parks to help them research ways to publicize features such as dancing and swimming lessons. [8].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Motion Pictures for Every Nook of the Park." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 25 June 1913. Pg. 3. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.
- ↑ "Movie Shows Closed; Owners Attend Outing." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 26 June 1913. Pg. 2. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.
- ↑ "Moving Picture Day." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 26 June 1913. Pg. 14. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.
- ↑ "Sham Battle Movies to be on Sept. 13, 14." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 5 September 1913. Pg. 7. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.
- ↑ "Human Progress Notes." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 6 September 1913. Pg. 5. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.
- ↑ "Bought at a Saving." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 9 September 1913. Pg. 8. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.
- ↑ "Sham Battle Pictures." Columbus Evening Dispatch. 12 September 1913. Pg. 3. Retrieved from Columbus Dispatch Digital Archives.
- ↑ Reply from Olentangy Park to Kennywood. Historic Pittsburgh. 7 June 1929. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:20210510-hswp-2028[1]