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<p>[QUOTE="leeg, post: 4113826, member: 17073"][ATTACH=full]1067502[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Madge Bellamy in the 1920s, Pinterest.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>“Plans for the Motion Picture Exposition, which will be held at Los Angeles from July 2 to August 4, in connection with the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine, are now centering on New York.</p><p><br /></p><p>Madge Bellamy, who has signed a three years’ contract to star in Thomas H. Ince productions, is the official representative of the Exposition and presented to Mayor Hylan an invitation from Mayor Cryer of Los Angeles to visit the city during the Celebration. Miss Bellamy is making one of the most remarkable tours in the history of motion pictures. She will visit more than 30 big cities and present to the mayors invitations similar to the one given Mayor Hylan. She also will visit Governors and other prominent state and national officials.</p><p><br /></p><p>Miss Bellamy was the forerunner of a big delegation from the Coast city. A number of motion picture stars are in the party, including Ruth Roland.”<b>4</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>4.</b> <b><i>Movie Picture World</i>, Motion Picture Exposition Plans Centering in New York, March-April 1923, p. 808.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“The American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Exposition, to be held in Los Angeles, July 2nd to August 4th, in celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, is rapidly approaching the form of its ultimate brilliance, according to announcements which carry interest for those interested in any phase of the cinema.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Spanish Colonial type of architecture, atmospheric of early Southern California days during the Latin influence, has been selected as official style for the centennial. Architects are completing plans for the construction of the various exposition buildings, work on which is scheduled to begin at an early date.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>‘The Location’</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Originating in the well-known motion picture expression which signifies the shooting of scenes outside the confines of the studio, ‘The Location’ has been chosen to designate that portion of the forthcoming centennial that would have been known as the ‘midway’ in expositions of former years. Along ‘The Location’ will be placed the exhibits of the motion picture industry. Buildings erected for such exhibits will observe the Spanish Colonial type of architecture. The first exhibit to be reserved is that of the Rockett-Lincoln Film Company and calls for the reproduction of the cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born. The exposition replica of the Lincoln birthplace will be sheltered with a building erected overhead, after the fashion followed with the original cabin at Hodgenville, Kentucky. The Rockett exhibit will be provided with a vast number of Lincoln relics and documents which have been gathered in more than a year of research for the Rockett production of ‘The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln,’ which Phillip E. Rosen, A. S. C., is directing as one of the most extensive feature productions in motion picture annals and which is being photographed by Robert Kurrie, A. S. C.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Technical and Art Departments Busy</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Among the other production companies which have reserved exhibits, the nature of which has not as yet been announced, are Universal, Pickford-Fairbanks, Christie, Metro, Hal Roach, and Louis B. Mayer. Unlike the attractions which lined the ‘midways’ of past expositions, the exhibits along ‘The Location’ will not require admission prices but will be open free of charge to all who attend the centennial.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is said that motion picture producers plan to make the buildings and features which line ‘The Location’ the most sumptuous that their resources can create. Art and technical departments of leading film companies are said to be working on assignments which seek to represent the motion picture industry at its highest in the various exhibits.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Recognition for Unseen Screen Writers</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Since the art and technical workers in cinema work have been selected almost without exception as being outstanding figures in their lines of endeavor–many having been brought from great distances after having been persuaded to turn their talents to film production–it is claimed that the exhibits along ‘The Location’ will be unequalled in exposition grandeur. ‘The Location’ exhibits are construed as offering the opportunity for the work of the technical, art and other departments, which ply their professions unseen behind the scenes, to gain full public recognition, as it is believed that Los Angeles, at the time of the centennial, will hold the largest gathering of people ever assembled in Western America.</p><p><br /></p><p>The location of ‘The Location’ will fall into four divisions, describing a semi-circle about the Court of Honor which will be laid out in Exposition Park, in Los Angeles, where the centennial will be held. Approximately 100,000 feet will be embraced in these divisions.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>General Interest Attracted</b></p><p><br /></p><p>While the exposition is primarily of motion picture atmosphere, it is attracting a full measure of attention in professional, industrial, commercial exhibits, installed by business leaders who realize the advantages accruing from the patronage of the throngs which will attend the affair from every part of the country, will predominate, according to present indications. An exhibit and concession department is already actively at work attending to such details of the centennial.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pictures and Diplomats</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Educational and diplomatic interest is centered on the historical ramifications of the undertaking, since it commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine. A distinct diplomatic flavor is lent by the announcement that President Harding has accepted an invitation to be present at the exposition premiere on July 2nd and is expected to be attended on that occasion by his official family who will be conveyed to Los Angeles in a special trans-continental train. Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives are said to be planning to attend the affair in large numbers. Reports of their attendance are received enthusiastically throughout Southern California, a great potential field which may be improved in various ways by Congressional action. Representatives of the Latin American republics, whose territorial integrity has been protected for a century by the Monroe Doctrine, will be among the honored guests.</p><p><br /></p><p>Educators are evincing interest in the fact that the American Historical Revue division of the centennial will present in tabloid and pageant form highlights in American history as decided as such by a jury of eminent scholars and historians. These presentations, it is planned, will be filmed while they are being enacted as historically correct as research can determine and will be released for subsequent exhibition.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cinematography Called In</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This will be the first exposition in the world’s history where the exhibits and important happenings will be filmed. Plans for the filming are still in the embryo, but when completed will in themselves constitute a highlight in cinematographic undertaking.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cinematography Called In</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This will be the first exposition in the world’s history where the exhibits and important happenings will be filmed. Plans for the filming are still in the embryo, but when completed will in themselves constitute a highlight in cinematographic undertaking.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first instance wherein the motion picture industry as a whole has joined in the sponsoring of such an affair. Those participating in the affairs of the exposition number virtually every film organization and producing company in prominence.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Stage and Coliseum Dimensions</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This coliseum, which will hold the exposition, was constructed at a cost of $1,000,000 and is said to be the largest ever built. The coliseum of Rome could be placed in its central space, it is said.</p><p><br /></p><p>This greatest of modern amphitheaters is elliptical in shape. It extends thirty feet below the natural ground level and fifty feet above it. There are eight-six exits and entrances beside the main entrance, which is beautiful in its classical simplicity. The peristyle is of stone and concrete and is 400 feet wide, its main arch being seventy-five feet high. The seating capacity of this magnificent coliseum is nearly 80,000, the famous Yale Bowl being smaller with seats for about 10,000 less.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067504[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Courtesy <i>The American Cinematographer</i>, April 1923, p. 9.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="leeg, post: 4113826, member: 17073"][ATTACH=full]1067502[/ATTACH] [B]Madge Bellamy in the 1920s, Pinterest.[/B] “Plans for the Motion Picture Exposition, which will be held at Los Angeles from July 2 to August 4, in connection with the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine, are now centering on New York. Madge Bellamy, who has signed a three years’ contract to star in Thomas H. Ince productions, is the official representative of the Exposition and presented to Mayor Hylan an invitation from Mayor Cryer of Los Angeles to visit the city during the Celebration. Miss Bellamy is making one of the most remarkable tours in the history of motion pictures. She will visit more than 30 big cities and present to the mayors invitations similar to the one given Mayor Hylan. She also will visit Governors and other prominent state and national officials. Miss Bellamy was the forerunner of a big delegation from the Coast city. A number of motion picture stars are in the party, including Ruth Roland.”[B]4[/B] [B]4.[/B] [B][I]Movie Picture World[/I], Motion Picture Exposition Plans Centering in New York, March-April 1923, p. 808.[/B] “The American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Exposition, to be held in Los Angeles, July 2nd to August 4th, in celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, is rapidly approaching the form of its ultimate brilliance, according to announcements which carry interest for those interested in any phase of the cinema. The Spanish Colonial type of architecture, atmospheric of early Southern California days during the Latin influence, has been selected as official style for the centennial. Architects are completing plans for the construction of the various exposition buildings, work on which is scheduled to begin at an early date. [B]‘The Location’[/B] Originating in the well-known motion picture expression which signifies the shooting of scenes outside the confines of the studio, ‘The Location’ has been chosen to designate that portion of the forthcoming centennial that would have been known as the ‘midway’ in expositions of former years. Along ‘The Location’ will be placed the exhibits of the motion picture industry. Buildings erected for such exhibits will observe the Spanish Colonial type of architecture. The first exhibit to be reserved is that of the Rockett-Lincoln Film Company and calls for the reproduction of the cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born. The exposition replica of the Lincoln birthplace will be sheltered with a building erected overhead, after the fashion followed with the original cabin at Hodgenville, Kentucky. The Rockett exhibit will be provided with a vast number of Lincoln relics and documents which have been gathered in more than a year of research for the Rockett production of ‘The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln,’ which Phillip E. Rosen, A. S. C., is directing as one of the most extensive feature productions in motion picture annals and which is being photographed by Robert Kurrie, A. S. C. [B]Technical and Art Departments Busy[/B] Among the other production companies which have reserved exhibits, the nature of which has not as yet been announced, are Universal, Pickford-Fairbanks, Christie, Metro, Hal Roach, and Louis B. Mayer. Unlike the attractions which lined the ‘midways’ of past expositions, the exhibits along ‘The Location’ will not require admission prices but will be open free of charge to all who attend the centennial. It is said that motion picture producers plan to make the buildings and features which line ‘The Location’ the most sumptuous that their resources can create. Art and technical departments of leading film companies are said to be working on assignments which seek to represent the motion picture industry at its highest in the various exhibits. [B]Recognition for Unseen Screen Writers[/B] Since the art and technical workers in cinema work have been selected almost without exception as being outstanding figures in their lines of endeavor–many having been brought from great distances after having been persuaded to turn their talents to film production–it is claimed that the exhibits along ‘The Location’ will be unequalled in exposition grandeur. ‘The Location’ exhibits are construed as offering the opportunity for the work of the technical, art and other departments, which ply their professions unseen behind the scenes, to gain full public recognition, as it is believed that Los Angeles, at the time of the centennial, will hold the largest gathering of people ever assembled in Western America. The location of ‘The Location’ will fall into four divisions, describing a semi-circle about the Court of Honor which will be laid out in Exposition Park, in Los Angeles, where the centennial will be held. Approximately 100,000 feet will be embraced in these divisions. [B]General Interest Attracted[/B] While the exposition is primarily of motion picture atmosphere, it is attracting a full measure of attention in professional, industrial, commercial exhibits, installed by business leaders who realize the advantages accruing from the patronage of the throngs which will attend the affair from every part of the country, will predominate, according to present indications. An exhibit and concession department is already actively at work attending to such details of the centennial. [B]Pictures and Diplomats[/B] Educational and diplomatic interest is centered on the historical ramifications of the undertaking, since it commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine. A distinct diplomatic flavor is lent by the announcement that President Harding has accepted an invitation to be present at the exposition premiere on July 2nd and is expected to be attended on that occasion by his official family who will be conveyed to Los Angeles in a special trans-continental train. Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives are said to be planning to attend the affair in large numbers. Reports of their attendance are received enthusiastically throughout Southern California, a great potential field which may be improved in various ways by Congressional action. Representatives of the Latin American republics, whose territorial integrity has been protected for a century by the Monroe Doctrine, will be among the honored guests. Educators are evincing interest in the fact that the American Historical Revue division of the centennial will present in tabloid and pageant form highlights in American history as decided as such by a jury of eminent scholars and historians. These presentations, it is planned, will be filmed while they are being enacted as historically correct as research can determine and will be released for subsequent exhibition. [B]Cinematography Called In[/B] This will be the first exposition in the world’s history where the exhibits and important happenings will be filmed. Plans for the filming are still in the embryo, but when completed will in themselves constitute a highlight in cinematographic undertaking. [B]Cinematography Called In[/B] This will be the first exposition in the world’s history where the exhibits and important happenings will be filmed. Plans for the filming are still in the embryo, but when completed will in themselves constitute a highlight in cinematographic undertaking. This is the first instance wherein the motion picture industry as a whole has joined in the sponsoring of such an affair. Those participating in the affairs of the exposition number virtually every film organization and producing company in prominence. [B]Stage and Coliseum Dimensions[/B] This coliseum, which will hold the exposition, was constructed at a cost of $1,000,000 and is said to be the largest ever built. The coliseum of Rome could be placed in its central space, it is said. This greatest of modern amphitheaters is elliptical in shape. It extends thirty feet below the natural ground level and fifty feet above it. There are eight-six exits and entrances beside the main entrance, which is beautiful in its classical simplicity. The peristyle is of stone and concrete and is 400 feet wide, its main arch being seventy-five feet high. The seating capacity of this magnificent coliseum is nearly 80,000, the famous Yale Bowl being smaller with seats for about 10,000 less. [ATTACH=full]1067504[/ATTACH] [B]Courtesy [I]The American Cinematographer[/I], April 1923, p. 9.[/B][/QUOTE]
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