Show Film 1 Company Will Wil Be Launched in S. S L. L B TRACKED b by some of the best known men in the industry L' L a moving picture producing company will willbe willbe wil be launched here within the next few days While hie it is not yet ret definitely determined that the studios will il be he cs established in Salt Sai Lake Lako the preliminary plans indicate that such will wU bo ho tho the c case since I this city cl- cl clIs Is said to offer ofer better beter inducements than havo o been found elsewhere I W. W H. H I. I Swanson president of the tho Swanson theatre circuit and I Ot May Mayne Ioyne no general generl manager er eroC of oC tho the Swanson interests are arc at atthe atthe atthe the back of tho the venture while i Interested with wih them arc Elton Elon Cook and Hamilton Smith of at New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and Los Angeles both well known in the producing field 1 Mr Swanson is hi one of ot the I. I pioneers of ot tho the moving picture Industry Not only onty did ho make the first t commercial movIng picture pie pic pic-I pic ture but with his associates he built buit Universal City the first big producing center Mr Ir Mayne ayne isa Isa Is a a. moving picture man of years of experience He lie too wa was wa associated asso asso- elated with Universal ersal and ha has ha b been n Mr Ir Swansea's wanson's right hand handl support for tor man many years eau He Is IA known throughout the Industry as a a film fim man of unusual capa capa- un May Become Film Fim Center Tho The Inauguration of or this enterprIse enterprise enterprise enter enter- prise Is regarded as the first stop toward the tho making of Salt Sal Lake City the most Important film rUm producing producing pro pro- pro pro-I center conter In the country Mr Ir Cook who will trill vl handle the business business busi busi- I busl-I ness end of the tho transaction says sas 1 that it I will wi mean the removal to I Salt Lake of much of the Industry Indus Indus- IndusI I I try tr now located in and about Los Lo An Angeles cles Salt Sal Lake Lako City said Mr Cook Is an nn admirable location for tor tho the manufacture of moton motion pictures For the past four months Mr Ir Smith and myself have toured the United States State seeking a 0 el city that natural scenic advantages and anil weather conditions for tor such an enterprise and we have found Just one other location Various interests Interest In Ogden have made mado us attractive attract e propositions to locate a 0 picture plant there yet ct on theothor tho the othor other hand Salt Sal Lake has hns Interests interests interests inter Inter- ests that outweigh Ogden Swanson Is Pioneer William H. H Swanson for tor In Instance Instance In- In In-I In stance is the dean denn of ot motion pictures as a a matter mater of fact tact the theman theman theman man who made the first firt commercial com corn mercial picture Ho lie le Is la known know favorably throughout the country for his successful enterprises in both the manufacturing and ex ex- ex- ex ends of oC the Industry Both Mr Smith and myself feol feel exceptionally fortunate in h having men of the caliber calber of Mr Ir Swanson Swan Swan- son and 11 Mr Mayne nyne as our le allies We Ye have hAVO not decided definitely on Salt Sit Lake as a location but I Im tim hm m reasonably sure suro that this will be the the- case as the tho preliminary 1 work wo WI have o done on the tho organization organization or or- has his been cr very er ag aging IngI Ing I personally will wi handle tho the business end of the company compan whilo Mr tr Smith will wi h have havo wc charge of production Ills Ils record as genera general gen gen- en- en era eral manager for tho Klem Kalem compan company com corn pany pan and author and director for tor such companies as Goldwyn World Film and others peculiarly fits him for tor the position Seven Saven Companies The Inception of oC an or organization 1 ion tion lon of or this kind will wl mean men a n 1 great deal to Salt Sal Lake Lako City and the Tho state of ot Utah bringing with ith I It il a payroll parol that will approximate five t o to six millions milons of at dollars an an- The company will I be or organized organized or- or led 1 with wih a capitalization of ot otI I A t glass lass covered studio stu stu- dio lo will wi be built buit that will 1 accommodate accorn- accorn seven dramatic and comedy comely com corn edy ely companies The Tho figures aro are large I confess con con- con I fess foss tes but hut the motion moton picture manufacturing manufacturing man man- man man-j business is an industry industry indus Indus- tr try that tha demands largo large sums sum I understand that there have ha been sporadic attempts in Salt Lake Cl City toward tho the formation Jt at a al I picture company and I cannot ay ay i too to much emphasis on the point I Ith th that t this thin Is of ot an entirely different different differ differ- I ent nt type The company which will wi probably be bo known as a. the Utah Uth Motion Picture Pro Producing company compan will wi be run In Its Is vanous various van vari ous OUR departments by specialists In I their individual In lines Each department de- de j de-j head will wi be bo an expert from the head photographer lotho to lo tho the general manager Wo We o al already already already al- al ready have enough scenarios or options on scenarios to assure usa us usa a n years year's ars pro production Tied up with wih of th the biggest stars stars' us lf are some ome i h In th the business and similar conditions con con- run rn right down through through- I out oat the organization Our head cameraman for tor In Instance tance supervised supervised super super- I If d the photo photographing of ot I IFal Fall Fal of a Nation Naton Thomas Dixons Dixon's battle OUt Our create nl artist studied lila his hil profession br both th in th the United States Slate anI abroad and and has hal done dono mural d decorations In public buildings all aU over the tho country count First Firs Year Yer Program m. m Tho The company's program for fort forthe forthe t the first t year calls cans for In the tho vi vicinity vi- vi 1 enl emit emit- of ot fort forty feature pictures picture six si special super features twelve I two-reel two comedies and two I fifteen episode n aerials i I If U this company locates locate In Salt I Lake Lo City It I will doubtless be he betho betho hethe tho the entering wedge toward the establishment of at the city as a picture city cly The Tho biggest t men In Inthe Inthe inthe the Industry to today ay aro are on the alert for new locations Salt Sal Lake City Cl- Cl Cland and environs n offer unlimited picture picture- scenery which will wl all al be fresh and new to tho the picture picture- going public and will wi undoubtedly have International attention when Us its Is natural b beauties are shown throughout tho the civilized world on the animated screen Swanson Enthusiastic Mr Ir Swanson H Is II enthusiastic over O er the proposition and is de determined do- do to bring this Industry to Salt Lake CI City Aa As e he expresses it it I. I it is a new business for tor the cl city and the state tte and one ono that will be bo mutually remunerative e while Mr Ir Mayne has haR given Mr Ir Smith and Mr Ir Cook carte orto blanche as far tar as using the the- competent organization which operates the Swanson theatre circuit Is con con- corned |