Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-06 | Page 8 | "Millions in Movies"

Millions I Ions in In e t the h e Movies o r i t Tearing down anybody's s is a a thankless job and nd u we 1 never di disturb th the t popular dream of quick fortunes to be m made ads inam manufacturing movie films films if s-if s if there we were ti e many any companies actually making millions x P t Th The pres president dent of one of the older established oper operating com com- panics in testifying ing before committee recently a e of the house of rep rep- r in Washington said i 1 Ks Public Public d demand m nd for expensive pictures has for fora a t time wiped pod d out Tr yet profits everybody thinks think there there are ar are millions in the movies movies There S a are re capital earning almost almon nothing r Persons who have lave been attracted by opportunities to invest I iri- iri ii risto stock k in ill movie pich picture re companies would do w ll to consider to the highly speculative character of the business under present conditions I What t the movies produce financially it seems ma may prove its ill unsubstantial unsubstantial un un- un substantial as the shadow pictures on a glass screen