Show motion picture business among the big industries did you ever stop to consider the important position which the motion picture business now occupies 9 do you know that the business of mak ing and exhibit exhibiting 1 ting pictures now ranks fourth among the great indus tries of our country and that the progress which has been made la in this particular line during the past halt half a dozen years is really phe nominal all of us remember the first pictures which were put out they beresin were sin gle reel subjects most ot of them were cheap and sensational dramas and ridiculous comedies the first pictures were not made by actors of standing but by theatrical people who had difficulty in securing em on the stage but one by one the most prominent people in the profession have been forced into the movies until today no actor ar act ress is really great until he or she has scored a triumph in motion pic tures lures in the same manner the most successful writers and directors have been attracted to the making offic of pic tures and it also demands the atten tion of men of wealth because every com company parry engaged in the making of pictures must now have almost un limited money an financial back trig tag moving pictures are getting better all tl e time the subjects are better more attention is being given to tie tl e general production and to de tails and fortunes are being spent in securing the services of the beup people iv who are best able to play the diffie cult roles great as has been the progress made in the motion picture industry d irli g the tile past few years it Is quite apparent that the business is in its infancy and that it lias has not reached the helgoth of its popularity i |