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The Cortlandt Pictures Corporation of Indianapolis ***. .1 \* x * % * \ Capital $500,000 all common, fully paid and non-assessable Offers $250,000 common stock, par value SIO.OO OFFICERS and DIRECTORS: President— CORTLANDT J. VAN DEUSEN, Indianapolis. Vice-President and Genera / Counsel— ALVAH J. RUCKER, Indianapolis. Secretary— C. R. HAMILTON, Indianapolis. Treasurer —OTTO L. KLAUSS, Indianapolis. The Cortlandt Pictures Corporation plans the production of motion pictures primarily for children and child grown-ups, clean sweet stories in pictures, fairy tales so dear to the im aginative mind of the child, educational topics, children games, comedies, and Acted by Children. Artistic and Financial Opportunity The, Cortlandt Pictures Corporation is or ganized by men of broad business professional training and directed by men who know the motion picture business thoroughly—the mak ing and distribution of pictures. The super vising director of productions, Mr. Cortlandt J. VanDeusen, is of wide experience as actor, director and producer, who has directed many stars in many feature pictures. The Cortlandt Pictures Corporation is inter ested primarily in the financial opportunities which come of artistic opportunities—financial opportunities which appeal to the good judg ment of the careful, shrewd investor. The public wants children’s pictures—a pub lic tired of suggestive plays, lacking in whole someness. Thousands of schools, churches, community houses, installing projecting machines, are con fined to too limited a choice of motion picture subjects. It is the purpose of the Cortlandt Pictures Corporation to provide pictures suitable for the various occasions mentioned herewith. Until the Cortlandt Pictures Corporation, there was no company making a concerted ef fort to produce photoplays for children. Children pictures have been shown in few instances—in each and every case with huge financial success. This great field of motion picture has been overlooked by producers striving for stupend ous results—mechanically and pictorially. Simple stories have been overlooked —child stories which play upon the heartstrings of all—child and parent alike. The Cortlandt Pictures Corporation will get that same simple, human, universal appeal in its pictures for children —appealing not to one class of theatergoers, but to a universal clientele. The public wants more pictures of a better, cleaner type—pictures like the great successes, such as “Treasure Island,” “Peter Pan,” "Pollyanna,” “Jack and the Bean Stalk,” “Huckleberry Finn,” etc. Sign and Mail Today Cortlandt Pictures Corporation, 822 Hume-Mansur Bldg., Indianapolis. Gentlemen:—Enclosed find my check for $ for subscription to shares of the common capital stock of the Cortlandt Pictures Corporation at SIO.OO per share. Name Street or R. R City State As an absolute protection to yon, make your check payable to the Bankers Trust Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, who are acting as Regis trar and transfer agent. Board of Directors- — ALYAH J. RUCKER—Attorney, former Prosecutor Marion County, Indiana, Indianapolis. GEORGE V. COFFlN—Automobiles; former sheriff Marion County; former police chief, Indianapolis. C. J. VAN DEUSEN—Motion Picture Producer. * C. R. HAMlLTON—lnsurance, Indianapolis. J. F. WILD JR. —Broker, Indianapolis. JAMES A. COLLINS—Judge Marion County (Indiana) Criminal Court, Indianapolis. OTTO L. KLAUSS—Auditor of State of Indiana; Capitalist; former treasurer, Vauderburg County, Indiana. 1 - j . Executive Offices of The Cortlandt Pictures Corporation, 822 Hume-Mansur Building, Indianapolis Phone Circle 1614 Motion Picture Business Data There are more than 18,000 Motion Picture Theaters in the United States. These theaters last year took into their box offices the paid admissions of more than .6 Billion 300 Million persons! (6,300,000,000). These admissions totaled the huge sum of 900 Million Dollars! ($900,000,000). Daily admissions totaled more than $2,500,- 000. Profits go to the PRODUCER—THE DIS TRIBUTOR—THE THEATER. The Producer bases his rental charge to the exhibitor on the popularity of his STAR, the DIRECTOR, the SUPPORTING CAST and the AUTHOR of the scenario. In many cases this charge is so excessive, due to the enormous cost of PRODUCTION, that only the large theaters or chain of theaters can afford to book such attractions. At least they can not book them until they have become technically "com mercial" or “old run stuff.” We say advisedly that FIVE THOUSAND of the 18,000 theaters will set aside one or two days each week for pictures appealing to chil dren and child grown-ups. On such days, the admission charge would be lowered, because the Producer would log ically charge less for his pictures for the fol lowing good reasons: 1. No tremendous Stars' salaries. 2. No fabulous prices for stories. 3. Small overhead expense in Studio. 4. No salaries to supporting company (ex cept in rare cases). What Wall Street Thinks The big fundamental interests of America — those developers of business—have seen the advantage of investment in motion picture securities. Wall street has been attracted by the motion picture Industry. The Wall Street Journal, authority of the financial interests of America said: “Wall street is going into amuse ments in a financial way. The newly incorporated Loew’s Theater numbers among its directors: W. C. Durant, head of the General Motors Corpora tion; Harvey Gibson, president of the Liberty National Bank, and D. E. Pom eroy, vice president of the Bankers Trust Company. The Famous Players Lasky Corporation is being provided with $10,000,000 of the new capital with Kuhn, Loeb & Company backing, w'hile the DuPonts and the Chase Bank in terests have entered the Goldwyn Pic tures Corporation. “In view of these developments some statistics on the motion picture in dustry should prove interesting to In vestors. * “Gross revenues of picture theaters in the country are estimated at $900,- 000 000 this year. They were $675,- 000,000 in 1918—comparing favorably with $700,000,000 gross of thirteen leading rubber companies—against but $65,000,000 in 1907. “In this country there are 18,000 pic ture theaters with 8,000,000 seats, near ly every town of 1.000 population hav ing at least one theater. “Twelve hundred new houses are being built at a cost of $72,000,000. “Good theaters cost S3OO a seat to build at present prices, so that, at a conservative calculation of SIOO a seat, the investment in motion picture the aters totals about $800,000,000. INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920. Cost of Production and Revenue Each unit program, consisting of one (1) four-reel Fairy Tale or similar production, (1) one-reel Comedy and (1) one-reel Educational Subject, a total of six reels, will cost, includ ing all expenses, advertising, etc., approxi mately $8,500 With 25 unit programs per year will be $212,500. Six (6) special productions of well-known Fairy Tales will be produced dur ing the year (one every other month) at a cost of SIO,OOO each, or SOO,OOO for the series. Revenue based on rentals to 5,000 theaters only show that even with the rental price per unit program of S2O per diem, which is very low Indeed, the income from the 25-unlt pro grams during the year should gross over One Million Dollars, and the Specials should re turn $500,000 during the same period. TOTAL INCOME (predicted on the service to 5,000 theaters) $2,130,000 Expense (calculated) $632,500 NET PROFIT FOR YEAR $1,407,500 Foreign Rights These figures represent only a very small percentage of the annual business done in the motion picture Industry. These figures do not Include the Foreign Rights which are usually sold at a figure to yield the cost of produc tion. All business transacted in the United State! Is generally CLEAR PROFIT! Distribution The Distribution of our pictures will be handled most advantageously to the corpora tion, by one of the following methods: (a) Distribution through regular release channels to the highest bidder, usually on a 60-40 per cent basis, the corporation receiving the 60 per cent. (b) Maintenance of four branch offices — New York, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco. Each office will have its own zone of theaters in its respective territories, and will supply the theaters included in these zones, with prints, advertising matter, etc. Each branch office will be in charge of a thoroughly capable executive manager. Demand for Good Pictures Exceeds Supply Should a favorable opportunity present itself to this corporation whereby it may purchase some well-known play or book, feature produc tions with well-known screen stars will be made. These will be clean, w'holesome pic tures of the ideal of the Cortlandt Pictures Corporation. The plans show a producing studio at Los Angeles, the pro ducing center of the motion picture industry. The child is potentially the great patron of the motion picture theater. That in spite of the fact that the screen shows so much not fit for innocent children, withal proper enough for the matured. Cortlandt J. Van Deusen President and Director General, will be re membered for his fine work with such com panies as the BIOGRAPH, when D. W. Griffith was the director of that organization. Mr. VanDeusen was associated with the FAMOUS PLAYERS, KINEMACOLOR, THANHAUSER, PHOTO-DRAMA CORPORATION, etc. He was for almost four years with the VITAGRAPH COMPANY OF AMERICA, first as feature player, later a director. He was co-director with Mr. Sidney Drew, a partial list of productions with Mr. Drew be ing as follows: “The Professional Scapegoat," “Aunties’ Portrair," “Booblys’ Baby,” “Horseshoe for Luck," "Unlucky Loole,” “Story of the Glove,” “Wanted—A Nurse,” “Too Many Husbands” and two special pictures, "Playing Dead.” by Richard Harding Davis (five reels) and “A Florida Enchantment,” by Archibald Clavering Gunther. A partial list of subjects personally directed by Mr. VanDeusen is: “In Arcadia.” "The Fire Escape,” "Between Two Fires,” “The Mystery of the Empty Room," "Conquest of Constantia,” “Her Bad Quarters of an Hour/'' “A Keyboard Strategy,” “Benj. Bunter.” Mr. VanDeusen was one of the four directors tt that time engaged in the staging o? Vita graph’s highest grade pictures, known as the BLUE RIBBON FEATURES, his last produc tion being “The Man Behind the Curtain,” in which Miss Lillian Walker was starred. Some of the players in the above list qf pic tures were Lillian Walker, Evart Overton, William R. Dunn, Hughey Mack, Flora Finch, Mary Maurice, Constance Talmadge, J. A. Lewis, Alice Lake, Edward Alkas aud among those with whom he has appeared are Anita Stewart, Norma Talmadge, Ralph Ince, Clara Kimball Young. John Bunny, Earle Williams, Maurice Costello. Mr. VanDeusen was also director for William Randolph Hearst in the International Film Company and was the first director of Olive Thomas and Harry Fox. For the Jester Comedy Company Mr. VanDeu sen personally produced “His Golden Ro mance." He was co-director with Oscar Eagle, pro ducing the mammotl. spectacle, "The Frozen Warning,” featuring Charlotte, the world-fa mous Ice Queen. Earnings of Well-Known Pictures How fabulous are the earnings from motion picture productions may be seen from the fol lowing well knowrn productions and their earn ings. taken from an article in “Variety,” March 5, 1920. Thomas H. Ince’s "Civilization” for 3% years, $768,000. Universal’s “Blind Hus bands,” directed by Eric Stroheim, 5% months, $341,000. Universal’s “Right to Happiness,” eight months, $107,000. Mayflower’s “The Miracle Man,” made by George Loane Tucker, 13 weeks, $128,000. “Tarzan of the Apes,” a National Film production, 2 years, $902,700. "The Romance of Tarzan,” same, 1% years, $405,000. “Enlighten Thy Daughter,” three years, $321,000. Mary Pickford’s “Daddy Long Legs,” United Artists, 7% months, $542,000, distributed on a quota basis so $2,000,000. Mack Sennet’s "Mickey,” sold to “Hy” Winik for a "snug” and state righted by Winik for a rel atively small sum, did $468,000 in one year. Universal’s “The Heart of Humanity,” an Allan Holubar production, two years, $779,000. Warner Bros.’ “My Four Years in Germany.” sold to First National for something like a quarter of a million, grossed in two years $833,* 300. Paramount’s “Male and Female, 10 weeks, $226,100. Griffith’s “Broken Blossoms,” SBOO,OOO to date, registering over $225,000 in bookings one week. King Vidor’s “The Turn of the Road” (Robertson-Cole) one year, $306,000, pro duction costing something like $15,000. Clara Kimball Young in “Eyes of Youth” (Equity Pictures). 12 weeks, $426,000. Fairbanks in “When the Clouds Roll By,” handicapped by the “flu” epidemic, has bookings for over $700,- 000 and will gross $1,000,000. Roscoe Ar buckle’s two-reelers, considered merely as fill ers, gross over $200,000 a picture. His "Round- Up” will not do less than $1,500,000. These figures show that feature pictures are financial winners. When the Cortlandt Pic tures Corporation sees fit to produce feature pictures, its income will be augmented. An Investment Suggestion In view of the proved opportunities in invest ment in motion picture production, this com mon stock is offered and advised —for the small and large investor. The proceeds of this $250,000 issue will be used in necessary de velopment. The Personnel of the Company The incorporators and officers of the com pany are men whose reputation, in business and professional life is high. These men will direct the Cortlandt Pictures Corporation to the success it warrants. Tear Off and Mail Today Your Opportunity! Cortlandt Pictures Corporation, 522 Hume-Mansur Bldg., Indianapolis. Gentlemen:—Without obligation on my part, mail me booklet descriptive of the Cortlandt Pictures Corporation. Name Street or R. R City State 5