Les images animées (The New Building of the News, 14 juin 1902)

Des images animées prises dernièrement dans l'état du Colorado par Thomas Nash sont présentées en juin :

TREAT FOR THE PUBLIC AT THE NEWS OFFICE TO-NIGHT
The News has a treat in store for its friends to-night.
Beginning about 8:30 o’clock a moving picture exhibition will be given at the new building of The News, AT SEVENTEENTH AND WELTON STREETS.
One of the films is the run of the Denver fire department, recently taken. It shows a panoramic view of Sixteenth street from the postoffice to California street. Chief Roberts and a dozen pieces of apparatus rush up in thrilling style, the immense trucks and steamers swaying from side to side and the horses galloping at rapid pace.
Another moving picture will show the arrival of a long passenger train at Ia Junta. A four-minute panorama of the Royal gorge shows the most interesting portion of this sublime canon.
Probably the best moving picture ever taken of divers at Glenwood Springs shows a group of fifty or more expert swimmers.
A serpentine dancer performs difficult gyrations.
There will be 100 or more set pictures, many colored, showing not only the most noted scenery of the state, but interior views of The News office —the most modern and complete newspaper plant in the West.
Three colored pictures in particular will excite admiration. First will come “Sunset on Salt Lake.” Then, “Fighting Snow Above the Clouds on Pike's Peak.” and “Beautiful Ouray Falls.” The last will he given away free to readers of The News to-morrow morning.
Never before has such a gorgeous show been given without cost to the people of Denver. It is absolutely free to all who may care to come. The pictures will be eighteen feet square and may be. seen as far east as Eighteenth street, so there will be plenty of room for all.

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The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, samedi 14 juin 1902, p. 1.

Le Polyscope (City park, 3 août 1902)

MOVING PICTURES AT CITY PARK WILL DRAW A THRONG
Preparations have been made at City park to accommodate a crowd of at least 10.000 people to-morrow night when the Colorado moving pictures will be shown under the auspices of the Colorado press bureau of information. A substantial house has been built alongside the lake and an immense screen placed about 100 feet away where the pictures will be plainly in sight of the crowds in front of the band stand. The moving picture machine and electrical apparatus will be placed on the little house where it will be completely inclosed.
Secretary Parker will arrange with all the hotel clerks and keepers of boarding houses to call the attention of guests to the free show at the park. All strangers in the city will have a cordial invitation to spend evenings enjoying Colorado’s beautiful scenery free of cost and to this end train crews and railroad employes are expected to lend a good word when opportunity offers.
To-morrow night will be dedicated especially to railway officials and employes many of whom helped the photographers get the pictures during the past two months. Tuesday night will be made Interesting for city, county and state officials. Wednesday the Elks are invited, and Thursday the real estate exchange, chamber of commerce and Commercial club will be present to view the good work tne press bureau is doing.
Friday will be society night. Many small parties have been arranged to visit the park and enjoy the pictures, some of which will be of especial interest. One select set will leave the city during the afternoon, every member on horseback, ride beyond Aurora, take dinner at Montclair and then come in to the park at 8:30 and take in the pictures. On this evening the City park band will give several special numbers in honor of the society guests and the affair will be one of extra brilliancy.
During the week Chief Roberts will probably try to give every fireman in the city sufficient time off to sec the picture of the fire run which will be shown every evening. In case the men are wanted they will be summoned by telephone.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, dimanche 6 juillet 1902, p. 14.

MOVING PICTURES AT CITY PARK TO-NIGHT
"Railroad night" to-night at City park promises to draw an immense throng to see the moving pictures. Every arrangement has been made for a show of exceptional brilliancy, and if the hotel clerks and others send as many strangers to see the Colorado pictures as they have promised, there will be standing room only in front of the screen. The Colorado press bureau of information hopes to get a vast amount of good advertising out of the two weeks these, pictures will be shown. To-night the pictures will begin promptly at 8:30 o’clock, and run long enough to get everybody’s neck and eyes tired. Then an intermission will be taken to give the band an opportunity to score, after which the remaining views will be given. It is proposed to show a colored set slide between every two moving pictures, to case the strain on the eyes.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, lundi 7 juillet 1902, p. 2.

MOTION PICTURE SHOW DRAWS BIG CROWDS TO THE PARK
Fifteen thousand people shouted themselves hoarse in praise of the Colorado moving pictures at City park last evening. Very few of the pictures had ever been seen in public before, and they were a revelation to the crowd, which seemed to expect the old, commonplace subjects. Even the comic pictures, of which there were about a dozen, were far above the usual standard and elicited shouts of approval and applause.
Between every two moving pictures a colored set slide was shown, partly with the idea of affording relief to the eyes by lessening the constant strain of watching moving views. The plan added to the pleasure of watching the immense screen.
From a mechanical standpoint there was no hitch to the exhibition except an occasional slight dimming of the picture, due to the variation of the tramway current. But this being well understood, there was no complaint and all were enabled to enjoy the superb pictures to the limits of the crowd which was packed solidly as far around the lake as the boat house.
In the list of new motion pictures there were several that were considerably above even the high standard of the others. One of these was a view of the Burlington train passing Riverside cemetery at seventy miles an hour. Another showed a Colorado Midland train slowly climbing the heavy grade along Hell Gate, west of Hagerman pass. In this picture the scene opened with a pretty canon view, ’way down in the bottom of which the smoke of a train was plainly visible. Slowly the smoke came nearer and nearer until a monster engine developed in the picture. Behind it was another engine; then came a train of four or five coaches loaded with passengers.
The panorama of Ute pass, also on the Colorado Midland, was received with exceptional favor. This scene showed a complete panorama of the beautiful canon from Cascade to Manitou, tunnels, gorge and all. So realistic were the tunnels that the great audience unconsciously ducked heads and tried to dodge when the train was apparently running into a wall of rock.
Among the set slides were several of the Colorado and Southern and Rio Grande, the latter having an especially interesting view on the Ouray toll road, probably the most picturesque wagon road in the world. In this class of pictures there were two that drew loud shouts from the audience. The first was a sunset from Pike's peak and the second the Salt Lake sunset recently printed as a supplement to The News. The Peak subject was made about two weeks ago, when the photographers made a moving picture of the storm from the summit. This film has not yet been finished, but Mr. Buckwalter, who took several regular negatives, succeeded in getting a most wonderful effect, showing the end of the cog road and crest of the mountain in one corner of the picture and then an enormous mass of clouds floating in the sky, bathed in most brilliant colors. Owing to the swift changing of the storm center when the pictures were made on the peak it was found advisable to combine three negatives to get the maximum of effect and the work was so skillfully done it is quite impossible to detect where the joints were made.
The snow opened with the Colorado press bureau of information picture "'Forward,” and an announcement explaining the reason the pictures were being shown under the auspices of the bureau. Last night was “railroad night” and many members of that calling were present. To-night has been set aside for the especial benefit of the city, county and state officials and to-moarow night the Elks will be present in large numbers. As new films arrive from Chicago they will be added to the show without further announcement.
Secretary Parker of the bureau will to-day extend an invitation to the delegates to the Hibernian convention to pick an evening when an especial show will be given for their benefit, the band playing a programme of Irish music.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, mardi 8 juillet 1902, p. 7.

CITY MOVING PICTURES.
Notwithstanding the chilly weather, fully 7.000 people enjoyed H. H Buckwalter's moving pictures at City park last night. The lighting effects were much improved. The Elks will attend to-night, while to-morrow evening members of the chamber of commerce, real estate exchange and Commercial club will be in attendance.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, mercredi 9 juillet 1902, p. 8.

THE BIG BIOGRAPH PICTURES.
Idaho Springs to Be Royally Entertained at the Trocadero Next Week.
Beginning next week Professor H. H. Buckwalter, one of the best known photographers and biograph men of the state, will open an engagement at the Trocadero. The moving pictures are the same ones that have been shown in Denver at City park and have attracted so much attention. They have also displayed at Cripple Creek.
This will be a notable feature of the season’s entertainment and we feel safe in saying that nearly every man, woman and child in Idaho Springs will astend.Idaho Springs Siftings, Idaho, samedi 12 juillet 1902, p. 18.

GREATEST FIRE RUN EVER THROWN ON A SCREEN
Denver Department Coming Up Seventeenth Street Is Shown nt the City Park.
The new moving pictures of the Seventeenth street run of the Denver fire department is the most wonderful piece of motion photography that has ever been shown on the screen. That was the unanimous verdict of the immense crowd at City park last night when the new picture was shown for the first time. With most remarkable fidelity everything was caught by the camera. The people on the street appear more than life size, and the rushing apparatus is so plain every fireman can easily be recognized. From start to finish the whole affair was caught without a hitch or tremor, and when it was shown with the clang of big bells and striking of fire gongs the audience was aroused to a very high pitch of enthusiasm.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, mardi 22 juillet 1902, p. 3.

PUEBLO GIRL DISCOVERS HERSELF IN PICTURE
Miss Cora Page. a prominent young woman of Pueblo, suddenly found herself famous while watching the moving pictures out at City park on Saturday night. She was standing with some friends of this city along with the vast crowd, when suddenly there was flashed on the canvas a view of a “Colorado Girl” picking wild flowers on the mountain side.
“Why. that’s my picture," she said, half startled and announcing the fact before she had time to think. An explanation was forthcoming. and she told how, some two years ago, she was up one of the canons gathering flowers, when a photographer came along and asked to get a snapshot. She said she had no objection, and posed for the space of a half second, the photographer passing on and the incident leaving her mind. On Saturday night the picture was flashed on the white canvas, and when her friends looked closely they saw an excellent likeness of the Pueblo young woman. The picture w'ill probably be shown throughout the United States.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, mardi 22 juillet 1902, p. 14.

SAW HERSELF AS OTHERS SEE HER
There is a well known young school teacher in Pueblo who had a unique experience, according to the Denver Republican of yesterday, which contained the following item:
Miss Cora Page, a handsome young woman of Pueblo, went with her escort last night to the City park to see the moving pictures and views of mountain scenery. She was strangely startled by seeing her own likeness thrown upon the screen. It appears that Miss Page some two years ago was visiting in the mountains about Manitou. One day she was doing a little mountain climbing, when she was met by a young man with a camera, and he asked her if he could take her picture. She told him to snap away. She had no idea at the ‘ ti m c that she would ever see the picture. and it was a great surprise to , "hen she saw her own likeness thrown on the canvas.The Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo, mercredi 23 juillet 1902, p. 4.

Free Band Concert and Moving Pictures.
The New's pictures will be shown, and Satriano's City Park band will play, at the following parks during this week:
Monday  night..................................Platt park, South Denver
Tuesday night..................................Lincoln park
Wednesday night............................Platt park, South Denver
Thursday night................................Lincoln park
Residents in the vinicity of Lincoln park and Platt park thus will have a chance to hear the City Park band and see The New's biograph pictures near their homes.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, lundi 28 juillet 1902, p. 1.

FORTY THOUSAND SEE PICTURES AT CITY PARK
The double combination of band and moving pictures was sufficient to draw 40.000 persons to City park last night. It was the largest evening crowd ever at the park, and not a single hitch or accident marred the pleasure of the performance. The band appeared to much better advantage than in the tent on Broadway, and the musical effects were most satisfactorily rendered. The motion pictures were better than ever before, the disagreeable flicker sometimes noticeable being entirely eliminated. Special wires were run for the electrical machinery, which also added to the brilliancy of the pictures, making them plainly visible even to the outskirts of the crowd. To-night there will be an entire change of programme, many new pictures being included. Wednesday evening both programmes will be arranged for the benefit of children. The music will begin at 8 o'clock and the pictures half an hour later. The picture programme will be divided. the first half ending at 9 o'clock, and Including the special views and comics of interest to the little folks.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, lundi 28 juillet 1902, p. 6.

PICTURES AT THE PARK.
At the City park to-night only the programme of the moving picture exhibition will include the "Prodigal Son," modernized, and "The Sign of the Cross." To-morrow night and all week Aladdin’s wonderful lamp will be presented. There will be no intermissions, the show starting at 8:45 and continuing without interruption until 9:20.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, dimanche 3 août 1902, p. 11.

SOME SPLENDID NEW PICTURES AT THE PARK
Nash and Buckwalter Catch a Gem at Colorado Springs and Another at Manitou.
Another change has been announced for the moving picture exhibition at City park. Hereafter the programme will be entirely new, beginning Sunday nights. Last night there was a complete change and the new subjects included several of exceptional interest to Colorado people and visitors in the city. In a few days another thrilling fire run will be added. Saturday Messrs. Nash and Buckwalter went to Colorado Springs, where, from the back platform of a street car, a complete panorama was secured of Pike’s Peak and Cascade avenues. The feature had been announced in advance so an immense throng filled the streets. Just as the car was stopped for the finish the Springs fire department made a hurry-up run across the picture and great excitement resulted. Fire and steam were flying from the engines and men and horses were unusually interested in adding action to the scene. Later in the day another picture was made of the immense electric street sprinklers throwing streams of water 100 feet each side of the tracks. Several new pictures were also made of the lower terminals of the Cog road at Manitou, and these will be shown at City park as soon as finished.
Following is the programme of pictures which will be given during the present week:
Part first—-
“ When Christmas Comes Again.”
“ Inspection Day for the Boys in Blue ”
“Papinta and Her Wonderful Dances.”
“Panorama of Capetown, South Africa.”
“Behind the Scenes at the Circus.”
“Hanley Regatta—Oxford Wins.”
" The Old Maid's Wooing.”
“ Union Stock Yards at Chicago.”
“Drove of Cattle at the Stock Yards.”
“How a Divorce Was Prevented.”
Part second—-
" Departure of Trains from Cog Road Station, Manitou.”
“The Original Pillow Fight.”
“Love in a Hammock.”
“One Man Orchestra -Mysterious.”
“Diving Horses.”
“Captain Nisson Going Through the Whirlpool Rapids.”
"Dancing Skeleton.”
“Ziska the Great, in the Latest Illusion—La Chimera.”
“The Twentieth Century Tramp.”The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, lundi 11 août 1902, p. 16.

PASSION PLAY WILL BE SHOWN AT PARK
H. H. Buckwalter yesterday received a set of genuine moving picture films of the Oberammergau passion play, in which the life, passion, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ are tersely told in pictorial manner. These pictures will be shown at City park, beginning to-night.The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, dimanche 31 août 1902, p. 10.

Le polyscope projette des vues animées en août :

"ALADDIN AND HIS LAMP"
Arabian Nights Tale to Be Illustrated by Moving Pictures.
The moving picture programme at City park last night was a decided surprise to the large crowd present. Nearly every picture shown was new, and two long features were roundly applauded. “The Sign of the Cross.” a film of deep religious interest, was given, as well as “The Prodigal Son," a modernized version of the old story. In places this film dealt quite liberally with the modern temptations thrown in the path of the young men of the present time. To-night the feature picture will be “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp," a film imported from France, where the play was rehearsed for six months before the picture was made.
H. H. Buckwalter yesterday arranged with W. N. Selig of Chicago to assist in getting the moving pictures of the Elks at Salt Lake next week. Mr. Selig and Thomas Nash will each have taking machines. and as soon as the films are finished they will be shown in Denver and Colorado Springs by Mr. Buckwalter.

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The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, lundi 4 août 1902, p. 5.