Jessie Arnold with Universal (1916) 🇺🇸
After an extended tour of Australia, Miss Jessie Arnold has joined the stock company at Universal City and will be seen in a number of notable productions.
Miss Arnold had considerable stage experience with William Collier [William Collier Sr.] and stock companies in various parts of the country before going into pictures.
She has appeared to advantage with various of the larger motion picture companies, and her work attracted the attention of the Universal Film Manufacturing Company which engaged her as soon as she was at liberty.
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General Film Branch News
Larger quarters needed in several localities — some managerial changes.
Notwithstanding that May 1 is the general accepted time for moving, the General Film Company, Inc., by reason of increased business found it advisable to move several of its offices to new and enlarged quarters without waiting for May Day.
Its Boston office will, on Monday, April 24, be transferred to Ferdinand and Isabella streets, where an entire building will be occupied. This structure is said to be one of the most adaptable for film exchanges in the country. Nothing was overlooked in its construction that would add to the expediting of the film business.
E. J. Farrell, formerly division manager of the General Film Company, assumed management of the Boston office Monday, April 10. Mr. Farrell, some time ago, was manager of the Boston office, prior to being transferred to take charge of the southern division. Having completed his work in that territory, he returned to his old post as manager of the Boston branch.
Business conditions in New Haven have assumed such a favorable attitude that the General Film Company has found it necessary to provide many additional films for use in that territory to meet the increasing demand. N. J. Hacking, formerly in charge of the Boston office, assumed management of the New Haven branch Monday, April 10.
The San Francisco office of the General Film Company is now thoroughly settled in new premises, 225 Golden Gate avenue, in a new building which was erected for the sole use of the General Film Company, whose business on the Pacific Coast has grown to such an extent and is still rapidly expanding, that it was necessary to obtain more adequate quarters than those which it previously occupied.
To satisfactorily take care of the requirements of the business in New York State the General Film Company recently took over commodious quarters in Syracuse at 445 South Warren street, from where the majority of theaters in that portion of the State will be looked after, instead of from Albany as heretofore.
The Newark office of the General Film Company, which up until a very short time ago had operated as a distributing branch, has found it necessary to obtain increased space in order to take care of additional business. Exhibitors in New Jersey will be pleased at this new arrangement, as it saves them the necessity of coming to New York for their program.
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General Film Company’s new San Francisco office.
Collection: Moving Picture World, April 1916