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Motion picture theatres in the United States
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15,000
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Seating capacity (one show)
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7,605,000
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Average weekly attendance at picture theatres
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50,000,000
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Admissions paid annually
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$520,000,000
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The average number of reels used for one performance
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8
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Average number of seats in picture theatres
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507
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Number of persons employed in picture theatres
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105,000
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Persons employed in picture production
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50,000
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Permanent employees in all branches of picture industry
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300,000
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Investment in motion picture industry
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$1,250,000,000
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Approximate cost of pictures produced annually
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$200,000,000
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Salaries and wages paid annually at studios in production
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$75,000,000
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Cost of costumes, scenery, and other materials and supplies used in production annually
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$50,000,000
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Average number of feature films produced annually
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700
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Average number of short reel subjects, excluding news reels, annually
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1,500
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Taxable motion picture property in the United States
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$720,000,000
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Percentage of pictures made in California (1922)
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84%
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Percentage of pictures made in New York (1922)
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12%
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Percentage of pictures made elsewhere in United States (1922)
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4%
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Foreign made pictures sent here for sale (1992)
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425
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Foreign made pictures sold and released for exhibition
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6
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Theatres running six to seven days per week
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9,000
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Theatres running four to five days per week
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1,500
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Theatres running one to three days per week
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4,500
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Lineal feet of film exported in 1921
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140,000,000
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Lineal feet of film exported in 1913
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32,000,000
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Percentage of American films used in foreign countries
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90
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Film footage used each week by news reels
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1,400,000
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Combined circulation of news reels weekly
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40,000,000
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Number of theatres using news reels weekly
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11,000
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Amount spent annually by producers and exhibitors in newspaper and magazine advertising
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$5,000,000
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Amount spent annually by producers in photos, cuts, slides, and other accessories
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$2,000,000
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Amount spent annually by producers in lithographs
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$2,000,000
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Amount spent annually by producers in printing and engraving
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$3,000,000
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Hospitals and charitable institutions in U. S. equipped for showing motion pictures, Jan. 1, 1923
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7,000
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The number of schools and churches in U. S. equipped for showing motion pictures, Jan. 1, 1923, almost equals the number of theatres.
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Practically every State and Federal Penitentiary, Penal Institution and House of Detention in the U. S. shows motion pictures regularly to their inmates.
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