Average number of feature films produced 700 annually Average number of short reel subjects, 1,500 excluding news reels, annually Taxable motion picture property in the $720,000,000 United States Percentage of pictures made in 84% California (1922) Percentage of pictures made in New York 12% (1922) Percentage of pictures made elsewhere in 4% United States (1922) Foreign made pictures sent here for sale 425 (1992) Foreign made pictures sold and released 6 for exhibition Theatres running six to seven days per 9,000 week Theatres running four to five days per 1,500 week Theatres running one to three days per 4,500 week Lineal feet of film exported in 1921 140,000,000 Lineal feet of film exported in 1913 32,000,000 Percentage of American films used in 90 foreign countries Film footage used each week by news 1,400,000 reels Combined circulation of news reels 40,000,000 weekly Number of theatres using news reels 11,000 weekly Amount spent annually by producers and $5,000,000 exhibitors in newspaper and magazine advertising Amount spent annually by producers in $2,000,000 photos, cuts, slides, and other accessories Amount spent annually by producers in $2,000,000 lithographs Amount spent annually by producers in $3,000,000 printing and engraving Hospitals and charitable institutions in 7,000 U. S. equipped for showing motion pictures, Jan. 1, 1923 The number of schools and churches in U. S. equipped for showing motion pictures, Jan. 1, 1923, almost equals the number of theatres. Practically every State and Federal Penitentiary, Penal Institution and House of Detention in the U. S. shows motion pictures regularly to their inmates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPENDIX B THE SCREEN AS A NEW LIFE GIVER TO LITERARY CLASSICS The following quotations are culled from recent reports made by librarians in various parts of the United States: