[2] Prior to the exchange system, each exhibitor purchased films directly from the filmmakers - a substantial investment.
Manufacturers now had one large customer who practically guaranteed to buy most of their output at higher prices; and they enjoyed an increased market for pictures because exhibitors, paying less for them, could more frequently change their programs…[4]Lewis adds that the variety of program offerings, in turn, stimulated attendance, raising profits for exhibitors.
[5] Widely adopted, the exchange system introduced by the Miles Brothers led to rivals for the lucrative trade.
[7] The film was long thought to have been made in September 1905, after being dated as such by the Library of Congress based on the state of construction of several buildings.
The film was sent to New York City by train the night before the earthquake, which destroyed the Miles Brothers' studio where it had been kept.