Appendix B
Kleine Optical Company Accounts
(Figures Rounded Off To the Nearest Dollar) | ||||||
Films and Merchandise Purchased from Edison Mfg. Co. from 1899 to 1904 | ||||||
1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | |
January | 428 | 2703 | 1735 | 3889 | 2732 | |
February | 743 | 2959 | 2193 | 1242 | ||
March | 600 | 1303 | 1757 | 1255 | 2089 | |
April | 385 | 1973 | 1238 | 3188 | 1983 | |
May | 366 | 1610 | 911 | 2039 | 3318 | |
June | 40 | 342 | 1018 | 1937 | 3291 | 3001 |
July | 29 | 262 | 1021 | 1745 | 3410 | 2295 |
August | 247 | 980 | 1763 | 1375 | 2677 | 391 |
September | 113 | 836 | 4338 | 3397 | 4012 | |
October | 290 | 1633 | 7350 | 4855 | 3608 | 1650 |
November | 347 | 4343 | 3509 | 4432 | 1252 | |
December | 170 | 1307 | 4106 | 697 | 5977 | 671 |
Year total | 890 | 7,451 | 32,272 | 26,114 | 38,974 | 20,673 |
Purchases from: | |||||
Vitagraph Co. | Pathé | Méliès | Biograph | ||
1904 | |||||
June | 1269 | ||||
July | |||||
August | |||||
September | |||||
October | 2903 | 62 | 3196 | ||
November | 708 | 418 | 2545 | ||
December | 1338 | 139 | 2714 | ||
Year total | 6218 | 619 | 8456 | ||
1905 | |||||
January | 254 | 1685 | |||
February | 897 | 71 | 983 | ||
March | 1556 | 267 | 2425 | ||
April | 1544 | 52 | 1598 | ||
May | 1732 | 642 | 2226 | ||
June | 2350 | 547 | 934 | ||
July | 5292 | 573 | 1294 | ||
August | 2345 | 1007 | 1916 | ||
September | 290 | 3635 | 1200 | 3802 | |
October | 1771 | 1245 | 258 | 2062 | |
Purchases from: | |||||
Vitagraph Co. | Pathé | Mélliès | Biograph | ||
1905 (continued ) | |||||
November | 1688 | 1168 | 405 | 1554 | |
December | 1512 | 2022 | 2080 | 1238 | |
Year total | 5,260 | 23,786 | 7,101 | 21,716 | |
1906 | |||||
January | 1365 | 3087 | 237 | 1222 | |
February | 2197 | 1881 | 242 | 1950 | |
March | 2754 | 2658 | 509 | 1409 | |
April | 2497 | 5392 | 153 | 1677 | |
May | 6862 | 4303 | 745 | 2176 | |
June | 4071 | 2591 | 658 | 2889 | |
July | 3619 | 2677 | 298 | 1605 | |
August | 2213 | 1566 | 217 | 1531 | |
September | 3587 | 2426 | 244 | 1611 | |
October | 3139 | 4799 | 1191 | 1652 | |
November | 2216 | 7890 | 1156 | 845 | |
December | 1138 | 7754 | 1455 | 861 | |
Year total | 35,657 | 47,024 | 7,106 | 19,427 | |
1907 | |||||
January | 2858 | 6807 | 141 | 1164 | |
February | 1756 | 5414 | 1627 | 831 | |
March | 1934 | 9455 | 914 | 1573 | |
April | 3038 | 10422 | 1364 | 1215 | |
May | 3499 | 11007 | 850 | 2184 | |
June | 3665 | 10358 | 3218 | 1102 | |
July | 3492 | 8525 | 1458 | 436 | |
August | 2605 | 8188 | 456 | 394 | |
September | 1918 | 10082 | 653 | 639 | |
October | 4028 | 7613 | 1629 | 755 | |
November | 2343 | 757 | 836 | 629 | |
December | 1770 | 468 | 313 | 837 | |
32,906 | 89,096 | 13,462 | 11,758 | ||
SOURCE : George Kleine Collection, DLC. These figures are not always mutually consistent, and discrepancies (some explainable, some not) have not been adjusted for in this table. In addition, the following sums were paid to various film manufacturers during 1907: | |||||
Vitagraph Company of America | $30,398 | ||||
Pathé Fréres | 82,040 | ||||
Kalem Co. (8 months) | 52,548 | ||||
S. Lubin | 1,287 | ||||
Selig Polyscope Co. | 7,369 | ||||
Essanay Co. (5 months) | 3,451 | ||||
Geo. Méliès | 14,987 | ||||
Edison Manufacturing Co. | 23,023 | ||||
Italian Cinès (2 months) | 1,702 | ||||
From February 1, 1907, to February 1, 1908, Kleine paid $530,280 for imported films for its exclusive agencies. | |||||