The Film Market stock certificate c1918 (New York) 

Early motion picture producer. Nice vignette of the New York state seal at the top framed in an ornate circular frame. Unissued and not cancelled. Dated 19__. Circa 1918 from issued examples. Measuring approximately 12.5 x 8.5 inches. 

Robert W. Priest organized The Film Market, Inc. in 1918 and handled productions for independent motion picture makers. Priest had become well known in the motion picture industry in 1913-1918 through his activity, enterprise, and energy in the exploitation and in the purchase of special feature productions.

This corporation was designed to furnish a reliable and financially responsible channel through which independent producers may market their productions to ensure they will be efficiently exploited. The company provided a medium for the purchase of pictures by buyers for all  territories throughout the world, putting them in touch with all available features that are to be had, thereby bringing independent producers and American and foreign buyers in contact under conditions of the fullest advantage to both.

Mr. Priest, who was a theatrical manager of many years' experience, began his connection with the moving picture industry as manager for the Gaumont Company and Lee Shubert in 1913, exploiting the Captain Scott South Pole Pictures.

Afterwards, he had been constantly engaged in exploiting various subjects for the principal producing and distributing companies. From the time he started in the business, Mr. Priest has kept a detailed record of his work, that covered 700 typewritten pages and afforded an answer to almost every problem of producing and marketing, enables Mr. Priest to peak with authority.

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