 A new cinema was built on the London Road site, which continued in operation until the 1990s.In February 1909, he visited Paris where he had been once or twice before on business, but this time to represent his Alpha Trading Company at the first international film congress, the "Congrès International des Éditeurs du Film", in order to secure the rights of film producers.In the same year, encouraged by the success of his new cinema in St Albans, he opened in Letchworth a second Picture Palace.