Year book of motion pictures (1925)

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B. F. Keith: Keith's, Boston and Keith's Bijou Dream; Keith's at Lowell. See New York. Elm Amusement Co. : Margnet ; Opera House at Milrod; Marlboro at Marlboro; Sharkey's, North Attleboro, Orpheum, Canton. Empire Circuit: 13 houses, operated by Joseph Lawren, N. Y. City. Marcus Loew : Loew's Orpheum, Loew's Globe, Loew's Columbia, and Loew's State. See New New England Theaters, 142 Berkeley St.— See Famous Players-Lasky list of theaters. Ernest H. Hortsmann: Olympia, Worcester; Princess and Wakefield, Wakefield; Park and Lyric, Middleboro; Olympia, Reading; Webster, Franklin, N. H. Lourie Circuit: Modern-Beacon, Boston; Dudley, Criterion, Shawmut, Roxbury; Jamaica, Jamaica Plain; Morton St., Boston (new theater being completed, leased by Lourie.) N. H Gordon Circuit: Wash. Olympia, Scollay Sq.,' Boston; Capitol, Allston, Allston ; Strand, Field's Corner, Codman Sq., Dorchester; Central Sq., Cambridge; Harvard, No. Cambridge; Union Sq., Somerville; North Shore, Olympia, Gloucester; Empire, Federal, Salem, Salem; Olympia, Lynn; Olympia, Chelsea; Colonial, Haverhill; Opera House, Newton; Olympia, New Bedford; Gordon's, Rialto, City, Strand, Brockton; Park, Olympia, Family, Worcester; Princess, Wakefield, Wakefield; Park, Middleboro. James A. Tuck: Building here, one in Everett, one in Hartford, and plans several more in Maine. William P. Gray (Maine & New Hampshire Theaters Co.) : About 76 houses throughout New England. Fall River— John C. Bills: Empire, Rialto, Academy of Music, Bijou, Fall River; Central Sq., Waltham. Framingham— George Giles: St. George, Gorman's; Gardner and Orpheum, Gardner. Holyoke — 'George Hammond: Suffolk, Holyoke; Bijou, Springfield. . Mr. Radcliffe: Suffolk, Holyoke; Bijou, Springfield. Lynn — Moe Mark : Strand and Comique ; Strand and Crystal at Worcester. See New York. E. M. Loew: Operates houses in Lynn, Haverhill and New Bedford. Maiden — Ramsdell Bros.: Orpheum, Larcom and Ware, Beverly, Mass. E. M. Lowe Circuit: Day St., Somerville; Dreamland, Capital, Lynn; Rialto, Lowell, Majestic, Fitchburg; Strand, Gloucester; Dorchester, Dorchester. Marlboro — Levenson Circuit: Marlboro, Marlboro; Opera House, Milford; Opera House, Danvers; Elm, No. Attleboro. New Bedford — Allen-Charette, Inc. : Capital, Allen's, Casino, Colonial, Comique and Orpheum, State, New Bedford; Princess, Fairhaven ; American, Fairhaven. Newburyport — Boas Circuit : Strand, Premier Newburyport; Strand, Amesbury; Strand, Waverly ; Empire, Whitman ; Liberty, Dorchester ; Palace, Boston ; Woburn, Woburn. Northbridge — Walker Circuit: Walker's Hall; Town Hall, Uxbridge; Prospect, Whitinsville ; Jacques Hall, Farnumsville ; Hall, Linwood. Salem — Koen Bros.: Plaza, Olympia, Everett. Somerville— R. W. Brown : Union Square, Olympia, Somerville; Opera House, Newton; Olympia, Everett. (Brown no longer controls this circuit.) iSpringfield — Goldstein Circuit : Broadway, State Springfield; Strand, Victory, Holyoke, Holyoke; Calvin, Plaza, Northampton; Strand, Palmer; Bijou, Casino, Ware; Strand, Westfield; Palace, Colonial, Pittsfield. Wm. Fox: Fox's. See New York. Taunton — 'James Donovan : Park, Casino. Wareham — E. C. Warr : Warr, Wareham ; Colonial, Onset. Webster — Steinberg Circuit : Steinberg's and Music Hall; Opera House, Athol. Wichendon — Carter's Circuit : Monadnock Monadnock; Try, N. H. Worcester— S. 7.. Foli : Poli's, Palace and Grand; Poli's and Palace, Springfield. Princess Theater Co. : Olympia, Worcester ; Princess, Wakefield, Wakefield; Park, Middleboro. Michigan Alpena — Fitzpatrick & McElroy: For entire chain see Chicago, 111. Adrian — Angel and Codd : Croswell, Adrian, Strand, Riviera, Niles, Lincoln, Owosso. Elwyn M. Simons: Family, New Family, Ann Harbor — J. F. Wuerth: Wuerth, Orpheum, Ann Aarbor ; Wuerth, Ypsilanti. Bad Axe — C. H. Schuckert : Opera House, Bad Axe, Rex, Vassar, Star, Kinde, Temple, Caro. Battle Creek — Lipp and Cross: Regent, Post, Garden, Strand, Rex, Battle Creek. Bay City — William Watson : Columbus, Regent, Wenonah, Washington, State, building another, Bay City. Bessemer — D. J. Kulaszequez : Rex, Liberty, Strand. Detroit — Bijou Theatrical Enterprise Co., 404 Jos. Mack Bldg. : Majestic, Arcade, Ann Arbor ; Bijou, Arcade, Battle Creek; Orpheum, Bay City; Garden, Regent, Palace, Flint ; Regent, Orpheum, Family, Ionia, Capitol, Majestic Regent, Kalamazoo, Colonial, Strand Lansing, Desmond, Majestic Family, Port Huron ; Strand, Regent, Franklin, Wolverine, Saginaw. Sam Brown: Acme, Astor, Academie, Buchanan, GrandWoodward, building another, Detroit. Woodward 2, Woodward 1, Carden, Ferndale, Republic, Olympic, Detroit. Cohen Bros. : Colonial, Coliseum, Rex, Grand Victory, Globe, Detroit. Joe Cosco, Stratford, Harper, Jefferson, Detroit. Jaffe Bros. ; Odeon, Mt. Elliott, Detroit. J. Kazinski : Farnum, Park, Detroit. Geo. F. Koppin Amusement Co., 306 Breitmeyer Bldg. : Koppin, Rosebud, La Salle, Comique. Woodward 2, Woodward 1, Garden, Ferndale, Republic, Olympic, Detroit. John L. Kunsky, Inc., Madison Theater Bldg. : Alhambra, Strand, Capitol, Adams, Madison, Columbia, State, building another, Detroit. J. Leasia, Amo, Jewell, Detroit. London Bros. : Ritz, Gladwin, Park, Detroit. Charles Miles Amusement Co. : Orpheum, Miles, Regent, Ferry Field, Detroit. A. J. Petersmarck, Baker, Bluebird, Detroit. J. C. Ritter, Rialto, Rivola, Boulevard, Detroit. Cinerella Theater Corp. : Cinerella, De Luxe, Parkview, Detroit Wm. Schulte: Clay, Oakland, Detroit; Majestic, Richmond. R. Stubbs: New Home, Iris, Detroit. Frank Wetsam : Castle, Hippodrome, Linwood, La Salle, Detroit. Bert. R. Williams, Palace Theater Bldg. : Palace, La Salle Gardens, Tuxedo, Riviera, Detroit. Woodward Theater Co., Breitmeyer Bldg.: Republic, Ambassador, Detroit. Homestead Theater Co. : Detroit, Homestead. Manhattan, Crown, to build three more. Dowagiac — Larkin Theater Co. : Century, Beckwith, here ; building in Sturgis. Escanaba — Delft Amuse. Co. : Strand, Delft, Escanaba; Delft, Marquette; Delft, Munising. Ferndale — Kimmel Bros. : Ferndale, Royal, Royal Oak, Berkley, Berkley. Flint — Butterfield Circuit : Arcade, Majestic, Ann Arbor ; Regent, Palace, Garden, Flint ; Jeffries Strand, Regent, Franklin, Wolverine, Saginaw; Regent, Family, Ionia; Orpheum, Bay City; Family, Majestic, Desmond, Battle Creek, Bijou, Port Huron ; Capitol, Regent, Majestic, Kalamazoo; Strand, Colonial, Lansing; Desmond, Majestic, Family, Port Huron ; Franklin, Wolverine, Saginaw ; Capitol, Ft. Wayne, Ind. A. Eiseman : Richards, Family, White Eagle, Flint. Grand Rapids — Consolidated Theater Co. : Majestic Gardens, Strand, Orpheum Isis, Temple, Grand Rapids. Beccheis, Inc. : Alcazar Theater, Biltmore, Madison, Franklin. Liberty, Lincoln, Crestonettc. Division, Burton Heights, Colonial. Grand Rapids Hancock — Vance Amuse Co. : Hancock, Calu met, Houghton, South Range. 539