Motography (Jan-Jun 1915)

140 M O T O G R A P H Y Vol. XIII, No. 4. The Kinney opera house, Memphis, opened as a moving picture theater December 11. Builders will soon begin work on a fireproof moving picture theater at the southwest corner of Tenth street and Franklin avenue, St. Louis, to seat 1,700 persons. Henry Tielkemeyer will be the proprietor and G. K. Dubis, manager of the theater. The building will have a parquet, balcony and gallery. The lot is 52x107 feet. MONTANA. The Princess theater in Lewiston is closed, but is expected to re-open in a short time. New Year's eve, the new Judith theater, Lewiston, was formally opened. H. Heinecke is manager. NEBRASKA. Wiley Langford has assumed charge of the Auditorium picture show in Auburn, and will produce the highest class of pictures obtainable. The Edison theater at Hastings has changed hands. G. L. Gorman of Grand Island having succeeded Thomas F. Colgan. Mr. Gorman plans to make some improvements. NEW JERSEY. The appointment of a board of control to have supervision over motion picture exhibitions in East Orange, and investing the body with powers similar to those of an excise board, is urged in the first annual report of the Board of Censors of that city, which has been forwarded to Mayor Julian A. Gregory. NEW YORK. Plans have been filed for making over the two three story dwellings at Nos. 266 and 268 East Seventy-eighth street, New York, into. a moving picture theater, at a cost of $7,000, for Frederick Lang. Otto L. Spannhake is the architect. The American Motion Picture Company to erect theater, 48-54 Lafayette street, Utica, estimated cost $75,000. Vaughn Comedy Film Co., Manhattan; $10,000; Julius Timer, 564 West 148th st, N. Y. ; Arthur Vaughan, James J. Fero, N. Y. A new Wurlitzer Motion Picture Orchestra has been installed in the Lyceum theater, 245 W. Fayette street, Syracuse. A theater for children is to be erected on Forty-seventh street, west of Fifth avenue, New York. It is to be known as the Toy theater and will be managed by Peter Newton, who has spent many years devising entertainments for juveniles. The theater will cost $200,000 and will cover a plot of three lots donated by a person interested in the uplift of children's amusements. The money for the construction of the novel playhouse, the first of its kind, has been subscribed. The theater will accommodate 500. Plans for the structure will be filed with the Building Department shortly. The American Motion Picture Company, Inc., has started the erection of a theater on Lafayette street, Utica. OHIO. The United Film Renting Company, Cincinnati, D. K. Holmes and others, $180,000. OHIO. Charles E. Steen, who recently purchased the Lion theater in Defiance, has remodeled the play house and renamed it the Gem. Walter _ M. Carson, proprietor of the Temple theater in Lorain has installed a Wurlitzer motion picture orchestra. OKLAHOMA. J. D. Goodwin of Tulsa and D. C. Kennedy of Okmulgee have taken over the Gaiety theater on Court street, Muskogee. The Mutual program and Keystone comedies will be used with other good productions. The Eagle Film Company of Oklahoma City. Capital stock, $12,000. Incorporators: E. D. Nix, St. Louis; William Tilghman, Oklahoma City, and C. Madsen, Guthrie. PENNSYLVANIA. Federal Amusement Company, Pittsburgh. Capital, $5,000. Incorporators: W. Thomas Kenyon; Reed E. Elton, Walter J. Gripp, Pittsburgh. Picture theater, Broad and Rockland streets, Philadelphia. To Freund-Seidenbach Company, Bulletin building. One-story brick and terra cotta. For Clarence S. Shilcock. Contractors ready for sub-bids in all lines. Albert F. Schenck, architect. A. S. Coppersmith of Altoona has taken charge of the Star theater in Bellwood. Plans have been completed by M. Haupt for alterations and the erection of a one-story addition, 50x150 feet, to the moving picture theater at 4817 North Broad street, Philadelphia, for the Logan Amusement Company. Picture theater, Broad and Rockland streets, Philadelphia, for Clarence S. Shilcock, one-story brick and terra cotta. The Globe theater which recently opened in McKeesport has a seating capacity of 500. It was built at a cost of $15,000 and is owned by Baker & Goris. TENNESSEE. The Lillian motion picture theater, one of the finest theaters in Clarksville, was destroyed by fire. TEXAS. Blinkhorn Photo Plays Corporation of Texas, Dallas; capital stock, $5,000. Incorporators: Seth Shepard, Jr., T. A. Pitman of Dallas, and Albert Binkhorn, F. J. Willis and John C. Trauth of New York. Announcement has been made by Rudolfo Cruz, owner of the Alhambra theater, El Paso, that the Alhambra Theater Company has taken charge of the El Paso Street theater on January 8. The new company will operate the theater as a moving picture house, having taken over the control of the management and building from Mr. Cruz. The Empire picture theater, Houston and St. Mary's streets, San Antonio, was formally opened to the public. The theater is a beautiful structure, seating 1,820 persons. VIRGINIA. Suffolk's new moving picture theater, the Nansemond Fotosho, one of the largest moving picture houses in the state, opened December 31, the initial performances being attended by crowded houses. The new show_ house is attractive, being 140 feet long, and arranged with a view to comfort and convenience of the patrons. Spacious aisles and roomy opera chairs, and an indirect system of lighting, all go to make the Nansemond Fotosho a popular resort. The cozy gallery, for colored patrons, is also furnished with comfortable opera chairs. WEST VIRGINIA. The Dixie motion picture theater in Clarksburg, owned by Edgar Teranus and operated by H. H. Willard was recently destroyed by fire. WISCONSIN. A $20,000 moving picture house seating 900 will be erected at Fortieth street and North avenue, Milwaukee. Architect A. F. Swager is in charge. The ground dimensions will be 55x120. The walls will be of brick and terra cotta. Captain E. S. Pearsall will shortly become proprietor of the Orpheum theater in Eau Claire. Florence Crawford of Mutual Perhaps no film favorite has made greater strides with motion picture audiences during the past year than Florence Crawford, the attractive Griffith-Mutual star. Miss Crawford is strictly an outdoor girl. She is a horsewoman, a crack shot, a swimmer and a tennis player. She was born in Franklin, Crawford county, Pa. Her ancestors settled there more than 200 years ago, and the county took its name from her family's. She is also a descendant of a grandfather who went through the civil war, a greatgrandfather who was a veteran of the Mexican war, and a greatgreatgrand father who fought in the revolution, and this may account for her fearless daring. Miss Crawford received her education in Pittsburgh and New York. Three years ago she called on one of her girl friends at the Mutual New York studios. The visit decided her future, for she received an offer that day to go into pictures and the offer she accepted. For several months she played small parts and then went to the Hollywood studios in Los Angeles to portray important roles. Florence Crawford.