Motography (Apr-Dec 1911)

56 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. V, No. 4: ater in that city about May 1. They state no expense will be spared to make the place one of the best in the city. The capacity will be 350. The Jewel theater of Waterloo, which was recently damaged by fire has been reopened to the public after being refitted and refurnished. A new building, a portion of which will be devoted to a moving picture and vaudeville theater, will be erected on Nebraska street, between Third and Fourth, Sioux City, by Herman Kleeblatt. IOWA. The Gem is the name of a new moving picture theater to be opened at Plattsville in the very near future, by A. E. Long. The capacity of the house will be 400. KANSAS. The Elite is a recent addition to the moving picture houses of Belleville, having been opened by J. E. Lintt. The Royal is the name chosen for the new moving picture and vaudeville theater recently opened at Atchison, by Lee Gunnison. The purchaser of the first ticket on the opening evening was awarded a prize of $1.00. The house has a capacity of 325 and the admission price is ten cents. It has excellent ventilation and is well protected against fire. KENTUCKY. A moving picture theater having a frontage of 160 feet .on Walnut street, between Fifth and Center, Louisville, will be erected by the Underwriter's Realty Company, which will cost over $10,000. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Southern Amusement Company of Louisville with a capital stock of $15,000. It is the purpose of the company to present moving pictures and vaudeville. The directors of the company are as follows: James H. Porter, B. M. McDevitt, William J. Connelly. J. Thomas Ward has assumed the management of the Avenue theater of Louisville. It is Mr. Ward's purpose to fit the theater with all of the latest improved cooling devices and run vaudeville and moving pictures throughout the summer. LOUISIANA. L. P. Delcroix and V. H. Frederick will erect an electric theater at Covington. The Crystal is the name of a new moving picture theater opened at 32 Ryan street, Lake Charles, by J. C. Christopher, who has had wide experience in this business. MAINE. The "Nightmare" is the name chosen for a moving picture theater to be opened at Limestone in the near future. Convention Hall, Portland, is being converted into a moving picture theater which will have a seating capacity of 1,500 and no expense will be spared to make it one of the best in that section. MARYLAND. A moving picture theater will be erected at 1360 West North avenue, Baltimore. The West End Amusement Company has awarded a contract for the erection of a moving picture theater at 1603 West Baltimore street, Baltimore, which will cost about $20,000. A building will be erected at 911 36th street, Hampden, by Charles A. Hicks, a portion of which will be occupied by a moving picture theater. MICHIGAN. After spending several months in Chicago, A. E. Atkinson has returned to Escanaba and has purchased the Lyric movingpicture theater originally opened by him. A new moving picture theater will be erected at Hancock which will be occupied by Ben Gettleman, proprietor of the Sa"voy, when it is completed. Messrs. Slagh and Smith, who operated the Ideal theater at Holland have sold that house to E. J. McBride and have opened the Knickerbocker theater recently erected there. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state by the Detroit Improved Film Company with a capital stock of $10,000. D. E. Rice, proprietor of the Rice moving picture and vaudeville theaters of northern Michigan, and associates, have taken a long term lease on a new theater to be erected in Hancock during the summer by W. H. Mason, and will open an up-to-date vaudeville house about August 1. Mr. Rice is proprietor of the Grand, a vaudeville house at Calumet, the Lyric moving picture theater at Larium and two theaters at Ishpeming and Negaunee. It is stated that Mr. Rice's theaters will all gradually be turned into vaudeville houses. MINNESOTA. The Red River Lumber Company, 2929 Hennepin avenue, Minneapolis, will erect a moving picture theater in that city. The Grand is a new moving picture theater to be opened at Thief River Falls. That moving picture theaters are rapidly gaining in popularity and increasing in numbers in Minneapolis, is evidenced •by the fact that during one week recently there were twenty-one applications for licenses for these houses. Some were for renewal of licenses previously issued, but many for new places. J. Barlow of the Star theater at Bovey will open a new house in Coleraine. The Iris is the name chosen by Manager Chamberlain for his popular new moving picture theater recently opened at Wabasha. "Iris" is the name of a native flower found in the lowlands of that section and was chosen by Mr. Chamberlain on account of its lasting qualties, from which we infer that it is his determination to make a success of his undertaking. Although there were some 1,300 names submitted by patrons, no one guessed the correct name. The Oriental is the name of a new moving picture theater opened at Aiken by Frank Carlson. MISSISSIPPI. The Fichtenburg Amusement picture play circuit, with headquarters in New Orleans, has leased the Ferry building, Washington and South streets, Vicksburg, for a period of ten years and will remodel it into one of the most up-to-date moving picture houses in that section of the South. MISSOURI. Eddie McDade, proprietor of the Lyric theater, Cape Girardeau, will erect an airdome in that place which will be known as the Hippodrome. The program will consist of moving pictures and vaudeville. The airdome will be graded into a natural amphitheater and it is hoped to have it ready for opening the latter part of April. The Star is the name of a high-class moving picture and vaudeville theaterto be opened at Carrollton, by G. N. Kelly and S. Waterson. No effort or expense have been spared to make their venture a success and one that will merit the approval of the public. M. Flynn, of St. Louis, has opened a moving picture theater in the Yancey building, Brookfield. C. R. Spore, manager of the Bee theater at Trenton, contemplates establishing a moving picture circuit east of Trenton, which will include Gait, Milan, Humphreys and Gilman. Messrs. R. A. Kirby and Albert Burch are now sole proprietors of the Gem theater of Monroe City, having purchased the interest of their partner, S. T. Pollard. The Gem is one' of the best equipped motion picture theaters to be found in that section and as Messrs. Kirby and Burch have had wide experience their success is assured. The Vaudeville Theater Company has been granted permission to erect a theater at 4207 Manchester avenue, St. Louis, the same being one of the Crawford group of picture theaters. The New Star, a high-grade moving picture house, has been opened at MfTan. A moving picture theater will be opened in the Monnig building, Jefferson City, by Messrs. Hy. Lartonoix and Frank and Cletus Zube'r, who will conduct a first-class house. The Ozark Opera House, Ozark, has just been completed at a cost of $10,000 and opened to the public. The house will be used by operas and moving picture entertainments. The Casabianca Amusement Company has secured a permit to erect a moving picture theater at 2626 Olive street, St. Louis, at a cost of $30,000, which will have a seating capacity of about 1,500. The opera house at Clarksville has been giving a moving picture program three nights in the week, which have been well patronized. The Crystal Theater company of Marysville will erect an airdome which will have a seating capacity of 2,500. Moving pictures will beincluded in the program. The Vaudeville Theater Construction Company, of St. Louis, has transferred to the Gravois Theater Company the moving picture theater recently erected on Jefferson avenue, betwen Gravois avenue and Lynch street for $33,000. Messrs. Duggan and Huff have prepared plans for a theater to be erected at the northwest corner of Manchester and Arco avenues, St. Louis, by the Magnet Amusement Company, which will cost $65,000. It will be the first moving picture house in that section of the city. The building will be of brick, steel and concrete, making it entirely fireproof. The front is to be of gray brick, with white glazed terra cotta trimmings and a copper roof.