Motography (Apr-Dec 1911)

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April, 1911. MOTOGRAPHY 57 It is to have a stage 35 feet wide and 25 feet deep, and will have a seating capacity of 2,200. It will be completed about June 1. Moving pictures and vaudeville will be presented and the managers are considering the organization of a stock company. The combination of pictures with stock will be something new in amusement in St. Louis. A deal has been consummated whereby the Crawford-Talbot Amusement Company of St. Louis has leased the northwest corner of Sixth and Walnut streets, on which it will erect a building a portion of which will be devoted to a moving picture and vaudeville theater. E. H. Pipe, head of the syndicate which operates the Delmar Airdome and Theater at Delmar avenue and Aubert avenues, St. Louis, has an option to lease the southeast corner of Olive and Sarah streets, with the intention of establishing thereon a theater and airdome at a cost of $50,000. The Hamilton Amusement Company, of St. Louis, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $40,000. The directors are B. E. W. Ruler and Louis Silgerstein. The Empress Amusement Company, of St. Louis, which operates the Empress Airdome at Olive street and Grand avenue, has purchased 80 feet just west of its present site and will immediately begin the erection of a moving picture house at a cost of $40,000. The company was recently incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000. The incorporators are Joseph E. Sippey, H. R. Fisher, C. P. Helb, N. F. Helb and W J. Kiely. The Bee is the name of a "busy" moving picture house recently opened at Trenton. The Mystic Theater Company has been incorporated at Webb City with a capital stock of $2,000 and the directors are Nora Wineland, Benjamin Aylor and C. A. Gordon. >i MONTANA. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the secretary of state for the Industrial Motion Picture Company of Anaconda. The incorporators are R. S. Mentrum, Morgan Johnson, T. P. Stewart, W C. Parker. A number of other local people are associated with them in the enterprise, which is planned to picture the industrial life of Montana in its various phases. Messrs. Alexander and Linton, managers of the Star theater at Billings, will spend $1,500 in improving and enlarging their theater. The success of the Star has been phenomenal. By hard work and careful attention to the taste of their patrons, the managers have so increased their patronage that this step has become necessary. NEBRASKA. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Denney, formerly of Herington, Kans., will conduct a moving picture theater in the Nelson Opera House at Chadron. The Foss moving picture theater at Sidney has been purchased by M. D. Tinsman. The old Fifth street opera house at Fremont has been purchased by Messrs. Francis and Peters, owners of the Lyric, who will convert it into an up-to-date vaudeville and moving picture theater, which will have a seating capacity of about 800. NEW HAMPSHIRE. The Edisonia is the name of a new moving picture house opened at Plymouth under the management of Frank L. Woods. NEW JERSEY. Plans have been prepared for a moving picture theater to be erected at 106 Second street, Passaic, by Harry Hecht at a cost of $12,000. Contract has been awarded for the erection of a moving picture theater at 65 Belleville avenue, Newark for O. J. Aaron. The house will seat about 300. The Majestic theater was recently opened at Bridgeton. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the AsherBlack Vaudeville-Moving Picture Corporation by F. R. Hassell of Philadelphia and G. H. R. Mlartin and S. O. Seymour of Camden. Capital stock $500,000. NEW YORK. Plans have been filed for a new theater to be erected at DeKalb avenue and Broadway, Brooklyn. It will be known as the DeKalb and will be devoted to moving pictures and highclass vaudeville. The house will have a capacity of 2,500. T. A. Clark is the owner. Work will begin in the near future. The Alhambra moving picture theater of Utica will be enlarged, increasing its capacity to 1,000. Plans have been filed by George A. Boehm, architect, for a moving picture theater to be erected at Delancey and Suffolk streets, New York City, for Ellen G. Gilbert at a cost of $40,000. A new moving picture and vaudeville theater will be erected at Utica by Harris Lumberg of Niagara Falls. I. Rosenberg, 131 DeKalb avenue, Brooklyn, will open a moving picture theater at 172 Flatbush avenue. A moving picture theater will be erected at Genesee and Nevada streets, Buffalo, by Barney Vowinkel at a cost of $6,000. H. Markovitz will construct an open air moving picture theater on the roof of Colonial Hall, Columbia avenue and 101st street, New York City. The Palace, a moving picture theater has been opened at 14 Main street, Yonkers, by Alfred E. Hamilton. The house has a capacity of 300. The Washington theater, owned by Charles Caromont, Jamaica, L. I., has been thoroughly overhauled and reopened to the public under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Froelich. The Gem moving picture theater of Little Falls, formerly owned by Messrs. Readon and Shultz, has been purchased by Messrs. Hatch and Carey. NORTH CAROLINA. John M. McCall of Charlotte, will open a moving picture theater at Greensboro. Otto Haas, proprietor of Theater No. 1 and Theater No. 2, Charlotte, has leased the property at. 12 North Tryon street, that city and will convert the same into an artistic, up-to-date moving picture theater. OHIO. The Opera House Company of Columbiana has been incorporated with a capital stock of $2,000 by J. R. Jeffreys and others. The Orpheum, a vaudeville and moving picture theater of Van Wert has been purchased by A. J. Harriett. The New Victory of Findlay, has been reopened to the public after undergoing extensive improvements which have enlarged its capacity and made it one of the most attractive moving picture theaters in the state. William Gebhart, proprietor of the Grand moving picture theater, West Main street, Ashland, has been making extensive improvements, which has added greatly to its appearance and has also enlarged its capacity. H. E. Vestal, who operates a moving picture theater in Lima and one in Ada, recently purchased the Lyric theater, on South Main street, Urbana, and will continue to operate the same. The Luna theater, Marion, formerly operated by T. J. Powers, has been purchased by C. A. Cavall of Tiffin, who will continue to operate it under the same name. The Empire theater, Lima's new moving picture house, was recently opened to the public by Messrs. H. B. Hoffman and H. B. Spencer. The decorations and equipment are elaborate in every detail and have been installed without regard to expense. There is a seating capacity of 300, fitted with opera chairs, and the floor inclines sufficiently to provide a clear view from any point in the house. On the opening night all patrons were presented with a bouquet of flowers. G. M. Hite, of Dowling, has leased the Old Royal theater of Defiance and will convert the same into a first-class moving picture house. s The new building being erected at Euclid avenue and East Fifty-fifth street, Cleveland, has been leased by the Penn Square Amusement Company, who will open it as a moving picture and vaudeville house, about May 15th. The Mark-Brock theatrical syndicate of Buffalo has taken a 10-year lease on-^the Coliseum, Ashland avenue and Bancroft, Toledo, and will convert the same into a moving picture theater. The same firm has also secured a site on St. Clair street where they will open a moving picture and novelty theater. Will C. Bettis, formerly manager of the Arcade, will have the management of both houses. The Coliseum is to be the largest moving picture theater in the United States, having a seating capacity of 3,692. It is the intention to operate the Coliseum all through the summer, the interior being arranged in the form of a palm garden for the hot weather. The Palace Theater of Steubenville has been enlarged to meet the demands of its patrons. Messrs. Mahon and Jackson, of Cincinnati, are planning to open a moving picture theater at Middletown. Wm. Seeley will erect an open-air theater at the corner of Williams and Third streets, Dayton, work to begin about May 1. A moving picture theater will be opened at Wooster by C. H. Lilley. The Doan Amusement Company contemplates the erection of a moving picture theater on St. Clair street, Cleveland, at a cost of $10,000.