Motography (Apr-Dec 1911)

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196 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. VI, No. 4. Among the Picture Theaters PERSONAL NOTES. Leroy T. Goble, formerly manager of publicity for the Kleine Optical Company, Chicago, has resigned to accept a position as advertising manager for the Hazel Pure Food Company. Although Mr. Goble has bettered himself by the change, his many friends in motion picture circles will miss him greatly. Richard R. Nehls, formerly with the Kleine Optical Company, has been appointed manager of the American Film Manufacturing Company, succeeding Aubrey M. Kennedy, resigned. Mr. Nehls is already well known to motion picture men, and his new work gives him a great opportunity. Aubrey M. Kennedy has resigned his position as general manager of the American Film Manufacturing Company, to take charge of interests of more profit and opportunity to himself in the East. Wilbert Melville has resigned as managing director of the Solax Company to acept a position with the Lubin Company. Mr. Melville has established a splendid reputation in his chosen field, and will doubtless find great opportunity in his new work. ROLL OF THE STATES. ALABAMA. J. Roy Hunt, manager of the Bell theater of Gadsden, has secured a motion picture machine with which he will take local views. It is probable that he will secure some industrial views which will be put on a circuit. The pictures will first be exhibited in his own theater. ARIZONA. The Iris theater at Globe has been leased by Theodore Oeherlin, who will conduct it as a moving picture house. CALIFORNIA. The old Pavillion at Antioch has been converted into one of the handsomest and most up-to-date moving picture theaters in the country and will henceforth be known as the Casino theater. It will be operated by Messrs. Ferd. Stamm and R .M. Beede, who have spared no pains to make their house attractive and modern in every respect. The ventilating system is almost perfect and the house is practically fireproof. The interior has all been covered with dressed steel of handsome design. The operating room in addition to being lined with galvanized iron, has two inches of cement between the board walls, while the door as well as the coverings for each opening in the room are of the same material, and when closed the entire contents could be destroyed without danger to the audience. John Ratto of Jackson, will erect a new moving picture theater in that place which will have a seating capacity between 500 and 600. G. M. Crowe will conduct a moving picture theater as 2033 East First street, Los Angeles. J. C. Quinn and Brothers, who conduct a moving picture theater corner Main and Sixth street, Los Angeles, have purchased another theater at the corner of Fifth and Main, that city. The Angelus Motion Picture Company, Los Angeles, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 by Dick Ferris, F. J. Pardee, S. G. Wood, Florence Stone and Clara Louise Wood. The Majestic, a moving picture and vaudeville house of Redlands, was recently reopened under the management of Messrs. Waggoner and Ricketts. The Scenic is the name of a handsome new picture house opened at 12th and Washington streets, Oakland, by Messrs. Heinrich and Corbett. The house is provided with every modern equipment and convenience. The ventilating system is perfect, and the interior presents an appearance that is pleasing and attractive to all. The Oakland Foto Play theater, having a seating capacity of 1,700 is now under course of construction at Broadway and Fifteenth street, Oakland, by H. C. Capwell. It is claimed by the owners that this will be the first theater on the coast devoted exclusively to staging moving pictures with all of the accessories and accompaniments pertaining to a first class theater. The theater will be part of a circuit of such theaters in various sections of the country and will be under the management of Turner and Dalmken. The Mirror Theater Company, has been incorporated for the purpose of operating moving picture and vaudeville theaters. The principal place of business will be Santa Ana, Cal. The capital stock is $25,000 of which $5,250 is subscribed. The directors are A. E. Bird, T. H. Fowler, H. C. Brown, A. R. Muller and I. H. Bond. CANADA. Harry Clough, manager of the Province theater, Vancouver, B.C., will assume the management of a motion picture theater being erected in Sydney, Australia, which is claimed to be the largest moving picture theater in the world. It is owned by a company which is establishing a chain of motion picture houses throughout that country. COLORADO. Plans are under way for the erection of a $20,000 moving picture theater at the corner of Nevada and Huerfano streets, Colorado Springs, for the Colorado Amusement Company which has taken a ten-year lease upon the building. It is proposed to construct a house with a seating capacity of 1,000 and to make it as artistic as possible in both exterior and interior. The outside facings will be of terra cotta and pressed brick, and the entire front will be of plate glass. Heavy green carpets will be laid and the mural decorations will be frescoed scenes from mythology. Upholstered orchestra chairs will be used. There will be handsomely furnished rest rooms and smoking apartments and -everything which will afford comfort and convenience to the patrons. None but the best pictures, such as travelogues and dramas, will be shown. The International Realty Company is back of the project and it intended to have the house ready to open to the public before the close of the year. The Electric theater of Holly, formerly owned by J. T. Burton, has been purchased by Messrs. Crook and Whitcomb, who will continue to conduct the same as a first class place. Many improvements have been made to the theater in the past few months and the new management will continue to introduce new innovations for the comfort and entertainment of its patrons. GEORGIA. The Picture Plays Theater Company, owners of the Bonita and Modjeska theaters at Augusta, will open another movingpicture theater in that city. The Odeon theater of Savannah operated by the Montgomery Amusement Company, will be greatly enlarged and will also undergo other extensive improvements. The house will still be devoted exclusively to moving pictures. IDAHO. The old Boz theater of Boise has been leased by Walter Brand, who has thoroughly remodeled and renovated the same and will conduct it as a first-class, up-to-date moving picture house. The Unique theater of Weiser has been purchased by Messrs. Tschumy and Alexander. C. G. Reynolds has purchased the Grand theater at Pocatello. S. S. Taylor of Lewiston, has opened a moving picture theater at Kellogg. ILLINOIS. The Cozy theater at Pontiac has been purchased by R. W. Parker, who has greatly improved the same. The Thielen-Prickett Theatrical syndicate is planning to open a moving picture plant at Elgin. At a recent meeting of the Geneva Improvement Association the women voted to open, equip and manage a censored motion picture theater of their own, where the public, particularly the young people, may see only wholesome pictures. Messrs. Meister and Berman, the new proprietors of the Schwartz theater of Waukegan, have arranged to introduce motion pictures and illustrated songs on all nights when no traveling attraction appears. The Nasawan theater of Decatur was recently thoroughly remodeled the improvements including the installation of a new ventilating system consisting of an 18-inch suction fan placed in the ceiling, driving the foul air up an air shaft, while other electric fans drive in the fresh air. As a result the house has been changed into a cheerful, well ventilated place. The new Lyric theater, Eagan and Adair, proprietors, recently opened its doors to the public of Sterling, after being thoroughly remodeled and beautified. "The Aurora," home of the mirror screen, is the name chosen by Mesdames H. G. Mulvey and W. J. Mullen for their handsome new moving picture theater recently opened at 22 South River street, in Aurora. They might have called it the theater of the 400 as this is its seating capacity and it is certainly dainty enough to meet the requirements of that fastidious