Motography (Apr-Dec 1911)

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October, 1911. MOTOGRAPHY 199 MONTANA. E. B. Knott, proprietor of the Alcazar theater of Great Falls, has disposed of a half interest to Charles Swaney. NEBRASKA. The Wall theater, vaudeville and moving picture house was recently opened at Fremont. J. Gregg and O. C. Fich will conduct a moving picture theater at Twenty-fourth and Lake streets, Omaha. M. Chalupsky will erect a new moving picture theater at Benson. The Empire theater at Nebraska City has been purchased by Jay Hensley and Oscar Baker. NEVADA. The Majestic theater of Reno has inaugurated the policy of exhibiting pictures on nights when not occupied with other attractions, throughout the winter. NEW JERSEY. Edward F. Frenz will erect a moving picture theater at Madison at a cost of $6,000. The Film Company of America has been incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000,000 for the purpose of manufacturing moving picture films, materials, etc. The incorporators are Saul Osder and Gustave Whitehead, Newark ; Charles Jones, Montclair, and William J. Rink of Hilton. Headquarters 738 Broad street, Trenton. A. Siracuse has been granted permission to erect a moving picture theater at 2416 Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City, at a cost of $6,000. The Roseville theater is the name of a new moving picture house being erected at Orange and Fifth streets, Newark, by Herman Jans at a cost of $10,000. The style of architecture for the exterior is Tuscan and the interior design is colonial. The lobby will be tiled and the side walls will have gray marble slabs. « Plans have been prepared for a moving picture theater to be erected at 392 South Twentieth street, Newark by Christopher J. Horle. The American Song Illustrating Company has been incorporated at Newark with a capital stock of $100,000 by E. W. Woodruff, G. E. Notzenbecker and D. Walz, East Orange. It is the purpose of the company to manufacture picture machines, records, etc. Estimates have been prepared for a moving picture theater to be erected at Orange street and Hedden place, Newark by A. W. Edelmeyer at a cost of $5,000, which will have a seating capacity of 300. The Manufacturers Educational Film Company, Newark, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000 for the purpose of manufacturing photographic films, moving pictures, etc. Plans have been prepared for a moving picture theater to be erected at 507 Orange avenue, Newark, for Louis J. Hofman at accost of $7,500. The front of the building will be of ornamental metal as will also the side walls, while the floor will be cement. NEW MEXICO. George Harding will conduct a moving picture theater at Las Vegas. NEW YORK. The Majestic Motion Picture Company, Manhattan, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $60,o"oO for the purpose of manufacturing motion pictures and conducting exhibitions. The incorporators are T. Cochrane, E. L. Thomas and W. N. Seligsberg, New York City. The Capital Theatrical Company has been incorporated at Albany with a capital stock of $10,000. The directors are Frank Knower, and Henry Jacobs of Albany, and Moses Abusa of New York City. The Palmer Motion Picture Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 by Benj. P. Lewis, 371 Central Park, W.; Frank Morgan, 588 W. 164th street; Frank P. Billmeyer, 19 West 18th street, all of New York City. The Apollo Athletic Club has been incorporated with a capital stock of $30,000 by Frank A. Keeney, 221 Clermont avenue, Brooklyn ; P. S. McMahon, New Britain, Conn. ; Rollin W. Meeker, Binghamton, for the purpose of conducting general amusements. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Comet Film Company with a capital stock of $80,000. The incorporators are A. N. Biddle, Mamaronock, W. B. Gray, P. V. Milligan, New Rochelle. The Special Film Company has been incorporated by J. H. Dreher, R. Spiegelthal, New York City and B. Spitz, Brooklyn. Plans have been filed for a moving picture theater to be erected on the east side of Third avenue, north of Fifty-ninth street, New York, for Henry Stedeker at a cost of $15,000. W. Bourke Cochran, of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, is the owner. A moving picture theater will be erected at 55 Chrystie street, New York City, for the S. H. Katz Realty Company, lessee, at a cost of $15,000. The New York Photo Play Company of New York City has leased a building at 683 Sixth avenue for a term of years at an aggregate rental of $150,000. After extensive alterations, the first floor will be used as a moving picture theater. The Grand theater, First and Alain streets, Jamestown, has been opened under the management of Ed. Connelly. Plans have been filed for the construction of a moving picture and vaudeville theater at the northeast corner of Fifth avenue and 106th street, New York City, for James A. Earle, Tr., and Tames T. Sullivan, of Philadelphia, at an estimated cost of $40,000. The Great Northern Manufacturing Company, Rochester, has been incorporated to manufacture picture machinery, etc. The capital stock is $100,000 and the incorporators are George A. Wood, Henry A. Wood, and. A. S. Knight, all. of Rochester. The Traymore Amusement Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 by Chas. Freedman, F. J. Dunne and Richard Cahill, New York City. NORTH DAKOTA. Chas. Pierce has opened a moving picture theater in the old People's State Bank Building at Lakota. OHIO. L. Cohn has let contract for the erection of a moving picture theater at Superior and 113th streets, Cleveland, at a cost of $15,000. It will be exclusively a moving picture house and up-to-date in every respect. Bert Fiala'has been granted permission to erect a moving picture theater on Third street, between. Bell and Van Lear, Dayton. W. L. Guenther, 3302 Payne avenue, Cleveland, has been granted permission to erect a moving picture theater at a cost of $4,500. Mrs. H. S. Hoffman is now sole proprietor of the Empire theater of Lima, having purchased the interest of H. B. Spencer. The Princess is the name of a new moving picture theater at 17 West Main street, Springfield. The Home theater is a late addition to the moving picture houses of Akron. , Steps are being taken toward the formation of an organization to control a circuit of vaudeville and moving picture theaters in Cleveland. To this end the Alhambra Amusement Company, with a capital stock of $50,000, the Globe Amusement Company, capital $50,000 and the Grand Entertainment Company, capital $30,000 have been incorporated and papers are being prepared to incorporate other companies to control theaters now being built or proposed. The houses formerly conducted by the MarkHarris Amusement Company, including the Grand, in East 9th street, the Globe in Woodland avenue and the firm's interest in the Alhambra are to be taken over. Several other theaters on the order of the Alhambra are to be built. Harvey Bros., real estate dealers, and owners of Jhe Alhambra theater, are the chief promoters. The Luna theater of Girard, has been thoroughly remodeled and has been opened up to the public as one of the most modern and up-to1date moving picture theaters in the country, under the management of Percy L. Pennock. The Mystic moving picture theater at Monroeville has been remodeled and bea*utified and was recently opened to the public. Manager Johnson of the Star theater, Troy, recently purchased another house at Champaign, 111. Mr. Johnson has sold his theater in Piqua, known as the "Star" to J. H. Newman of New York state, but he will continue to operate the one in Troy. The Hipp Theater Company, Jackson, has been incorporated by J. E. Stivers, S. J. Crawford and T. M. Davidson with a capital stock of $6,500. Building Inspector C. C. Knox, Youngstown, has granted permits for two new moving picture theaters to be erected in that city, the Rex, in the Excelsior block and the Columbo, near Federal and Basin streets. It is stated three others will be erected in that city. The National Motion Picture Company of Akron, has purchased a site in Cuyahoga Falls on which may be erected a vaudeville house. M. C. Winter, former owner of the Norka theater, Akron, is planning to open one of the largest moving picture houses in that city. It will be located on South Main street, between the -Diamond and Goodrich Rubber Company's plants. It will have a seating capacity of 800. It is expected to have the house ready to open about the middle of November.