Motography (Apr-Dec 1911)

292 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. VI, No. 6. corporated with the following officers : President, W. J. Talty ; vice-president and treasurer, L. K. Cleaveland; secretary, T. I. Stanley. The owners of the Mirror moving picture theater of Moline have placed George C. Martin in charge of that theater as its acting manager. Heretofore the theater has been under the direct management of its owners, but other business interests demand their undivided attention and the decision to place an active manager in charge was reached after the incorporation of the Moline Amusement Company. The Reddish theater has been opened at the corner of State and Exchange street, Jerseyville. The house, which is comfortable and attractive, has a seating capacity of six hundred, and opera chairs have been installed. The house will be under the management of Mr. Reddish himself, who will give the public the best to be had in moving picture, vaudeville and music and later on he intends to erect a modern opera house, up-to-date in every respect. INDIANA. The Princess is the name of a new moving picture theater in process of construction at Frankfort. The house will be under the management of J. C. Lockwood, Marion. The Palace theater was also recently opened in this city by the Palace Theater Company. The Star theater of Newcastle was recently purchased by Sipe Bros., who have remodeled and improved the same. This firm operates a number of moving picture houses throughout the state. The Princess theater of Inwood, formerly owned by Mrs. Allen Mason and Charles Mahon, has been purchased by Denis Laughlin and Ernest Bouillet. The Motionscope Company of Indianapolis has been incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000 to manufacture and sell motion pictures. The incorporators are L. R. Scriensky, A. Wolfson and M. N. Simon. Wm. Haueisen will erect a moving picture theater at 328 Indiana avenue, Indianapolis, at a cost of $12,000. Jay Lipsett, one of the managers of the Palace theater at Peru, will open another house in the Steinmetz building. Julius Trockman, of Evansville, will erect a moving picture theater in that city. IOWA. J. C. Canfield, proprietor of the Star theater at Washington, has leased the American theater and will conduct his theater there. J. Phippen will open a moving picture theater at Montezuma. A moving picture theater will be opened at Tipton bv R. E. Kent. M. Stevens will erect a moving picture theater at Algona. The Lyric moving picture theater at Marshalltown, has been purchased by M. C. Roskoph. W. J. Parker will erect a moving picture theater at Prairie City. The Crown theater at Fort Madison has been purchased by Edward Ebinger. The Gar, a moving picture and vaudeville theater, has been opened at Boone. The Wilson theater, Mason City, recently destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt. Richard Geraty will erect a moving picture theater at Cresco. E. H. Graff will open a moving picture theater at Estherville. The Superba theater of Lyons has been taken over by new management who will continue to conduct it in the same first-class manner. The Happy Hour is the name of a new moving picture theater opened at Mystic by Messrs. Jenett and Dickey. A moving picture theater will be opened in the opera house at Newton by W. M. Walcott. A new moving picture theater will be opened at South Muscatine, by Aloysius Duffy. F. Cox will open a new moving picture house at Shenandoah. Messrs. Watkins and Thrower of Des Moines, will erect a moving picture theater at Boone. A moving picture theater will be opened near South Sixth and Union streets, Des Moines, under the management of Charles Namur. The moving picture theater operated by M. Garrett at Sigourney has been purchased by Burton Wertz. Walter Beckwith of Des Moines will erect a moving picture theater at Sibley. A moving picture theater will be opened at Cherokee by A. H. Waddell. "The World" is the latest addition to Storm Lake's moving picture houses. It was erected by J. M. Russell at a cost of $6,000 and has been leased by D. E. Eyock. The moving picture theater at Spencer has been purchased by Frazer and Ahl of Sutherland. J. M. Brady, Henry Backer and W. J. Christians are planning for the erection of a moving picture theater at Dougherty. Frankjrlain will open a moving picture theater at Denison. The motion picture theater at Mapleton, the only one in the place, has been purchased by H. Cluhine. A new moving picture theater will be erected at Clinton for Messrs. Quick and Rowland. KANSAS. The Elite moving picture theater at Pratt has been purchased by Frank Stribling of Liberal. "The Rex" is the name of a new moving picture theater now being erected at Belleville. It will open about the first of the year and will have a seating capacity of 300. Frank Brooks has opened the New Empress moving picture theater at Independent. Will Parrott of Colby will open a moving picture theater at Morton. The Electric theater of Pittsburg has been purchased by H. Horton, owner of the Palace theater of that city. The Electric was formerly operated by Frank Baily, who later secured the Mystic and Crystal theaters. The latter has been closed. C. B. Yost is preparing plans for a moving picture theater to be erected at Hutchinson. Robert Boren of Scammon will erect a moving picture theater at Cherokee, where there has been no house of this kind for some time. The Lyric theater of Olathe, formerly operated by C. C. Chenoweth, has been purchased by J. F. Gaylord, of Paola, who will continue the excellent service for which this house, has been noted in the past. The Grand theater of Iola has just undergone a number of important improvements which have added to its capacity and it has also installed a new curtain. KENTUCKY. The Louisville Photo-Play Association, with no capital stock, has filed articles of incorporation. The object is to promote legislation in the interest of the motion picture business. The incorporators are L. J. Dittmar, Fred J. Dolle and Jacob Solinger. The Fidelity Trust Company will expend $4,000 in remodeling the theater at 226 West Market street, Louisville, which will be conducted as a moving picture theater. Plans have been prepared for the Pastime theater which will be erected at 18th and Gallagher streets, Louisville, by the Pastime Theater Company at a cost of $8,000. A moving picture theater will be erected on Madison avenue, near 18th street, Covington, by Abe Cohen, Clarence Wagner and Theodore Katsin which, according to plans, will have a seating capacity of over one thousand. Plans are being prepared for a moving picture theater which H. Chroutch proposes to erect at Pineville and which will have a seating capacity of 800. The architects are C. C. and E. A. Weber of Cincinnati. C. A. Dashnor, of Huntington, W. Va., has opened up the Queen theater at Versailles. LOUISIANA. Joseph Pearce, proprietor of a string of moving picture houses in New Orleans, is branching out in other southern cities and has just acquired the Mulligan playhouses of Vicksburg. Another new house will be opened about December 1, which will be one of the most comfortable and up-to-date houses in the country. No name has been chosen for the new house, although a great many attractive names have been secured through the medium of a contest conducted for this purpose. The Vicksburg properties of the Pearces will be under the management of J. H. Baird, of Pittsburg, Pa. Charles F. Bode, of Alexandria, will erect a new moving picture and vaudeville theater. MAINE. A moving picture theater has -been opened at Gardiner by E. J. Keller. MASSACHUSETTS. A moving picture theater will be opened at Danvers by Louis Brown about Christmas. The Orpheum Theater at Newburyport has been leased by the National Amusement Company, who will repair the same and open it is a moving picture house. The Superb Theater Company, of Boston, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000 by H. M. Rambach