The Moving Picture World (November 1907)

THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD. 557 lerntion of.moving picture machines in public places on Sun- v. The Magistrate gave his decision in the cases of Philip ilt'oil. Joseph Cone, and Julius Von Bargg, connected with a cal theater. It was Von Bargg's second offense, and on ac- unt of this the Magistrate, after finding all guilty, fined him u dollars. Kilfoil and Cone were fined five dollars. The Magistrate, in rendering the decision, stated he followed e opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Court and of the >urt of Special Sessions. He declares that the Magistrates ,d power to act in similar cases. After rendering his decision he inounced that if a man was arrested three times for conducting moving picture machine and fined each time the police could >t arrest him again. •• • * Moving picture men in New Orleans, La., who are operating e small theaters on the principal thoroughfares, are wrought i over a publication pertaining to reported defects in the elec- ical apparatus in these establishments. One of these gentle- en who operates a theater on St. Charles street, said that he- re it is possible to receive current from either electrical com- mies, it is necessary, to secure a permit from the city electrician well as the Fire Prevention Bureau. This refers to all theaters. nd, again, the new and improved picture machines that are now use are not known tp have fire accidents. The McAllister & orris Company, of 614 Canal street, say that they are complying ith all the laws of the city and State in preparing their theater, hich will be one of the safest and most completely equipped in e South. • * ♦ Electrical and building inspectors of Pensacola, Fla., got after e proprietors of moving picture establishments, and upon an der from the mayqr these places were closed down for a few mrs until they could be put in such condition as to comply ith the rules and regulations of the National Board of Under- riters. Only one concern in the city was found to have com- ied with every regulation. When the mayor issued his order, Electrician LeBaron and jilding Inspector Rendall visited all of the places, and when e necessary remodeling had been made the two made a thor- igh inspection. When they announced that the shows were mplying with the rules and regulations, they were allowed to en up again. The new laws governing picture shows are the same as those dcr which opera houses are conducted, and provide for exits d signs the same as in opera houses. * * ♦ In an argument before Judge Marean, in the Supreme Court, •ook-lyn, in the matter of making permanent a temporary junction obtained by Sol. Brill, who operates^ three moving :ture shows in the Eastern District, restraining the police 3111 interfering with his business, Judge Marean said it was prcssion for the police to go into an amusement hall on Sun- y and order the audience out and close the place, when they d no warrant -for the arrest of the manager. He declared at the police had as much right to go into a church and order e priest out of the pulpit ana make the congregation go home to do what they had done in the case of the moving picture, ows. Judge Marean reserved decision on the application. In addition to making a large number of arrests for excise stations in Brooklyn Sunday, the police had the proprietors of ur moving picture shows in court. Charles Van Ronk, manager of the Broadway Theater, was also rested for the Sunday performance given mere, and, like the lers, was held for examination. • #• * A Des Moines correspondent says: Hie East Side Shubert Theater is to be converted into a >ving picture and vaudeville house. Manager Willmer, of :dar Rapids, will inaugurate the institution. He made all eparations for the opening on October 26. * * * Five-cent theaters have been indorsed by an investigating mmittee of the Woman's Club of Austin. The committee was animous in its commendation for the following reasons: They furnish entertainment to a class of people who cannot ord to go to the high-class playhouses. They keep men out of the saloons. They amuse persons and dispel the blues. They afford resting places as well as entertainment to shoppers. Application for a license to establish a moving picture theater 447 South-Division street. Grand Rapids, Mich., was filed with t City Clerk by R. R. Sargent and John Donaldson. It is imed that they have the support of the South Division Street. iprovement Association, which wishes to provide more enter- nment features along that thoroughfare. Newburyport, Mass., will be well provided for in picture show business the coming Winter. The Premier, on the corner of Essex and State streets, the pioneer in the business, will be .the largest one. There will be another picture show in Music Hall block, corner of Titcomb and Pleasant streets, and a third one is being fitted up in Market Square. * *' * Carr & Schad, of Reading, Pa., have purchased the Victor Moving Picture Theater at 734 Penn street, from Rothleder & Schwalm, of Pittsburg. It is stated the price paid was $3,000. Carr & Schad are the owners and operators of several carrousels here and in the coal regions, and will make many improvements at their new place. * * * There has been a hitch in the plans of Lubin, of Philadelphia, to open the Shubert, Brooklyn, as a five-and-ten-cent house with a short vaudeville entertainment, reinforced with moving pictures. It is stated that the Campbell Estate, owners of the property, have strong objections to the use of the theater for such a pur- pose. The Shubert remains closed pending a settlement of the disagreement. * * * A deal was consummated in Hamilton, O., whereby the Cen- tral Film Company, of Springfield, and the Southern Film Com- pany, of Cincinnati, were consolidated and hereafter' will work in conjunction to supply theaters with moving picture films and song slides. * * * A. L. Roumfort & Co., of Harrisburg, Pa., have closed a lease for 333 Market street The lessees will replace the front with one of the latest designed for amusement purposes, and will fit the room for a moving picture business. This room has a depth of 210 feet and is twenty-six feet wide. It will be the largest room in the city used for this purpose. •• • * A reader in Chattanooga, Tehn., writes that "Dreamland,"' the moving picture show on Market street, was totally destroyed by fire last week, being the second local enterprise of this kind to be destroyed since the craze began. The fire was caused by .the carelessness of an operator in allowing the light to play too long on a picture film. The as- bestos, which had been put in according to regulations, kept the flames from spreading. The show will be a total loss—about $1,000. The establishment was owned by Messrs. Lawrence Tschopik and George David. It has not yet been decided as to whether the show will open again. * * * A moving picture establishment, carried on by Brill & Fox, at No. 893 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y., was entered by burglars early this morning, who forced an entrance from the hallway into the cellar. By standing on boxes they sawed a hole in the floor large enough for each to get through into the store. With tools they sawed at the hinges of the safe. There was $300 inside of it. After working on it for nearly two hours they abandoned the safe and took $35 from a cash register. They then took three reels of pictures, valued at $400. While leaving the place, a woman living opposite saw the men and furnished the police with a good description, which resulted in the arrest of Herman Selincke, eighteen years old, no home, who made a confession. Later the police arrested Thomas Flani- gan, nineteen years old, a piano player, of No. 825 Broadway, and George. Hamburger, twenty-eight years old, of No. 803 Broad- way. The plunder was all recovered. The three were held on a charge of burglary, and in the Manhattan Avenue Police Court were remanded for a. further hearing. * * * The Pittsburgh Amusement Company, composed of a number of wealthy citizens, on November 2 will open the most gisrantic amusement enterprise ever launched in Pittsburgh. Last Winter the company conducted a roller skating rink in the Exposition Music Hall. Now it has secured the main Exposition Hall, and immediately following the close of the big show carpenters, painters, and decorators will start to work remodelling the im- mense structure. Work will be pushed night and day, for it is proposed to throw the mammoth rink and amusement palace open to the public November 2. In the balcony, which extends around the rink, and which will e*»«t over 6.000 oersons. there will be a theater and a theatorium. In the former for an opening attraction there will be presented for the first time in Pittsburgh the goregous electrical production, "Doomsday." a masterpiece of ingenuity and art which has been creating a tremendous sensation in the East. In the theatorium there will be presented high-class vaudeville and moving pictures.