Show World (June 1909)

20 THE SHOW WORLD June 19, We Buy Every American Independent Film Made And combining these with the choicest European productions we can offer you a service that is unsurpassed and at rates that are most reasonable. Write today for our special proposition. Globe Film Service Co. 107 E. Madison Stu = Chicago, Ill. Enterprise Bldg. ■ Denver, Colo. White City, Chicago. If you want chairs quickly at lowest prices, write to the manufacturers making most of the chairs. A*k for Catalog T1S. AMERICAN SEATING COMPANY Settees and zZ^a, Opera Chairs especially for Amusement Parks 3000 of these Chairs and 10,000 feet of Settees furnished to MORRIS VAUDEVILLE SCORES A BIG HIT. Fort Wayne, Ind., June 16. In spite of the cold weather the opening of the Diamond Airdome Monday night attracted two good sized crowds. The vaudeville bill was provided by William Morris and gave excellent satisfaction. The bill con¬ sisted of McDonald & Huntington, Doris Diamond, Casey & Le Clair, Herbert Terry, Young Brothers, and the Amerioscope. Princess Tarpeia Is Home. St. Louis, June 14. Princess Tarpeia, the escape artist, accompanied by her manager, Charles Heistand, arrived in the city today. This is their home town and the Prin¬ cess cotemplates taking a rest after two years’ steady work. She has just closed with the Webster circuit, over which she has been featured for the past twenty weeks. Princess Tarpeia has had the most successful season possible, she has brought back three press books teeming with laudatory notices and has besides broken all rec¬ ords on the circuits, which she has been over. She will rest at her home in St. Louis for three months and will then repeat over the same time as she went over last season. She will probably fill two or three weeks of Western Vaudeville Association, booking in the direct locality. —WEBB East St. Louis Airdome. St. Louis, June 15. Joe Erber, the proprietor of the Lyric theater, East St. Louis, opened his new airdome yesterday. The air- dome is situated on St. Louis and Collinsville avenues and is quite an elaborate structure. It has a seat¬ ing capacity of one thousand and is being booked by the Western Vaude¬ ville Association. The Airdome opened to capacity and from all indi¬ cations it looks as though Erber has found another gold mine.—WEBB Belt Line Park is Sold. Lexington, Ky., June 14. Belt Line park has been purchased by a coterie of local capitalists, com¬ posed of R. R. Harding, E. B. Ellis, John J. Galvin, J. T. Lowery and Bishop Clay. It is the intention of these gentlemen to erect a theater for vaudeville in the park.—CANDIOTO. Will Have Stock. Sandusk” Ohio, June 17. Lawrence and Griffith, two well known actors and managers, have leased the Lyceum theatre for three years, and next season they expect to organize a permanent stock com¬ pany and present stock plays. FORMER EDISON MAN STARTS NEW COMPANY. New York, June 1C. Alexander Moore, formerly general manager of the Edison Manufacturing Company, has organized a company for the manufacture of motion pic¬ tures.— REVELL. MOVING PICTURE NOTES MISSOURI. Trenton—Johnson and Curren are preparing to open a motion picture theater. Sedalia—Frank Bailey will make extensive improvements in the Elec¬ tric theater. WISCONSIN. Waupaca—The Liberty opened with J. E. Christy manager. Chippewa Falls—C. B. Metzger will open the Gem shortly. ILLINOIS. Rushville—Work has commenced on the erection of a moving picture theater. B. R. Phillips and R. E. Jackson are the owners. VILLA GROVE—Paul Root will open a moving picture theater. Mattoon — Nathan Stein contem¬ plates many improvements in the Lyric theater. Morrison—M. Shiery will open a moving picture theater soon. Watseka—L. S. Frith bought out J. H. Mowry’s interest in the Nickelo¬ deon. Batavia—Irwin Robinson will make improvements in Fairyland. » Benton—Will Stewart contemplates engaging in the moving pjcture busi¬ ness at Duquoin. • ** Elgin—The Opera House, Globe, Temple and New Lyric are doing a big business.—BARTLETT. INDIANA. Vincennes—Arthur T. Cobb, mana¬ ger of the Motia theater, says his in¬ creasing business has required him to extend the seating capacity of the theater, which' he has done to the extent of 75 extra chairs. The Crystal and Airdome theaters, who have been showing the Independent films, have crossed the line to the Trust so that the five theaters are now on one side of the fence. All are doing a good Elkhart—E. O. Rogers has pur¬ chased the Royal theater. Marion—The Star is being re¬ decorated. WYOMING. Laramie—F. H. Cameron has cut out vaudeville and now offers pictures MINNESOTA. Austin—The Bijou and Gem the¬ atres are doing a good summer busi¬ ness 'with vaudeville, changing bills twice weekly.—DAIGNEAU. Glencoe—John Hughes will open a moving picture theatre here in the Mankato—Motion pictures at any price in Mankato now. The street railway company gives daily, except Sunday, programs at Sidley Park, by permission of city council, admission free. Wonderland theatre has cut, its price in two, discontinuing vaudeville and reducing performances to 35 min¬ utes; admission now 5 cents. The Unique theatre giving two illustrated songs and an hour of Laemmle’s best films for 10 cents. The summer busi¬ ness is good with all of them.— RICHTER. Rochester—J. E. Reid has just opened a moving picture theatre at 312 South Broadway. KANSAS. Washington—J. D. Kite, of Beat¬ rice, Neb., will engage in the moving picture theatre business, in this city, at an early date. Paola—E. S. Harris has opened a moving picture theatre. OHIO. Portsmouth—The Orpheum moving picture theatre will be opened in this city in the near future.* Cleveland—Vaudeville and motion pictures are now being shown at the opera house. The acts are strictly refined and of high reputation, four shows daily being given. The Casino theatre circuit is the lessee.—YOUNG. NEBRASKA. Stromberg—The Elite moving pic¬ ture theatre, conducted by Soule & Batterson, has been sold to Shroder & Zimmer. Wymore—J. D. Kite has purchased the Majestic theatre at Washington, IOWA. Marengo—Bert Stover will open a moving picture theatre in the near Waterloo — Jens Sorenson has opened a new moving picture theatre on East Fourth street. Fort Dodge—The Magic and De¬ light theatres played to capacity jt every show last week and at amp were forced to close their doors’: to keep within the requirements qlthe city ordinance regulating theatres and protection of patrons. This was occasioned by the large crowd oi visitors to the city in attendanetlat the State Encampment of the G. A R. All places of amusement ia] the city enjoyed a fine week financially,—! K. E. B. Eagle Grove—Z. B. StewartJwiil engage in the moving picture theatre business here in the near future.!# Dubuque—The five cent moving pictures, which are greatly overdone in Dubuque, are not making |ieir| expenses according to the vacant lobbies during show hours and the many close downs, which occur often. Only one hbftise is open afternoons, and one house opens only on Sunday. —VERA. ARKANSAS. Little Rock—John K. and Charles Murta have sold th,e Princess Theatre to J. G. Withington, who will close same for renairs. Messrs. Murta con¬ template opening a moving picture theatre at Hot Springs. Marked Tree—F. Ritter content- 1 plates engaging in the moving picture theatre business. PAT CASEY HEAD OF NEW BOOKING AGENCY. New York, June li. The Metropolitan Booking Agency j of New York has been organized, with the great, good and only jPat Casey as its head and with Joe Wood as manager. The agency proposes'to book vaudeville acts for movingjpic- ture theaters and appears to be in position to supply a class of talent that will be a credit to the moving picture houses.—REVELL. BELASCO AND WARFIELD IN PICTURE BUSINESS. New York, June 16. David Belasco and David Warfield are jointly interested in the People's Vaudeville Company, which has jnst leased the Majestic theater for the summer and will run it with pictures and vaudeville. The admission^® to the house has been raised anl ca¬ pacity is the rule.—REVELL. EASTMAN-EDISON IN LAW SUIT? • New York, June 16-. It is rumored that, litigations threatened between the Eastman Ko¬ dak Company and the Motion Picture Patents Company over the HoineJiP' tion Picture Camera, which the East¬ man people are putting on the mar¬ ket—REVELL. SUITS DISMISSED. Wabash, Ind., June! The suits against Jim ErvinL mer manager of Boyd park thpi have been dismissed in the c|t