Show World (September 1909)

September 18. 1909. THE SHOW WORLD 5 MOVING PICTURE HOUSES BASS GETS LICENSE LOSE THEIR LICENSES AND STIRS QUERIES Fire Chief Horan Finds Laws Evaded and Mayor Busse Revokes Permits of Seven Theaters. Is Granted Permission to Operate in New Orleans By Motion Picture Patents Company. Upon request of Fire Chief Horan, Mayor Busse has revoked the licenses of seven moving picture houses In Hal- sted street. The theaters which lost their licenses, with the names of the proprietors fol- The Lyric, 34 South Halsted street, Frank Hershfleld. Jud Williams’, 112 South Halsted street, Jud Williams. The Nickelodeon, 318 South Halsted street, Charles Choynski. The Ideal, 1228 South Halsted street, '’-m, 1233 South Halsted street, Tulsa Theaters Thriving. J£ A ' Okla., Sept. 16.—Tulsa has 5"{° yed 5 P ros Perous theater business during the summer and everything P°* nts to packed houses during the fall season- The city can boast Thi h r. ““owing houses of amusement: jF^®^^*rand theater, which is managed nLi? f y- and has a seating ca- o f f .20°. one night stands being "SSjf®?. at thl * house: the Bijou, vaude¬ ville theater, managed by Geo. Veeder and playing feature acts and moving Poores, the seating capacity being 1,100 the Coliseum Air Dome, managed by Mr. Nix and having stock and mu- sical comedy as its drawing cards, the seating capacity being 1,200: the Vau- dome, managed by Messrs. Ora and Newman, with stock and vaudeville as ??, d the seating capacity being 800; the Idle Hour theater, man¬ aged by J. H. Bisson, playing nine shows a day, with a seating capacity of 265; the Princess theater, managed by W. J. McNurney, having seven or eight shows a day. with seating capacity of 250; the Chrystal theater, managed by O. R. Covey, with continuous show, and seating capacity 230, and the Lyric the¬ ater, managed by R. Stevens,' which is located on one of the principal street corners. The Star, 1306 South Halsted street, Edward Konovski. As soon as Chief Horan’s request for action was placed before him, Mayor Busse ordered the revocation blanks made out. They were sent to the police department and nearly all the houses were closed during the evening. While Chief Horan is not contemplat¬ ing any crusade, he has been looking about, and last Sunday he found that several managers had locked their exit doors, allowed their exit lights to go out, and had permitted little children to stand in the aisles, and committed other serious offenses. In talking to one of the offenders Chief Horan said: “You and your tribe out here ought to be put out of business. You are placing hundreds of children in danger of their lives for a few nickels. A child to you is only a nickel. You’ve got to stop Calls Them Tire-traps. Speaking of the 5-cent theaters as he found them in the section of the city he visited, and his inspectors examined. Chief Horan said: ‘‘They’re the most dangerous of all the hundreds in the city. Downtown they know we’re watch¬ ing them all the time and in the better districts the children aren’t allowed to go into the theaters unless their parents know the places are safe. “Out in that district the children go by themselves and they pick their own places. You’ll see a hundred of them in one dirty, poorly ventilated place with¬ out older persons to watch them. You’ll see girls 12 and 13 years old holding their younger brothers and sisters on their laps. What chance would they have in a fire if all the legal require¬ ments are not complied with?" The trip made by the lire chief was a surprise, and it is intimated that he will make another trip in some other direc¬ tion in the near future to see that there are no more violations of the laws. “The law requires that inspection be made six times, a year," he said, “but we try to get to them all about twice a month. Once in awhile my own men take a nap and it was for that purpose as much as anything else that I made my personal trip Sunday. I shall in¬ quire into the reasons for the laxity of the battalion chiefs in these cases, for each battalion chief is responsible for the the.it.'! - m hi - • ii -11 n't I t ,,: 11 1; I hi: will be a warning to them.” Moving Picture Vocalist Looks Over Footlights at Woman, and Her Hus¬ band Hesents with Fists. WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 14.—Louis Hansen, a Wilmington man, created a small-sized riot in a moving picture theater at 835 Market street, Phila¬ delphia, by attacking a singer on the The singer seemed t -ttention t~ -' dering a s An incident which has created consid¬ erable comment among film men is the granting of a license to S. N. Bass by the M. P. P. Company, to operate a film exchange in New Orleans. This would seem to be a serious blow to the Im¬ ported Film Company. When the warm weather approached there were two licensed exchanges in New Orleans, the Crawford and Im¬ ported. Following a policy which was placed in operation in various localities, the M. P. P. Company instructed the Im¬ ported Film Company to take over the Crawford exchange, which was done at considerable expense by the Imported. After carrying the exchange through the summer months the Imported is now confronted with an opposition exchange, the license having been granted to S. N. Bass on Sept. 1. The question that would naturally arise are: “Why was the Crawford ex¬ change absorbed by the Imported?" If it was the intention to have two exchanges in New Orleans, why was not the Crawford allowed to remain in op¬ eration? The Crawford has been in busi¬ ness for a long time, and it is said that S. N. Bass has had no experience and THE CHICAGO PICTURE OPERATORS. „ This photograph shows a grouping of the Moving Picture and Projecting Ttolri™i° P <ft r « 0 n Protective Union, Local No. 145, of the Internationa® theatrical Stage Employees of the United States and Canada. The picture was taken during the big Labor Day parade in Chicgo, and this was the the history of the moving picture business that any local was represented in a Labor Day parade. The picture represents one hundred oper¬ ators out of a total of three hundred, the two hundred missing men being ar| C extra^matinee th<5 faCt that Lab0r Day belngr a holiday they had to work motion e pictu^ t0 fleld aVe thUS bee " reco&nized as an important factor in the The machine on the float in the picture is the Motiograph which was The officers of the union standing c s Agent W. F. Menzel and Treas- Tom Saxe of Milwaukee Institutes Successful Novelty at the Orpheum. MILWAUKEE, Sept. 16.—Girl ushers have been installed in the Orpheum, the successful moving picture house run by Tom Saxe on Grand avenue. The girls wear neat and natty red jackets, red caps and plain skirts, and they are prov¬ ing to be alert and careful in their work, and are voted a complete success in this field by M,r. Saxe. The house pves an even dozen shows a day, and is crowded to the doors at nearly every performance. Moore, Vice-President James Cole, Busine; urer M. Cohn. There is no doubt that this portion of the Labor Day parade made an ex¬ cellent impression upon managers of the moving picture theaters in this r, looking at Mrs. Hansen, was “his turtle dove.” Hansen made a dash for the singer and the latter fled behind the wings. The audience was in an uproar and urged the husband to “beat him up.” Hansen waited outside for the vocal¬ ist and when he started to leave the place sprang at him. After a lengthy chase Hansen struck the man three times in the face. The Wilmington man was arrested, but a magistrate released him on the ground that his action was justifiable. that this is his first venture in the pic- Has the Imported Exchange incurred the wrath of the M. P. P. Company, and the installation of the new exchange a penalty imposed? Is it probable that the Imported con¬ siders leaving the licensed ranks, and is Number Examined. pointed __ ,_ films before they me e.muiueu, was mea with the Board of Supervisors recently for July and August. Altogether i, 0 films were examined. In July 176 were approved, four condemned and one passed after “improvement.” In August 277 were approved, four condemned, eleven passed after revision, and two held for further consideration. Resents Picture of Western Type as Presented in “The Girl of the Golden West.” OAKLAND, Cal., Sept. 14. — “Are the women of California to go down in history pictured broadcast throughout the world as the ‘hell-ing,’ ‘damn-ing,’ ‘whisky-slinging, dance-hall type?” writes Mary Lambert, noted authoress, club woman and daughter of one of California’s oldest pioneer families in a letter which, threatening to be the signal for an uprising of native Cali¬ fornia beauties, demands that David Belasco be forced to change the name of his play, “The Girl of the Golden West,” on the ground that it "maligns. insults and libels the women of the state by the Pacific.” From New York westward the play has received an enviable reception. And now the California women say that the play tells awful fibs ahout the girl from which the work derives its title! Miss Lambert demands answers to the following questions: "Where is the California Chamber of Commerce, whose 1,200 members are silent, while this play, which drags the women of this country, which they are trying to build up, through the slime of the streets? "Why have the Native Sons made no protest?” To these questions no answers have as yet been vouchsafed by those to whom they appeal, but Mary Lambert and her following of indignant Native Daughters have not yet laid down the hatche* Mis: rough, unfinished’ blood-and-thunder production it is, too. As a specimen of the rough life of a rough girl among rough men it is good. As a type of a ‘golden west girl’ it is a lie.” Whatever the character of the girl as depicted in the aforesaid drama, no one will deny after this, that the Cali¬ fornia girl has “spunk.” Over $100,000 1 Sxpended in the me New Flay- LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept. 16.—A modern theater, to cost $100,000 and to be operated by Klaw & Erlanger of New York, will be built in Little Rock, and work on the new structure will commence between Oct. 15 and Dec. 15. The new theater, which will take from the Capital theater after this coming season all of the Klaw & Erlanger busi¬ ness, will be built by Ike and Dave Kempner of Little Rock, A. Wise of New York and L. R. Optenheimer of San Antonio, Tex. Announcement to this effect was given out yesterday by Ike Kempner. The plans for the new theater have already been drawn. The house will seat between 1,500 and 1,650 people. There will be a balcony and gallery over the main floor. The stage will be 40 by 75 feet in dimensions and will be able to handle any show on the road, Mr. Kempner says. The building will be three stories high. It will be constructed of brick and be strictly modern throughout. It will be 75 by 140 feet in dimensions and will be equipped in front with offices. Atlanta’s Theater Men. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 12.—Henry De- Give is again at the head of the Grand, Stewart is the house carpenter. The Grand has been freshened up for the season, which really starts this week, with three attractions. Hugh Cardoza will have personal charge of the Orpheum, and he and Henry DeGive”will share in the work of directing the operations of the Lyric and the Bijou. The Orpheum house staff is all r but it is thought that improvements have been effected that r'” *" sry best i ‘ ' “ ..... work to the of the theater and the manner of operation. Charlie E. Barfoot, a Richmonder, until this sea¬ son treasurer of the Bijou in that cjty, will be treasurer, assisted by Richard Arrowood, who has been the head usher in the Orpheum. Willard Patterson will have charge of the door and the ushers, and Jake Matthiessen, with a picked orchestra, will be in charge of music. Frank Standart will be the stage direc¬ tor, with Ralph Hendrix as electrician, and Jack Machburn as property master. At the Lyric Harry Downey continues in the box office, with "Midget” Her¬ man Gross as assistant. Charlie Toy will be in charge of the stage, as the director of that department, with Pres. Wilhout as musical director and Irby Wheeler in control of electricity. Bill Sharp will do the outside adver¬ tising for all the theaters, and with a crew of lithographers will keep pub¬ licity aflash on the walks. Ed. Dixon continues to post bills where the people Elizabeth Gillispie will appear with the Blandon Stock company. Francis Matthews, secretary of the Rowland & Clifford Amusement com¬ pany, has returned from her vacation.