Show World (October 1909)

October 2, 1909. THE SHOW WORLD 21 MOVING : PICTURE : NEWS GEORGIA. chased^hatf interest in the EHt! mov- picture theater at 36 Peachtree street INDIANA. ..Str Manager Kleine and now presents an attractive ?PP!? ra ^„ N ^i n h%n r Installed 1 and y^S5i£Iie^ e o 0ll!l? u S Seine’s “eneVetic ° SSS51SS^i v moving pic- Kleine and appearance, latest design the patrons "rfng W witr“ihe " pIcTures. ” The louse is doing a fine business under Mr. Seine's energetic management.—The Lyric theater is enjoying prosperity. The management has changed song artists and Miss Helen Morrow is mak¬ ing a favorable impression with he voice.—Manager George Ball is attract ing large crowds at his popular La- Purdette theater. The Purdue students are proving excellent patrons of the moving picture houses.—-H. A. VANCE. SuUlvan—Roy Bess is making ar¬ rangements to open a new moving tU Bvangvuie—The Orpheum is still ning moving pictures with much- cess.—OBERDORFER. ILLINOIS. Cairo—M. 3. Farnbaker, the veteran Cairo newspaper man, who during the past three years has become a celebrity in the motion picture world, has re¬ sumed his residence in the city, having acquired the Pathe theater on Eighth street. A film service has been ordered and subjects will be selected from such Independent manufacturers embracing Ambrosio, De Luxe, Italian Cines, Eclair, Hepwix, Bison, Great Northern, Cinema, Powhattan, etc., some 18 manu¬ facturers. Ottawa—Bart Bungert is planning to open a moving picture theater here. Peoria—M. Christ, of Morton, will open a new moving picture show here. Clayton—Ike L. Teachenoer and Ed. B. Coe will open a new moving picture theater. St. Charles—J. S. Shesler has pur¬ chased the Parquet theater on West Main street and has takeil possession. IOWA. Davenport—The Barrymore theater has been handsomely remodeled during the summer. The house is being cleaned thoroughly, the furniture receiving a good scrubbing and the walls, electric lamps, hangings and other things need¬ ed dusting and cleaning. The theater has not been in use since the last vaudeville show which was on last spring. Here and there It is necessary for a painter to touch up the wall or proscenium arch a little but all to¬ gether the theater is in good shape. The box office which formerly stood in the center of the lobby has been re¬ moved and is now placed at the man¬ ager’s office on the end of the lobby at the right. The theater is in charge of Joseph Carey of New York, whose ex¬ perience at the Lyric theater fits him for service anywhere in the country. Griswold—Roy Willett is making ar¬ rangements to open a new moving pic¬ ture theater here. Brooklyn—C. T. Rasmussen is pre¬ paring to open the Majestic moving pic¬ ture show here. Burlington—Business is good at the Elite and Managers Boyle and Wilson are unable to handle crowds Saturday and Sunday nights.—At the Lyric Man¬ ager J. H. Daly reports business un¬ usually good. The change in the weather is benefiting the show business. —Manager Lawrence P. Blank, at the Palace, is elated over the large business at his house.—UMBERGER. KANSAS. Pt. Scott—M. D. Mowdy is making arrangements to open a moving picture theater in the Marshall building. Henderson, of Atchison, ' Kearns building on Nor and will convert it into ture theater. Leavenworth—Carl Mensing is mak¬ ing arrangements to open a new mov¬ ing picture theater here. Stafford—G. W. Hawyer of this city, will engage in the moving picture the¬ ater business at an early date. MISSOURI. St. Joseph—J. F. Bilz is erecting a new moving picture theater here. St. Louis—George W. Murray will erect a moving picture theater on Del- mar boulevard. Pleasant Hill—c. C. Davis, of Kansas Uty, contemplates engaging in the mov- this city Ure and vau deville business in NORTH DAKOTA. Bismark—Messrs. Miller 8s Temple wlli open moving picture theaters in the near future. OHIO. Cincinnati—John J. Ryan is prepar- n ».»iH ec ~ Iar S e airdome here. cnSK?*ton— Carl Mason and William onen a "fuking arrangements to o p en_a new moving picture theater here, nf u7T L ' H - Purcell, proprietor chnn»Li E 5 h blt „ theater > Lancaster, has seref?! 3 f a 0n ? licensed to Independent L s ( nDW securing his films Pan” Detm!? h ‘ll?c n h. Fnm & SUPPly Com - P°/ a l moving picture thlanh. P d , Satur <l a y evening and = city now has four amusement and the house will be devoted exclusive¬ ly to moving pictures. The room has been completely overhauled and put in the very best of condition, and it pre¬ sents an appearance not surpassed by any of the houses in the city. A new picture machine has been installed, a 3 genial mana;— ”— J — — everything po in the best n OKLAHOMA. Alva-Walter Fine has sold his mov¬ ing picture theater to N. L. Miller, who will improve the place. Muskogee —The Muskogee amusement company will erect a $10,000 moving picture and vaudeville theater here. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia —The contract for the erection of a new moving picture and vaudeville theater, at 1205-7-9 North Fifty-second street, planned by F. Rus¬ sell Stukert, for the Franklin Amuse¬ ment Company, has been let to Con¬ tractor Calvin W. Rogers. The building will be two stories high, 48x100 feet, and will cost $12,000.—Lynch Bros, are taking estimates for the erection of a one-story moving picture theater at 3156 Kensington avenue for Frank A. Allentown—The Temperance amuse¬ ment company is making arrangements to open a moving picture show here. Northampton —C. B. Wannamaker, of Allentown, is completing arrangements for the opening up of a modern vaude¬ ville and moving picture theater here. TENNESSEE. Memphis —Manager Denton of the Co¬ lumbia theater, Memphis, has discon¬ tinued licensed service and will secure his films in the future from the Dixie Film Company, New Orleans. N. I. M. F. A. Notes. That the National Independent Mov¬ ing Picture Alliance will play a most important part in the litigation now pending and threatened in the moving picture field, is evidenced from the fact that the alliance has already engaged counsel to undertake the defense of members of the alliance and their cus¬ tomers. All parties concerned have been notified to forward to the secretary of the alliance, all papers, data and in¬ formation pertaining to patent litiga¬ tion. Secretary Swanson says that a tremendous mass of evidence is thus being secured, which will prove of much value in the trial of the suits. It will greatly expedite matters to have the attorneys of the alliance try these various suits and. according to Mr. Swanson, the alliance will force matters to an issue and secure decisions on all questions pertaining to the busi¬ ness. The members of the alliance have been notified to inform their customers that the alliance will undertake the de¬ fense of any suits which may be started. Secretary Swanson is now arranging with surety companies to secure indem¬ nifying bonds to be given to the exhib¬ itors. Since the convention many new appli¬ cations have been received by the N. I. M. P. A . Among those accepted are the Pow¬ ers Company of New York, which will shortly place their films upon the mar¬ ket; Philadelphia Projection Company and the Scott Film Service Company of Dallas, Texas. As the initiation fee is $250 on and after Nov. 1, those becom¬ ing members before that time save $150. The preliminary work of the alliance has been progressing nicely. Hand¬ somely engraved membership certifi¬ cates are being prepared and will be in the hands of the members in a few days. Blank forms in accordance with the system adopted by the alliance are being printed and will be forwarded to the members also. CARTOONIST AS STAR. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 29.—Ar¬ rangements have been made to feature Fred Myers, the well-known newspaper and vaudeville cartoonist, in a four-act novelty, “A Night in a Buffet,” which will be produced under the direction of George D. Padgett. The act will intro¬ duce quartette work, chalk-talks and various entertaining features. Many good offers of time have already been received. Fire Damages Theater. KALIDA, Ohio, Sept. 27.—The Kalida opera house, in this city, was recently “Two Blls” Play Ball. ENID, Okla., Sept. 27.—A game of ball was ployed here between the cow¬ boy band and the roughnecks, canvas- Jake Shubert in Town. J. J. Shubert arrived in town Thurs¬ day morning and repaired at once to Milwaukee, where he is a witness in the suit for possession of the Shubert thea¬ ter in that city. Mr. Shubert had noth¬ ing important to announce. His west¬ ern trip was simply made in the in¬ terests of the Milwaukee case. I want every exhibitor to let this sink deep into his mind for the most serious consideration. Listen: Independence and freedom are not the only things you get when you deal with me. You get the pick of fifty- seven (count ’em, 57) varieties of independent manufacturers of film, as against only ten when you deal with the film trust. You get the very best goods, and you get them on time, every time. Only the Laemmle Film Ser¬ vice has the facilties to give you such a tremendous selection. HERE ARE THE 57 from which I select my stock of films: Italian Cines Williamson Great Northern Film Co. London Cinematograph Co. Cricks & Martin R. W. Paul Graphic Cinematograph Sheffield Walter Tyler British Colonial Deutsche Mutoscope Deutsche Bioscope Gesellschaft Precision Film Co. New York M.P. Co. Phoenix Film Co. Chicago Film Co. Columbia Film Co. Western Multiscope Co. U. S. Film Mfg. Co. World Film Mfg. Co. Penn Moving Picture Centaur Film Co. bumiere-raine c.o., trance Warwick Trading Co., England Comerio, Italy Anglo-American, England W. Butcher & Sons, England Aquila, Italy Italia, “ Pineschi,” Germania, Germany Messter, Welt-Kinematograph, Germany Stella, France Raleigh & Roberts, France Lion, France Hispato, Spain Robert Drankoff, St. Petersburg, Russia Clarendon Film Co. TOTAL 57 Think of it! And as against this, the trust exchanges are tied down hand and foot to the ten manufacturers banded together to make you eat out of their hands. It’s an argument you cannot dodge. Exhibitors are rapidly realizing it and my business is increasing in a more sensational manner than ever Come I Get in! CARL LAEMMLE, President THE LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE 196-198 Lake St., CHICAGO 111 E. 14th St., NEW YORK PORTLAND MINNEAPOLIS SALT LAKE CITY EVANSVILLE ORE. MINN. UTAH IND. OMAHA DENVER MONTREAL NEB. COL. CAN. I am the biggest and best film renter in the whole world! Electric Lights—Steam Heat—Ideal Location Rates: 75c to $1.50 per day $3.50 to $8 00 nor week European TIBBETTS THEATRE WANTS ATTRAC¬ TIONS OF ALL KINDS. Can dive dood •"* owns. Cosh Tibbetts, Mgr., ' ' “ ' Mors. Assn'ii. Preston, Minn. Member Western Theatre Mgrs. Assn’n. I10-S15 per reel; 1_____ new $100; No.4 Optigraph, nearly new, $40; Model B gas outfit $25; song sets $1.50 Will Buy—Machines, Film.