Show World (November 1909)

THE SHOW WORLD November 27, 19( EXCHANGES American Film Exchange, 650 Wabash Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. Anti-Trust Film Exchange, 77 South Clark St., Chicago, Ill. Bijou Film & Amusement Co., Kansas City, Mo. Chicago Film Exchange, 46 Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Chicago Film Exchange, Westory Bldg., Washington, D. C. Chicago Film Exchange, 14th and Douglas Sts., Omaha, Neb. Chicago Film Exchange, Stahlman Bldg., Nashville, Tenn. Chicago Film Exchange, Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Chicago Film Exchange, Atlas Block, Salt Lake City, Utah. Chicago Film Exchange, 1632 Curtis St., Denver, Colo. Chicago Film Exchange, Pacific Block, San Francisco, Cal. Cincinnati Film Exchange, 214 W. 5th St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Cline, Eugene, 59 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Consolidated Amusement Co., 28 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, Md. Dixie Film Co., Maison Blanche Bldg., New Orleans, La. Eagle Film Exchange, 143 N. 8th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Eagle Film Exchange, Baltimore, Md. Eagle Film Service, 632 Worcester Bldg., Portland, Ore. Empire Film Co., 150 E. 14th St., New York City. Exclusive Film Co., 225 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Globe Film Service, 107 E. Madison St., Chicago, Ill. Globe Film Service, Denver, Colo. Globe Film Service, Louisville, Ky. Globe Film Service, Oklahoma City, Okla. Globe Film Service, Sioux Falls, S. D. Great Western Film Service, 59 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Greene, W. E., 223 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. Greene, W. E., 511 Congress St., Portland, Me. Great Eastern Film Co., 21 E. 14th St., New York City. Independent Western Film Exch., McKay Bldg., Portland, Ore. Independent Film Exchange, Bijou Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. Laemmle Film Service, 196 Lake St., Chicago, Ill. Laemmle Film Service, Evansville, Ind. Laemmle Film Service, Minneapolis, Minn. Laemmle Film Service, Omaha, Neb. Laemmle Film Service, 111 E. 14th St., New York City. Laemmle Film Service, Portland, Ore. Laemmle Film Service, Salt Lake City, Utah. Michigan Film & Supply Co., Union Trust Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Morgan-Fearis, Kansas City, Mo. Morgan-Fearis, 311 Elm St., Dallas, Tex. Morgan-Fearis, Oklahoma City, Okla. Morgan-Fearis, 1230 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. New Jersey Film Rental Co., 214 6th Ave., New York City. Pacific Film Exchange, Seattle, Wash. Park Film Exchange, Gem Theatre, St. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia Projection Co., 64 N. 9th St., Philadelphia Pa. Philadelphia Film Exchange, 14 N. 9th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Royal Film Service, 188 Madison St., Chicago, Ill. Royal Film Service, St. Louis, Mo. Royal Film Service, Ft. Worth, Tex. Superior Film & Supply Co., Toledo, Ohio. Swanson, Wm. H. & Co., 164 Lake St., Chicago, Ill. Swanson, Wm. H. & Co., 200 N. 7th Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Swanson, Wm. H. & Co., 106 S. 14th St., Omaha, Neb. Sun, Gus, Springfield, Ohio. Toledo Film Exchange, Toledo, Ohio. Unique Film & Construction Co., 79 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. U. S. Film Exchange, 132 Lake St., Chicago, Ill. Wichita Film & Supply Co., Wichita, Kas. Wagner Film Amusement Co., St. Louis, Mo. Wolverine Film Exchange, Detroit, Mich. MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS. Actophone Co., 573 11th Ave., New York City. Brinkmier, Theo., 1414 Market St., Wheeling, W. Va. Carson Co., 1402 Broadway, New York City. Chicago Film Exchange, 46 Jackson Blvd., Chicago,, Ill. Columbia Cinematograph Co., Petersburg, W. Va. Columbia Film Co., 301 W. 37th St., New York City. Exclusive Film Co., 225 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Film Import & Trading Co., 127 E. 23rd St., New York City. Great Northern Film Co., 7 E. 14th St., New York City. Independent Film Mfg. Co., Ill E. 14th St., New York City. Horsley Mfg. Co., Bayonne, N. J. International P. & P. Co., Schiller Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Lumiere Co., 31 E. 27th St., New York City. New York Motion Picture Co., 429 6th Ave., New York City. Pantograph Corporation, 1402 Broadway, New York City. Phoenix Film Mfg. Co., 215 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. Powers Co., 241st and Richardson Ave., New York City. Thanhouser Co., 205 W. 94th St., New York City. Travergraph Co., 9th Ave. and 15th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. U. S. Film Co., Feder Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio. World Film Mfg Co., Portland, Ore. MACHINE MANUFACTURERS. National Independent Moving Picture Alliance SECRETARY’S OFFICES ~ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEN-J. J. MURDOCK, President; J. W. MORGAN, Vice-President; WM. H. SWANSON, Secretary; A. KESSEL, JR., Tret 160-164 E. Lake St.. CHICAGO “TOM” SHOW DECLARED TO BE WORLDLY PLAY g Infirmary Patients in a Georgia Town Aver That the Offering Is Not Christian DALTON RAID PICTURES STIR UP BIG RUMPUS New Ordinance Has Been Passed in Wichita, Kansas, Allow¬ ing Mayor to Close Obnoxious Shows MACON, Mo., Nov. 23.—“Uncle Tom’s | Cabin” has been declared- a “worldly amusement,” unfit for true Christians. ; was brought about in this manner: Harry Logan, manager of the tj local theater, having booked a good B “Tom" company, and wishing to give S the fifty inmates of the County in- g firmary a treat, asked the matron, Mrs. at Jefferson, Texas, who asked us to put on something else besides ‘Uncle Tom’; they were afraid it might cause excitement and work up bad feeling; they wanted something ‘quieter.’ So "" n some singing and dancing comedy.” 3 Enyeart, if she couldn’t arrange__ S charges to attend the performance, free. K The matron, pleased with the courtesy, 3 placed the matter before the poor folk, Bj who met in mass convention, solemnly B discussed the proposition and voted nj against it, giving as their reason that B] they were Christians and their religion Eg forbids indulgence in worldly amuse- Stranded Actor Acquitted. MEXICO, Mo., Nov. 23.—J. Alfred Dawson, manager, starring Miss Viola Radley in “A Madcap Love,” was ar¬ rested at Higbee Monday morning by Constable Wm. Barnett and brought to this city on a charge of taking a dress that belonged to the wife of Chas. Wil- ~'>n, another member of the company. ' WICHITA, Kan., Nov. 23.—Further details of the closing of the Dalton raid moving pictures are as follows: Not only did W. H. Marple, owner of the Marple theater, get into trouble with the local authorities, but he also stirred the Motion Picture Patents Company There has always been a certain amount of doubt among the owners of moving picture houses in this city as to what the Motion Picture Patent Com¬ pany would do if they used Independent his assailants drew a revolver fired two shots, putting them to passing through a d| ments. 3 time past Holiness preach- K ers have been conducting revival ser- 5? vices in the infirmary chapel, and all ry acquitted Dawson of the charge. It is well to explain that the “Mad¬ cap” company went broke here, Sunday, - of the company, who takes the Legree, the slave buyer. _j inmates have become Si that faith. eg? V. C. Westland, mana J*! “Uncle Tom” eomnanv. wi Si part of Sii__„_. gSff smiled good naturedly Jit his show had been turned down. Not His First Experience, fill “That’s the first time I ever heard Si ‘Uncle Tom’ criticised on the ground BRS of its interference with religion,” he fil said. “We’ve run across other kinds of Si opposition, though, here and there. One night when I was belaboring ‘Uncle JS Tom’ at Galveston, a negro wench arose Si up in the gallery and shouted: |SS “ ‘Look-ee heah, Mister Simon Le¬ if) gree! If yo’ hits dat po’ ole culled Si gemmen qnny mo’, Ah’ll bust you’!” B£* ‘‘In Black Hawk, Ark., a negro be- jf came terribly excited. He said he Si wouldn’t stand for a negro being pound- ed up that way by any white man. He JV left the house and came back with a - doubler-barreled shotgun, but the ushers managed t% get it away _from him be- and Wilson and his wife __ „„ the platform of the C. & A. station with twenty-six cents between them. Other members of the company are here also.- After the leading man and the star had gone, Mrs. Wilson learned that she “shy” a calico dress, valued at -, dispatched after about $2. Officers _ _ _M Dawson and Miss Radley and they turned, bringing with them the missing dress, which they claim was packed with their belongings by mistake. They said they were preparing to return it when the officers arrived. As soon as Marple announced that he would show the Dalton (Independent) pictures, owners of the other houses wired the Patents Company. They in return wired Marple not to run them, threatening to suspend him if he did. Marple claimed he had leased his house to Dalton for three days. At any rate the show was put on and the house was crowded at every performance. Emmet Dalton himself took tickets at the door. The next morning a delegation of bus¬ iness men, including a representative from every bank in the city, called upon Mahoney _ ,_„ _ „ _ portion of the avenue, where Miss bury was held up the night before, whi two men accosted him, one of wh( asked him for a match. Mahoney’s si picions were aroused, and he replied t^_ he had none. The foremost footpj thereupon grabbed him by the arms aid tried to drag him into a doorway. H Mahoney fought desperately, and suc¬ ceeded in breaking away. He drew hjs ivolver and fired two shots point blank at the nearest thug. His bullets t wild, but the robbers were panic stricken and ran up Ash avenue. Patrolman John J. Nolan heard t® ’ - to Mahoney’s assistant but failed to locate the robbers Miss Burrell Recovers. To Wed on the Stage. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 23. —Alice Marsh, 1122 Superior avenue, chorus girl at the Star this week, will be married on the stage before the company after the show Thursday night, by Justice Brown, to Clarence L. Smith, traveling man of Detroit. License was issued Wednesday.—FRYE. missioners. At a meeting of the commissioners. a special ordinance was-passed, giving the mayor power to censor all pictures, and upon his own motion he may instruct +i!°, chief of police to stop all pictures ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 22.—Eleanor Burrell, leading woman of the “GirlSS company, who was stricken during t® company’s engagement at the Tootle theater several weeks ago, and who sub¬ sequently submitted to a surgical opera- -- Ensworth hospital, has recovered ind left for New York. Hammond Manager Resigns. accordance - that___ _ ordinance. The ordinance provides, “in brief, that no pictures depicting crime, robberies or any class which might in¬ fluence minors, shall be shown in any moving picture theater by any person, firm The irporation. •dinance became effective at and j>rovides_ a ^maximum penalty De Haven Attached. of $100.—HARDWICK. fore he shot me. Our'‘Uncle Tom’ __ Q as white as I am, but the southern B darkies had the idea that he was an V. actual member of their own race. ■ “We were whited on by a committee NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 19.—The act of Carter De Haven, appearing at Polls last week, was attached Monday Treasurer is Waylaid. for a claim of $5,000. A settlement _ arranged in time for Mr. De Haven to appear at Bridgeport at the Monday SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.—Edward Mahoney, treasurer for the “Three Twins” Company, which is playing at Garrick theater, had an excitin„_ venture with highwaymen at Van Ness and Ash avenues. After a struggle with Opera house here since last JdH nas resigned his position and has been succeeded by George L. Manderback, wfie for some weeks was business manager! of Dr. Herbert L. Flint and wife, the hypnotists. Mr. Manderback has 1# years of experience as manager, be^H last located in Lafayette, Ind., where he managed the Grand Opera house, now known as the Dryfus. Mr. Emery hand ed in his resignation to Mr. Wingfield, the lessee of Towle’s, about a month ago, he having found better opportun¬ ities with Mort Singer and people. After taking about a month to recuperate from a throat trouble, Mr. Emery expects to take one of the big musical comedy eomedies out of Chicago as manager and follow the road.