Exhibitor's Trade Review (May-Aug 1925)

Page 56 Exhibitors Trade Review MILLION TO BE SPENT ON NEW PORTLAND THEATRE $35,000 Wurlitzer Installation Features Tremendous Project PORTLAND, Oregon— Lease of a site at Salmon street and Broadway for a new $1,000,000 theatre and closing of a deal booking the talent of the Gus Sun theatre circuit — the largest in New York and the Atlantic states — Friday marked the beginning of a new phase in the Portland development of the theatrical interests of Ackerman & Harris, present owners of the Hippodrome theatre. "• • Sam Harris, one of the partners in the firm, announced the deal, and A. E. Doyle is working on the plans for the new house. It will be a 2,500 seat theatre, and the building in which it is housed will be a seven story structure with stores and office rooms as well. Manager W. W. Ely, who announced the booking of the Gus Sun talent, will leave soon for the East where he will make provisions for the new changes. Selection of furniture and fixtures for the new theatre will be in his hands. To Study Ventilation' One of the features in the new theatre for which Ely will arrange is the installation of a $35,000 Wurlitzer organ, one of the finest in the city. During his trip East he will also go into further detail on the lighting and ventilating system. "We have the best ventilating system in the city in the Hippodrome," he said, "and I intend to profit by my experience with it and produce an even finer system of lights and ventilation for the new theatre." Excavation on the site is expected to begin in a month. The lease on the present structure expires August 1, 1926, and by that time it is expected that the new theatre will be ready for occupancy. Pantages theatre will occupy the present Hippodrome building through purchase. Leased for 35 Years Ackerman & Harris own 24 theatres on the coast and book entertainment in 100. At present they are building in Fresno, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Leandro and Haywood, Cal., five theatres which will cost an aggregate of $3,000,000. No one of these theatres, according to Harris, is so elaborate as the one to be built here. The site of the Portland house was owned by Keller & Boyd, and has been leased for 35 years to Ackerman & Harris. * * * News of the Architects Archt. Clarence G. Johnson, 472 58th st., Milwaukee, Wise, drawing plans on M. P. theatre, stores and Apt. bldg. at Ogden ave., bet. Cass & Marshall st, Milwaukee, Wise. Owner, W. J. Roche, 187 Farewell, and J. B. Culler, 172-2nd. Archt. will take bods on gen. Contractor. Archt. and Mech. Engr. J. E. Eberson, 212 E. Superior, Chicago, 111., drawing plans on theatre, store and office bldg. at W. Main st, Battle Creek, Mich. Owner, Bijou Theatri cal Enterprises, Inc., 505 Insurance Exchange Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Theatre contemplated at 9th and Main sts., Richmond, Ind. Archt not selected. Owner, City Securities Co., 156 E. Market St., Indianapolis, Ind. M. P. theatre at Cleveland and Myrtle aves., Columbus, Ohio, being built by Archt. J. Edgar Outcalt, 186 E. Broad st. Owner, New Linden Amusement Co., 5 W. Long st, 1 sty., 50x100. Archt Rapp & Rapp, 190 N. State St., Chicago, 111., building theatre at Washington near Crawford. Owner, Balaban & Katz, 175 N. State st, 125x332. Archt. C. W. & C. L. Rapp taking bids on theatres, stores and cap. hotel at s. w. corner Hyde Park Blvd. and Blackstone, 12 sty. and cop., 275x275. Owner, Schoenstadt & Son, 118 So. Michigan, Chicago, 111. Archt. J. E. O. Pridmore, 38 So. Dearborn st, Chicago, 111, taking bids on theatre, stores and offices at 4048 Sheridan road, $l,000,00u, 2 sty. 128x194. Owner, Ascher Brothers, 50» So. Wabash ave. Archt. Rebori Westworth, Dewey & MtCormick, 332 So. Michigan ave, Chicago, Hi., taking bids on general contract for theatre and office bldg, at 119 N. Clark st, 6 sty and bas, 42x100. Owner, G. M. Cohan, 1840 Broadway, New York City. Theatre at 3934-38 W. Washington st, Chicago, 111, being built be Archt. Levy & Klein, 111 W. Washington st, taking bids on Sep. contractors. Owner, H. Schoenstadt & Sons, 1118 S. Michigan ave. M. P. theatre being built bet. 3rd and 4th sts, on Phillips ave, Sioux Falls, S. D, 2 sty, 70x120. Archt, Buechner & Orth, 500 Shubert Bldg, St. Paul, Minn. Owner, Finkelstein & Ruben, 4th floor, Loeb Arcade, Minneapolis, Minn. Theatre being built at S. W. corner 17th st, and Broadway, N. Y. C. Archt, Thos. W. Lamb, 644 8th ave. Owner, Coolidee Theatre Corp, 50 E. 42nd st, N. Y. C. No date set for work to start 2 sty, 120x100. ■ SHIPl H Guara IPPED SAME DAY ORDER IS RECEIVED aranteed Service — Good Work — Popul; Prices — Send for Trial Order. FILMACK COMPANY 736 S.WABASH AVE. CHICAGO veuB Hilar B Mailing Lists Classified Opportunities RATE 2 CENTS A WORD CASH WITH COPY Local Films MOTION PICTURES made to order. Commercial, Home or Industrial. We have excellent facilities, and the best cameramen. Our price 20c per foot. Ruby Film Company, 727 Seventh Avenue, N. Y. For Rent MOTION PICTURE and "Still"Cameras rented, sold and exchanged. Portable lights for sale and for rent. Keep us advised of your wants. Ruby Camera Exchange, 727 Seventh Ave, New York. At Liberty AT LIBERTY — Expert photoplayer organist; by hand or roll ; first class references. Address "Box IS" care of Exhibitors Trade Review, New York. A-l LEADER (VIOLIN)— Side. Long experience; pictures, vaudeville; fine library; reliable; neat. LEADER, 1 Walnut, Hudson Falls, New York. EXPERT OPERATOR AND ELECTRICIAN with nine years' experience in big houses. Married. Wants to locate at once. Address Operator, Box 282, Mason City, Iowa. ORGANIST — Expert, reliable, young man; union; large library ; unit organ preferred, if good ; conservatory graduate ; tricks and imitations ; novelty solos and slides. Write J. Clarence, 309 S. Dithridge St, Pittsburg, Pa. For Sale STEREO PTI CON — B. & L. CARBON ARC 4^ inch Condensers, 10 inch Lens, with Rheostat corap!ee, in very good condition, only $25 cash. ALOE'S, 513 Olive, St. Louis, Missouri. FOR SALE — Five reel feature, "When the Desert Smiles." Ed. Milanoski, 640 Fourth St, Grand Rapids, Mich. FOR SALE AT A SACRIFICE Photoplayer; in use less than 2 years. Orpheum Theatre, Orwigsburg, Pa. FOR SALE: — Underwood Typewriter, 16 inches. Will consider an exchange. Write Box H. S, Exhibitors Trade Review. 2 POWERS 6-A, 2 MOTIO GRAPHS, 54 Veneer Chairs, Gold Fibre Screen, Film Cabinets, Rheostats and other equipment. Cheap foi quick sale. Mrs. Le Vitt, 6201 Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, 111. FOURTEEN HUNDRED NEW OPERA CHAIRS, some upholstered. New goods made on contract to fit. Bankrupt stock, at a big saving. EIGHT THOUSAND YARDS of government Standard Battleship Linoleum and Cork Carpet at less than wholesale prices for theatres, churches, clubs and lodges. Guaranteed goods. Not less than one roll sold. J. P. REDINGTON & COMPANY, SCRANTON, PA. ELECTRIC SIGN "LYRIC": Double faced, ready to hang; cost $100. Spot cash $50. J. P. Redington, Scranton, Pa. POWER'S 6-A PROJECTOR $175. — Motor Driven suit case projector $75 Movie Camera $40 Sept Spring Motor Movie Camera $50 Eastman negative stock 3 cents a foot. Ray 296 5th Avenue, N. Y. FOR SALE — International Adding Machine with stand, also a Marchant Calculator. Bargain. Box P. L, Exhibitors Trade Review. WE CAN EQUIP YOUR THEATRE complete, new or used goods, and save you money. Write for literature. Western Motion Picture Company, Danville, 111. FOR SALE— A modern fireproof theatre building, 50 x 140, equipped for road shows and pictures ; building includes two stores and two flats ; middle west town, county seat, 6,000 inhabitants ; mortgage sale ; can be bought for one-half original cost. Address Box 876, Fargo, N. D. 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