The Exhibitor (Nov 1938-May 1939)

better management BM-31 David Harrison is the architect on the new 3 50-seat, $30,000 theatre at 1924 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland. M. Cardin, Baltimore, owns the property. Site of the new 600-seat, 5 6x1 60-foot, $45,000 theatre in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, is that of the H. L. Meyer livery stable on Maple Street. Theatre will be owned by Bernard Haines, Perkasie, Pennsylvania. The Academy, Wappinger Falls, New York, operated by Philip Eisenberg, was destroyed by fire, with an estimated loss of $50,000. The theatre will be rebuilt. The Regis, Saint Regis Falls, New York, operated by Fred LeMieux, was completely destroyed by fire, with damages to the theatre amounting to $30,000. Total damage was estimated at $60,000. General contract for the new 1,5 00-seat theatre (with balcony) on the site of the demolished Old State Theatre, Chester, Pennsylvania, has been awarded to the Golder Construction Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The house is owned by the Stanley Company of America. Architect is John Eberson, New York, New York. The new 700-sear theatre at 13th Street and Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is owned by William H. Greenhouse, Philadelphia. Architect is Max A. Bernhardt, Philadelphia. William Benton, of the Congress, Saratoga, New York, and the Schine Theatre Corporation, Gloversville, New York, in accordance with an earlier report, are completing plans for the remodeling of the Pastime, Granville, New York, which was to have been taken over January 1 by the SchineBenton Circuit. The theatre will be closed a month for thorough remodeling. The sum of $10,000 will be spent by Mike Boumsear on the remodeling of his Plaza, Malone, New York. An elaborate new front will be installed, also new seats. Work was scheduled to have started about the first of the year. General contract for the new theatre and two stores to be built on the Boardwalk, Wildwood, New Jersey, by William C. Hunt, has been awarded to J. Mathis, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Architects are Thalheimer and Weitz, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Heller, South Fallsburg, New York, will build a new theatre, seating 700, at Woodburne (Sullivan County)', New York. While being built primarily for summer business, the theatre will be so constructed as to permit all year operation. House is supposed to be ready for opening May 30. In addition to his other announced theatrebuilding plans, William Shirley, former Schenectady, New York, exhibitor, now plans to erect a theatre in Monticello, New York. William Clark, who operates the Palace, Fort Covington, New York, will close his theatre there, and open a theatre at Waddington, New Jersey, after the first of the year. Extensive alterations will include new seats, sound equipment, drapes, redecorating. Major E. A. Keit, Randolph (Chautauqua County), New York, in partnership with B. M. Garfield, Rialto, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, will build a 500-seat theatre in Randolph, at 100-111 Main Street. Theatre will seat 400. General contract for the new 75 0-seat theatre in Mount Morris, New York, has been awarded to Mayo Construction Company, Rochester, New York. The project, costing $60,000, calls for an Easter (April 9) opening. The Schine Theatre Corporation, Gloversville, New York, will completely redecorate their newly acquired Corbin (to be renamed the Hippodrome) in Corbin, Kentucky. Architect is John Eberson, New York, New York. A new theatre to cost $2 5 0,000 is projected for Wils onCollege, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Architect is Charles Z. Klauder, Philadelphia. It is reported that E. J. Boyd, owner-operator of the Jefferson, Honaker, Virginia, will completely remodel and enlarge his theatre. Charles Wilson plans to install new sound equipment in his new Bijou, Troy, New York. December 23 was set as the opening date for Phil Barodi’s new house at Indian Lake, New York. Barodi also operates the Happy Hour, North Creek, New York. William Shirley, former Schenectady exhibitor, is looking for site for theatres in Catskill, Liberty, and Lowville, New York. In Lowville, he has a site, but is negotiating to take over the closed Hippodrome in lieu of building. The Hippodrome, closed for seven or eight years, will be in the need of renovations. Harry Savett, Antwerp, New York, is spendmg $6,000 on the remodeling of the Port Lyden, Port Lyden, New York. New seats, draperies, sound equipment, projection machine will be included. Harry Savett, Antwerp, New York, is reported as negotiating with the estate of Harry Grappotte for the theatre at Cape Vincent, New York. If he acquires it, he will remodel. Mike Kallett, of the Kallett Theatre Circuit, is the owner of the new 700-seat theatre in Old Forge, New York. A May 3 0 opening is planned. Cost of the project is $40,000. A truck hit the marquee of the Monroe, Rochester, New York, operated by Chester Fenyvessy. The marquee will have to be repaired, or a new one installed. Albert Fenyvessy, Jr., is planning to redecorate the entire West End, Rochester, New York. The housing project in the Bronx, New York, New York, bounded by East Tremont, Castle Hill, McGraw Avenues and White Plains Road, will h ave three theatres. Architect is John Eberson, New York. The New York State Department of Education is going to have a motion picture theatre, complete for sound films. Ward C. Bowen, visual education board chief, said the theatre will not be for amusement. It will be sound-proof and will be used to show educational pictures as an aid to teachers. Carol Fenyvessy, Rexy, Rochester, New York, has just acquired the 5 00-seat Hudson, Rochester. He will completely remodel and redecorate the Hudson. The new owner of the Normandie, New York, is the Norman Theatre Corporation, New York. Melvin H. Spiegelmeyer, Paxtonville, Pennsylvania, operating a theatre in Meiserville and Paxtonville, Pennsylvania, is in the market for some used theatre chairs. The Stanley, Boonsboro, Maryland, will be reopened by Harold Low and Charles Walter, State, Thurmont, Maryland. Alterations are expected to be necessary. Alterations costing $50,000 to the 970-seat Waldorf, New York, will be made by lessee Irving Shapiro, New York. With the lease on the Century, Rochester, New York, renewed by Paramount for 10 years, plans are being drawn for extensive reconstruction and renovation. Including rebuilding part of the balcony, alterations will be a new marquee, new carpeting throughout, new drapes, redecoration. Century is operated by the Comerford-Paramount-RKO set-up of five theatres in Rochester, with William Cadoret as city manager, Fred Myers district manager. The organization’s Capitol will receive a new modernistic front, new lighting fixtures. Miscellaneous alterations will be made to the Mayfair, Philadelphia. Engineer is Max Haupt, Philadelphia. E. L. Ford, Norton, Virginia, is the architect on the new theatre, seating 500, in Pounds, Virginia, to be leased by M. K. Murphy, Appalachia, Virginia. Eugene Mori, of Vineland, New Jersey, plans a new 750-seat theatre for Woodbury, New Jersey. Architect is William H. Lee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Globe Amusement Company, of Baltimore, Maryland, of which Washington’s the late Joseph Makover is president, announced a new 65 0-seat theatre at 23rd Street and Benning Road, Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, to be leased to the Lichtman Theatres, Washington. Architect is John Eberson, New York, New York. The Clinton Estates, Inc., announces a new one and two-story fireproof theatre, stores, and offices, to cost $100,000, at 611-621 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, New York. Architect is William Hohauser, New York, New York. Previously reported was the 700-seat theatre at 663 West Saratoga Street, Baltimore, Maryland, owned by Nathan Harrison, Baltimore. Davis Harrison, Baltimore, is the architect. Previously reported was the 1,000 to 2,000seat theatre, owned by Wilmer and Vincent, New ^ ork, New York, at 601 Penn Avenue, West Reading, Pennsylvania. Architect is William H. Lee, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A new 700-seat, 70xl00-foot theatre is to be erected in the northern section of Baltimore, Maryland. J. E. Moxley, Baltimore, is the architect. The 3 00-seat Park, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, badly damaged by fire of December 17, will be rebuilt. Theatre is operated by Harry Colmar, is owned by Edward Ketchum. The site for the 300-seat, $35,000 theatre in Wilmington, Delaware, is Tate Street, between 42nd and 43rd Streets. Architect is Victorine and Samuel Hornsey, Wilmington. Owner is the Drama League. The Schine Theatre Corporation, Gloversville, New York, will shortly take over the Margie Grand, Harlan, Kentucky, and the Liberty, Pineville, Kentucky. Both 600-seat houses will be redecorated and remodeled, with all new equipment installed. The 69th Street, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, will get a new marquee, front, etc. Theatre is operated by Warner Brothers. The Plaza, Milford, Delaware, operated by the Schine Theatre Corporation, Gloversville, New York, will get extensive alterations. Architect is John Eberson, New York. Proposed for Baltimore, Maryland, is a new theatre at 3 6 Park Heights Avenue to cost $3 5,000. Owner is Richard Shamis, Real Art, Baltimore. The Kallet-Comerford Theatre Corporation, Oneida, New York, plans a new 700-seat theatre for Woodbourne, New York. Architect is George C. Ketchum, Syracuse, New York. A new theatre, 50x136 feet, will be erected at 1616 Main Street, Lynchburg, Virginia, by Dominion Theatres, Inc. Hunter Perry, Charlottesville, Virginia, is the president of the corporation. A new 600-eat theatre, on the site of Nobury Hall, Ellenville, New York, is planned by the Fabian Theatres, New York. Architect is said to be John Eberson, New York. Alterations costing $4,000 are t obe made on the Princess, Washington, D. C. Architect is John Zink, Baltimore, Maryland, with the general contractor Stinker and Garrett, Washington. Charles H. Olive is the theatre’s general manager, Fred Kogod the owner. A new theatre to seat 650 will be built on the site of the old Pastime, Media, Pennsylvania. Harry Dembow is the owner. Architect is David Supowitz, Philadelphia. It is reported that Lewis Hitchler will reseat his Met, Oxford, Pennsylvania. Interior and exterior alterations to the Mays, Mays Landing, New Jersey, will be made. The new Normandie, New York, costing $75,000 was to have opened November 30. Architects are Rosario Gandele and Benjamin Schlanger, New York. General contractor is Heyman Harris Company, New York. The new, 650-seat Lane, Philadelphia, on which David Supowitz was the architect, S. H. Levin the general contractor, both of Philadelphia, opened November 9. March 1}, 19)9