Exhibitors Herald (Jul-Sep 1922)

July 1, 1922 EXHIBITORS HERALD 69 Theatre Construction News of $75,000, making it new house. a virtually entire The most recent big theatre project announced is that of Famous PlayersLasky Corporation which will build a motion picture theatre to cost $5,500,000 in Times Square, New York City. It is to have a seating capacity of 4,000. The theatre will have its entrance through the Putnam building which has a frontage of 200 feet on Broadway. Another big theatre project is the Electric at Kansas City, Mo., which will be operated by Brubel Brothers. This new structure will cost approximately $520,000 and will have a seating capacity of 2,500. New Projects Portland, Ore. — William C. Roach and C. E. Hamilton have purchased property at Milwaukee and Rural avenues on which they will erect a $25,000 theatre. Plans are in preparation by Thomas Lee, architect. * New York, N. Y. — E. J. Fenelon, operator, will build a theatre on Dyckman street. Port Angeles, Wash. — Mack Davis, proprietor of the Drama theatre, will build a new $60,000 theatre here which will seat 1,008. * Council Bluffs, la. — Parsons Construction Company, Omaha, has been given the general contract for the construction of the Broadway theatre which will be leased by A. H. Blank. * West Palm Beach, Fla.— NicholasWilliams Company will erect a new theatre for colored people at Rosemary and Second avenues. * Waukegan, 111. — Dayton Brothers of Kenosha, Wis., have chosen a site and completed plans for their new $350,000 theatre. * Madison, Wis. — A $400,000 theatre will be constructed on State street here next year by Marcus Heiman of Chicago it is announced. Rapp & Rapp are the architects. * Shickshinny, Pa. — Mr. and Mrs. James Hooper will build a theatre, store and apartment building on Main street here. Plans are by A. McGlynn, local architect. Portland, Ore.— W. E. Tebbetts and Percy Garrigues have obtained permit to erect a motion picture theatre between Fortieth and Forty-first, on Sandy boulevard. * Sioux City, la. — Rapid progress is being made on the new $30,000 Park theatre which points to its opening in the near future. * El Campo, Tex. — This city is to have a public auditorium which will be used for a theatre. * Santa Ana, Cal.— C. E. Walker, owner of the Princess theatre, 308 N. Main street, will rebuild the structure at a cost New York, N. Y. — Occidental HoldingCorporation will build a 2,500 seat theatre at Burnside and Walton avenues. Ownership Changes Lima, O. — Settos Brothers, owners of a number of theatres in Springfield, have purchased the Lyric theatre here from George Checkers & Company. * Decatur, 111. — The Gem theatre has been purchased by Dominick Frisina and Joe Frasser from Spaulding Brothers. * Kansas, 111. — Ray Delat has purchased the Pastime theatre from Don Neal. * Ames, Iowa. — Helen and Joe Ger three A. H. Blank houses in Ames, have purchased the three playhouses. They are the Princess, Ames, and Twin Star. * Paris, Ky. — The Grand and Alamo theatres have passed into the management of Miss Anna Belle Ward of Richmond, branch manager and director of enix Amusement Company. riio Ail Film Renovating Work Brings Commendation A letter commending the work of A. Teitel, 804 S. Wabash avenue, in the work of cleaning and renovating the film "Shadows of Conscience," has been received by the company from Russell Productions, Inc. According to the letter, after a fourth cleaning the film looks bracht, who have been local managers for\^-.yirtually as good as new again / Stop that hot weather leak One month of hot weather — and only one month — costs you a bigger monev loss than all other elements for a whole year. Here's an enormous tax — repeated summer after summer — that you can save so easily with Typhoon Cooling System. And the cost is nothing, because the first summer's saving pays for Typhoons — as proved in more than one thousand theatres. Install Typhoons NOW on long terms Write for Booklet E-22 TYPHOON FAN CO. 345 W. 39th St., New York 6 6 Philadelphia New Orleans Los Angeles Chicago Buffalo Dallas 47S971 A