Exhibitors Herald (Dec 1925-Mar 1926)

December 26, 1925 EXHIBITORS HERALD 45 NEW THEATRES Among new theatres recently announced in various parts of the country which are either under way or will shortly be started are the following: Burbank, Calif. — West Coast Junior Theatres, Film Exchange Building, Los Angeles, plans to erect theatre, to cost $150,000. Hawthorne, Calif.— J. J. Frauenfelder, Story Building, has prepared plans for one-story brick theatre, 150 by 150 feet, to be erected at Hawthorne Circle for W. McNeal. Los Angeles, Calif. — P. J. Walker Company, Garland Building, has contract for two-story brick and reinforced concrete theatre and office building, 100 by 100 feet, to be erected at 11th and Hill streets, for E. L. Doheny, to cost $1,000,000. Los Angeles, Calif. — Advance Properties Company has plans by Austin Company, 777 East Washington street, for twostory reinforced concrete theatre, store and office building, 100 by 150 feet, probably to be erected on Wilshire Boulevard. Monterey, Calif. — W. P. Sweeney, 200 Central avenue, Pacific Grove, Calif., has contract to erect reinforced concrete theatre, with seating capacity of 1,500, for Monterey Theatre Company, to cost $1 55,000. Denver, Colo. — F. J. Kirchof Construction Company, 700 Lawrence street, has contract for six-story brick, terra-cotta and reinforced concrete theatre, 71 by 160 feet, to be erected at Colfax avenue and Race street, for H. E. Huffman, 1050 East Colfax avenue, to cost $300,000. St. Petersburg, Fla. — Elmer Ermatinger, 121 Eighteenth avenue, N., plans to erect ten-story theatre and office building. Sarasota, Fla. — New theatre under construction for A. B. Edwards, is to be operated by Universal Film Exchange. Albany, Ga. — Gortatowsky Brothers plan to start work January 1, on theatre and arcade building on Farkas Estate, to cost $215,000. Chicago, 111. — Moose Greater Lodge, B. W. Johnson, secretary, 155 North Clark street, has plans by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, 80 East Jackson Boule vard, for brick, stone and reinforced concrete theatre, hotel and office building, to cost $3,000,000. Des Plaines, 111. — W. C. Braham Magee, 549 Lee street, will erect two-story brick and stone-trim theatre, store and office building, 42 by 160 feet, to cost $60,000. Joliet, 111. — All records for construction work are being shattered in connection with the building of the new Rialto Square Theatre, according to Maurice Rubens, secretary of the Greater States Theatres, Inc. Olney, 111. — Building occupied by the Rodman department store, will be converted into theatre. Washington Park, 111. — Orville Boswell, a prominent real estate dealer, has purchased a site on Sage avenue, near Kingshighway, having a frontage of 125 feet, for the erection of a moving picture theatre, to cost $25,000. Washington Park, a suburb of East St. Louis, is an incorporated village, with a population of 2500 persons. There is no theatre here at the present time, the nearest one being the Waverly on Fortieth street. East St. Louis. The Boswell enterprise will be strictly a moving picture house, with possibly vaudeville attraction as a feature. The community generally concedes that the proposition should prove a profitable one. Knoxville, la. — Byron Watson, owner of the Grand Theatre, has purchased a site west of the new Citizens Bank building for the erection of a new and up-to-date theatre. Murry, Ky. — W. S. Swann has awarded contract to Joseph Key, of Paducah, to convert Graham Building into an attractive and up-to-date moving picture theatre. The Columbia Amusement Company, of Paducah, has leased the building and will conduct it as a moving picture theatre as soon as improvements are completed. Baltimore, Md. — J. W. Bowers, 3726 Falls road, will erect one-story brick moving picture theatre, 35 by 150 feet, on Falls road, to cost $35,000. Somerville, Mass. — G. Vartegin has Preddey Super Reflector Lamp Massive Construction Largest and Heaviest Lamp on the Market. Enclosed perfect automatic arc feed. Has pilot light. All outside adjustments. Takes 12" carbons. Double doors, double walled. y," heavy feed screw. No delicate parts. Fits all machines. $300 WALTER PREDDEY 187 Golden Gate Av. San Francisco, Cal. ery large mirror " diameter THE RAVEN mm SCREEN Is Being Used For the PREMIER SHOWING ( Also Road Shows) THE BIG PARADE RAVEN SCREEN CORPORATION 1476 Broadway New York City