Year book of motion pictures (1928)

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CENTURY CIRCUIT, INC. Home Office: 152 W. 42nd St., New York. No. of Theaters: 23. President: H. Clay Miner. General Manager: A. H. Schwartz. Film Buyer: J. Sokoloff. NEW YORK, New York City: Beacon: Brooklyn: Albermarle, Century, Farragut, Kingsway, Linden, Marine, Mayfair, Midwood and Rialto ; LONG ISLAND, Floral Park: Floral Park; Flushing: Prospect; Freeport: Grove: Huntington: Huntington; Jamaica: Merrick, Rialto and Schwartz ; Port Washington : Beacon ; Queen's Village : Queens. (In construction: theater at Flatbush Ave. and Lincoln Road, and another at Sheepshead Bay, both in Brooklyn). CHAIN THEATERS VIRGINIA, Norfolk: Apollo, Berkeley, Ghent, Liberty and Rex ; Virginia Beach : Roland. CHAMBERLAIN AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISES, INC. Home Office: Victoria Theater Bldg., Shamokin, Pa. Pres. & Gen'l Mgr. : L. J. Chamberlain. Film Buyer: W. L. Heiss. PENNSYLVANIA, Lansford: Strand and Victoria; Mahonoy City: Victoria; Mt. Carmel: Valentine and Victoria; Shamokin: Capitol, Strand and Victoria; Tamaqua: Victoria. CHAMBERS & STANLEY (Kansas)— See Stanley & Chambers. CHARETTE & ALLEN (Massachusetts)— See Allen & Charette. CHARLES & BOWEN (Washington) — See Bowen & Charles. CHARNAS & FISHMAN (Also See Toledo Theater Enterprises) OHIO, Bucyrus: Hippodrome and Southern; Canton: Windsor; Coshocton: Cinderella; Dover: Weber; Sidney: Majestic; Zanesville: Rivoli. CHRISTEDGE THEATERS, INC. NEW YORK, New York; Castle Hill, Throgg's Neck, Rosedale and Wakefield; Yonkers: Broadway and Cameo. CINDERELLA THEATER CORP. MICHIGAN, Detroit: Cinderella, De Luxe, Parkview and New Roosevelt. CIRCLE THEATER CO. Home Office: Circle Theater. Indianapolis. INDIANA, Indianapolis: Circle, Indiana, Ohio and Uptown. CIVIC THEATERS CO. TEXAS. Texico: Texico ; and also several in New Mexico. CLARK CIRCUIT (Rowland & Clark-Pennsylvania)— See Stanley Company of America. CLARK, R. A. (New York)— See M. & S. Circuit, Inc. CLEMMINS, J. D. (Texas)— See East Texas Theaters, Inc. CLINTON-MYERS (Affiliated with Publix) Home Office: Duluth, Minn. MINNESOTA, Duluth: Doric, Lyceum, Star, Strand and Sunbeam. CLUSTER, R. C. Home Office: Palace Theater, Johnston City, 111. President & Gen'l Mgr.: R. C. Cluster. Film Buyer:. R. C. Cluster. ILLINOIS, Johnston City: Palace; Pinckneyville: Harriat ; Salem: Lyric; Sparta :_ Grand. COCHRANE, J. H. (New York)— See Glynne, Michael. COCOLIS AMUSEMENT CO. Home Office: 729 7th Ave., N»w York. NEW YORK, New York: Operating several theaters in the Metropolitan territory. COHEN BROS. Home Office: 2615 Woodward Ave., Detroit. MICHIGAN, Detroit: Coliseum, Colonial, Globe, Grand Victory, Hollywood and Rex. COHEN, GEORGE Home Office: 201 W. 49th St., New York. No. of Theaters: 10. President : George Cohen. NEW YORK, Newburgh: Cameo, Opera Hou^e and Star; Poughkeepeie : Best, Playhouse, Rialto and Strand. NEW JERSEY, Orange: Colonial, Lyceum and Palace. COHEN & KORNBLITE NEW YORK, Binghamton: Binghamton, Star, Strand and Symphony; Buffalo: Victoria; Endicott: Elvin, Lyric and Strand; Syracuse: Strand. COHEN, WILLIAM (New JerseyPennsylvania ) — See Equity Theaters, Inc. COLE. MART TEXAS, HaUettsviUe: Cole; Marshall: Queens; Needville: Alcove; Richmond: Queen; Rosenberg: Liberty ; Wallis : Dreamland. COLONIAL THEATERS, INC. Home Office: 61-81 Main St., Bristol, Conn. President: D. A. Peters. General Manager: L. M. Gordon. Film Buyer: A. H. Lockwood. CONNECTICUT, Bristol: Bristol, Cameo, Palace and Princess. COLUMBIA AMUSEMENT CO. (>S. Hamowitz) No. of Theaters: 12. KENTUCKY, Ashland: Capitol, Columbia Edisonia, Grand and Modern ; Catlettsburgh : Bell and State; Murray: Capitol; Paducah: Arcade, Cozy and Orpheum; Seymour: Columbia. COLUMBUS AMUSEMENT CO. PENNSYLVANIA, New Kensington: Columbus, Imperial, Liberty, State and Strand. COMBINED THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES NEW JERSEY, Bayonne: Empire; Boonton : Barress; Elizabeth: Elnora; Elizabethport : Embassy; Newark: Lincoln and West End. COMERFORD THEATERS, INC. Home Office: 207 Wyoming Ave., Scranton. Pa. No. of Theaters: 74. Pres. -Gen'l Mgr. : M. E. Comerford. Film Buyer: W. H. Cadoret. NEW YORK, Binghamton: Exchange; Oswego: Tioga Theater; Tioga: Tioga Theater; Waverly: Capitol and Waverly. PENNSYLVANIA, Ashley: Park; Avoca: Palace ; Bloomsburg : Columbia ; Brookside : Liberty ; Clarks Summit: Aljo ; Dickson City: Rex; Dunmore: Garden; Duryea: Pastime: Edwardsville : Grand ; Eynon : The Eynon ; Glen Lyon : Family and Newport; Hawly: Dreamland; Hazleton: Capitol, Grand and Liberty; Homesdale: Lyric: Kingston : Kingston ; Mauch Chunk : Capitol and Opera House; Montrose: Ideal; Nanticoke: State; Northumberland: Savoy; Old Forge: Hoi land and Pilost ; Olyphant: Ferguson and Opera House ; Pittston : American, Dreamland and Ro man ; Plains : Lincoln ; Plymouth : Rialto and Shawnee; Pottsville: Capitol and Hip.; Providence: Palace; Scranton: Bell, Capitol, Gem. Glove, Leader, Manhattan, Orpheum, Palace Period, Pine Brook, Poli's, Regent, Rialto, Roosevelt, State, Strand, Victory and West Side ; Selinsgrove : Stanley ; Sunburg : Strand and Victoria ; Swoyersville : Strand ; Throop : Lyric ; West Pittston: Garden; Wilkes-Barre : Alhambra, Cap 684