Year book of motion pictures (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
Year book of motion pictures
Date:
1928
Publisher:
New York : The Film Daily
Volume:
The film daily year book : 1928
Leaf #:
000712
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Year Book
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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Henry: Empire; Hoosic Falls: New; Ticonderoga: Playhouse. FISCHER'S PARAMOUNT THEATERS, INC. Home Office, 36 South State St., Chicago. No. of Theaters: 23. President : Frank W. Fischer. General Manager: H. J. Eschbach. Film Buyer: S. W. Miller. ILLINOIS, Kewanee: Garden, Grand, Majestic, Rialto and Willard : LaiSalle: Colonial and LaSalle. IOWA, Burlington: Crystal. WISCONSIN, Appleton: Appleton ; Burlington: Crystal, Orpheum and Teutonia; Elkhorn : Princess; Fond du Lac: Fond du Lac; Madison: Majestic, New Madison and Parkway; Monroe: Monroe; Oskosh: Fischer; Portage: Home and Portage; Whitewater: Strand and Whitewater. FISHMAN BROS. CIRCUIT Home Office: 820 Dixwell Ave., New Haven, Conn. CONNECTICUT, Fairfield: Community; New Haven: Dixwell, Lawrence and Lyric; Winchester: Lyric. FISHER & TORADOR MINNESOTA, Minneapolis: Elite, New Cozy, Old Mill and University. FISHMAN & CHARNAS (Ohio)— See Charnas & Fishman. FITE, W. D. Home Office: 612 Kansas Ave., Kansas Citv. Pres. & Gen'l Mgr.: W. D. Fite. Film Buyer: W. D. Fite KANSAS CITY, Eldorado: Iris; Independence: Best; Kansas City: Kansas; Salina: Royal FITTON CIRCUIT, D. E. Home Office: Lyric Theater, Harrison, Ark. Pres. & Gen'l Mgr.: D. E. Fitton. Film Buyer: D. E. Fitton ARKANSAS, Harrison: Lyric; Malvern: Pastime; Searcy: Grand; Springdale: Gem MISSOURI, Aurora: Princess. FITZER, BEN NEW YORK, Auburn: New Strand; Fulton: Auditorium ; Syracuse: AVon, Happy Hour and Hawley Street. FITZER BROS., MITCHELL AND MAX NEW YORK, Auburn: Auditorium; Kenmore: Kenmore; Syracuse: Empire, Rivoli, Savoy, Swan and Syracuse. FITZPATRICK-McELROY CO. Home Office: 202 South State St., Chicago. No. of Theaters: 16. President : Kenneth S. Fitzpatrick. General Manager: Walter J. Crowley. Treasurer: Blair McElroy. Film Buyer : E. R. Saether. FITZPATRICK & McELROY THEATERS, ALL OPERATED BY SUBSIDIARIES: FITZPATRICK-McELROY & STERN CO.: INDIANA, Muncie: Columbia, Rivoli, Star and Strand. FITZPATRICK-McELROY CO. OF ILLINOIS: ILLINOIS, Blue Island: Grand and Lyric; Chicago Heights: Illinois, Lincoln-Dixie and Washington; Harvey: Garden and Harvey. MICHIGAN CITY THEATER CO.: INDIANA, Michigan City: Dreamland, Starland, Tivoli and Willard. RICHMOND THEATERS CO.: INDIANA, Richmond: Tivoli. FLESER & CALLAGHAN MICHIGAN, Grand Rapids: Alcazar, Franklin, Liberty and Madison. FORSYTHE AMUSEMENT CO. OF N. C— See Piedmont Amusement Co. FOURTH AVE. AMUSEMENT CO. Home Office: Alamo Theater Bldg., Loui-ville Ky. Pres. & Gen'l Mgr.: Fred J. Dolle. Film Buyer: Fred J. Dolle. INDIANA, Kokomo: Sipe ; Terre Haute: Grand. KENTUCKY, Louisville: Alamo, Rex, Strand and Uptown. FOX (of Jersey) (Not connected with Fox Theaters Corp. of New York) — See Stanley Co. FOX THEATERS CORP. (Allied with Ascher Theatrical Enterprises. Fox Film Corp. also controls Wesco Holding Co., listed separately under Wesco. Home Office: 850 10th Ave., New York. No. of Theaters: 26. President : William Fox. General Manager: Saul Rogers. CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles: Fox (in construction); iSan Francisco: Fox (in construction;. ILLINOIS. Chicago: Monroe. MASSACHUSETTS, Springfield: Springfield. MICHIGAN, Detroit, Fox (in construction) and Washington. MISSOURI, St. Louis: Fox (in construction). NEW JERSEY, Elizabeth: Liberty; Newark: Terminal. NEW YORK, Brooklyn: Folly, Fox (in construction), Ridgewood and Savoy: Jamaica: Jamaica; New York: Academy of Music, Audubon, City, Japanese Garden, Nemo, Roxy, Roxy'sMansion, Roxy's-Midway (in construction) and Star. PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia: Fox and Locust. FRANK AMUSEMENT CO. (Iowa)— See Wesco Holding Co. FRANK, HAROLD MICHIGAN, Jackson: Colonial, Dawn, Hillsdale and Majestic. FRANKE, SAM NEW JERSEY, Hammonton: Eagle and Palace ; May's Landing : Victoria ; Maple Shade : Community. PENNSYLVANIA, Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr ; Philadelphia: Hippodrome. FRANKE, W. B. IOWA, Bode: Princess; Grand Junction: Rex; Humboldt: Strand; Luveme: Strand. FRANKEL ENTERPRISES Home Office: 11th Floor, Enquirer Bldg., Cincinnati, O. No. of Theaters: 14. Pres. & Gen'l Mgr. : Raymond G. Frankel. Film Buyers: Ravmond G. Frankel, Jules Frankel, M. Wilchins. KENTUCKY, Newport: Hippodrome and Temple. OHIO, Cincinnati: Alhambra, Avenue, Colonial, Gifts, Hippodrome. Lubin, Ohio, Palace, Park Hall and Victoria; Columbus: Majestic and Victor. FRANKEL, HOWARD OHIO, Akron: Windsor; Columbus: Superba ; Coshocton : Cinderella ; Dover : Weber. FRANKFORD THEATERS PENNSYLVANIA: Operating Six Theaters in Philadelphia and one in Frankford. Philadelphia: Frankford. FRANKLIN AMUSEMENT CO. MINNESOTA, Minneapolis: Gopher, La Salle, New Franklin and New Park; Willmar: Dreamland. FRANKLIN THEATER CO. (Amsterdam & Korson) . Home Office: Reading, Pa. No. of Theaters: 14. 688