The film daily year book of motion pictures (1928)

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RAMSEY & ALGER — See Midstate Chain Theaters, Inc. R. AND R. THEATER ENTERPRISES, INC. Home Office: 2009 Jackson St., Dallas, Tex. No. of Theaters: 53. President: H. B. Robb. General Manager: E. H. Rowley. PUBLIX THEATERS CORP. Home Office: Paramount Bldg., Times Sq., N. Y. No. of Theaters: 392. President: Sam Katz. General Manager: Sam Dembow. SUBSIDIARIES: In the list of Publix Theaters which follow are included all houses operated directly by the company, including the Gray Circuit of New England (which is aho listed separately in proper alphabetical classification) , and the Olympic Circuit of Mass., likewi e the former chain of Southern Enterprises. Publix has a controlling interest in Balaban & Kats Corp., of Chicago, which chain will be found in alphabetical alignment. The following chains, in which Publix has interests, are also li tcd under their respective corporate titles: A. H. Blank, of Des Moines; Butterfield Theaters, Inc., Circle Theater Co., of Indianapolis; Clinton-Myers, of Duluth; Northwest Theaters Circuit (F. & if.), of Minneapolis; Saenger Theaters, Shea Circuit, operating in Buffalo; and Skouras Bros, of St. Louis. THEATERS: ALABAMA, Anniston: Noble and Theato ; Birmingham : A'abama, Galaz and Strand ; Montgomery: Empire, Plaza and Strand. ARKANSAS, Ft. Smith: Joie and New; Little Rock: Capitol. Kempner and Royal. CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles: Metropolitan, Million Dollar and Rialto. COLORADO. Colorado Springs: Rialto; Denver: Denver, Ria'to and Victory; Greely: Sterling; Pueblo : Colorado. CONNECTICUT, New Haven: Olympia. FLORIDA, Avon Park: Avalon : Cocoa: Aladdin; Coral Gables: Coral Gables; Daytona: Crystal and Vivian ; Daytona Beach : Florida ; Ft. Lauderdale: Queen and Sunset; Gainesville: Baird and Lyric: Jacksonville: Arcadia, Florida, Palace and Temple; Lakeland: Palace and Strand; Lake Worth: Liberty and Oakley; Little River: Rosetta ; Miami: Cocoa Grove, Fairfax, Flagler, Fotosho Hippodrome Olympia, Paramount and Park ; Miami Beach: Community; New Smyrna: Olymp;a and Palace; Ocalo: Dixie and Temple; Palatka : Grand and Howell ; Palm Beach : Beaux Arts, Garden and Paramount; St. Pete-sburg: Florida and Plaza; Sanford: Milane and Princess; Tampa: Grand. Franklin, Seminole, Strand, Tampa and Victory ; West Palm Beach : Kettler, Rialto and Stanley ; Winterhaven : Grand and Williamson. GEORGIA, Atlanta: Forsyth, Howard, Keith's Georgia and Rialto; Augusta: Imperial, Modjeska and Rialto; Columbus: Grand; Macon: Capitol, Grand and Ria'to; Savannah: Arcadia, Bijou, Lucas and Odeon. ILLINOIS, Aurora: Fox, Rialto and Strand; Bloomington : Irvin and Majestic; Chicago: Alamo, Belmont, Belpark. Biog^aph, Central Pnrk, Chicago, Congress, Covent Garden, Crawford, Chicago. Congress. Diversey. Ellantee, Harding, H'ghwav, Ir:s. Karlov, Knickerbocker. Lakeside, Logan Sq.. McVickers, Mad;son Sq., Manor, Marquette, Metro. Michigan, Milford. Norshore, Oak Park, Oriental, Pantheon, Paramount, Pershing, Riviera, Roseland, Roosevelt, Senate, States, Tiffin. Tivoli, Tower. Uptown, Vitagraph. West End, W'lson and Windsor; Decatur: Lincoln Square; DeKalb: DeKalb and Princess; Elgin: Crocker, Grove and Rialto; Elmhurst: York; Freeport: Strand: Galesburg: Colonial, Orpheum and West; Joliet: Crystal, Orpheum, Princess and Rialto Square; Kankakee: La Petite, Majestic and Rialto ; La Crosse : La Crosse, Majestic. Riviera and Rivoli ; Maywood: Lido; Park Ridge: Ridge; Peoria: Apollo, Duchess. Hippodrome, Lyceum, Madison and Palace; Quincy: Orpheum and Washington: Rockford : Midway, Orpheum and Palm; Rock Island : Ft. Armstrong, Majestic and Spen cer; Sterling: Lincoln; Streator: Lyric, Majestic and Plumb; Waukegan: Academy, Elite and Orpheum. IOWA, Council Bluffs: Broadway; Davenport: Capitol, Garden and Family; Des Moines: Des Moines, Garden, Majestic, Palace and Strand ; Newton: Capitol and Rialto; Sioux City: Princess and Rialto. MAINE, AUston: Allston and Capitol; Augusta: Colonial and Opera House; Bangor: Bijou, Graphic, Opera House and Park ; Bath : Columbia and Opera House; Belfast: Colonial; Biddeford: Central and City; Brunswick: Cumberland and Pastime; Ft. Fairfield: Park; Ft. Kent: Savoy; Gardiner: Opera House and Strand; Houlton: Bijou So. Hall, Dream and Temple; Lewiston: Empire, Music Hall and Strand; Livermore Fa'ls: Dreamland; Norway: Rex; Richmond: Opera House; So. Berwick: Strand; So. Paris: Strand; Waterville: Baine and City; Westbrook: Star; Wilton: Bijou; Winthrop: Colonial. MASSACHUSETTS, Boston: Fenway, Metropolitan, Scollay So. and Wash St. Olympia; Brockton: Brockton, City, Rialto and Strand; Cambridge: Central Sq. ; Chelsea: Broadway and Olympia; Dorchester: Codman Sq., Fields Corner and Upham's Corner; Fitchburg: Cumings, Lyric and Universal; Gloucester: No. Shore. Olympia and Strand; Hallowell: Acme; Haverhill; Co'onial ; Lowell: Merrimac Sq.; Lynn: Olympa ; New Bedford: Empire and Olympia; Newton: Opera House; No. Cambridge: Harvard; Pittsfield; Capitol ; Salem : Empire, Federal and Salem ; Somerville: Strand and Union Sq. MISSOURI, Kansas City: Newman and Royal; St. Joseph : Missouri. NEBRASKA, Lincoln: Lincoln and Rialto; Omaha: Rialto, Riviera and Strand. NEW HAMPSHIRE, Berlin: Albert and Princess; Concord: Star; Dover: Broadway Lyric and Strand ; Portsmouth : Colonial, Olympia and Scenic. NEW YORK, Brooklyn: Brooklyn (in construction); Buffalo: Buffalo, Hippodrome, Kensington and No. Park; Lockport; Hi-Art and Palace ; Newburgh : Academy and Broadway ; New York : Criterion, Paramount, Rialto and Rivoli; Poughkeepsie : Bardavon, Liberty and Stratford; Yonkers: Hamilton and Strand. NORTH CAROLINA, Asheville: Imperial, Plaza and Strand; Charlotte: Alhambra, Carolina and Imperial. OKLAHOMA, Chickasha: Kozy, Rialto and Sugg; Enid: Criterion; McAlester: Busby, Palace and Rialto; Oklahoma City: Capitol and Criterion. RHODE ISLAND, Newport: Strand; Pawtucket: Imperial and Strand; Woonsocket: Laur ier. SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson: Strand; Columbia: Ideal and Imperial; Greenville: Carolina, Egyptian and Rivoli; Spartanburg: Montgomery, Rex and Strand ; Sumter : Rex. TENNESSEE, Chattanooga: Bijou, Bonita, Rialto, Tivoli and York ; Jackson : Lyric and Marlow ; Johnson City: Capitol, Criterion and Majestic; Knoxville: Lyric, Majestic, Queen, Riviera and Strand; Maryville: Palace and Princess; Memphis: Loew's Palace, Majestic and Strand. TEXAS, Austin: Majestic and Queen; Dallas: Melba and Palace; Ft. Worth: Hippodrome, Palace and Worth; Galveston: Queen and Tremont ; Houston : Capitol, Kirby, Metropo'itan and Queen; San Antonio: Empire, Princess, Rivoli, Royal and Texas; Waco: Hippodrome and Victory. UTAH, Provo: Columbus and Princess. VERMONT, Barre: Magnet and Park; Burlington: Majestic and Playhouse: Montpelier: Playhouse; Pickford: Park; Rockland: Arcadia, Empire and Park; Rumford: Opera House and Strand ; Rutland : Grand and Strand. Film Buyer: H. B. Robb. OKLAHOMA, Claremore: Palace and Yale: Durant: Liberty, Lyric and Queen; Muskogee: Broadway, Orpheum, Palace and Yale ; Vinita : Grand and Lyric. 702