Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1918)

4 MOTION PICTURE NEWS Vol. 18. No. 12 L. J. SCHLAIFER ATTRACTIONS 2022 Third Avenue Seattle, Washington Parentage-Ivan Productions — 2 Reel Jester Comedies — 2 Reel Hart Re-Issues AND OTHER BOX OFFICE PICTURES NOW BOOKING — NORTHWEST TKKRITOKV "FALL OF BARBARY COAST" OR "FINGER OF JUSTICE" HAN KOI K CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AT KK\, SEATTLE (.. M . SANDERSON, MANAGER, >01(i THIRD AVENUE, SEATTLE Exttltif tors FllmExcltaiige INCORPORATED Member of First National Exhibitors Circuit -NOW BOOKING A DOG'S LIFE MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY TARZAN OF THE APES PERSHING'S CRUSADERS THE STILL ALARM ITALY'S FLAMING FRONT ETC,. ETC. COMING !SHOULDER ARMS Second Chaplin Comedy) ROMANCE OF TARZAN ANITA STEWART SUPERFEATURES 1200 FOURTH AVE. SEATTLE, WASH. F. V. FISHER, Manager GREATER FEATURES COMPANY 2020 Third Avenue SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Rep. Consolidated Film Corp. Showing Literary' Digest News Cartoons — Newman Travels Jack Laxnox, Owner Lantern Slides J.C. COREY SIGN CO. 3rd & University St., Seattle Cutouts and LobbyDisplays GEORGE KLEINE SYSTEM w. J. DRUM MOND Branch Manager 2012 Third Avenue tory as headquarters for special representative, as all Metro producing activities are to be centered at their Hollywood studios. CONTRACT for the exclusive first run showing of the Universal Animated Weekly was made this week with Sid Grauman and is for a period of one year. This is the first time an exclusive contract has been made to any theatre man in Los Angeles for a news weekly, and the rental consideration is said to be far in excess of prices heretofore. LYONS & MORAN, producers of Star Comedies for Universal, received many congratulations this week from fellow players and friends on their one reel comedy " The Extra Bridegroom," which was shown at Grauman's Cinema Palace. In connection with this. Dorothy De Vore, leading woman for Lyons & Moran, appeared each week at the theatre and sang at two performances. This was an added attraction at the theatre. Miss De Vore, prior to her motion picture experience, was a vaudeville singer. L. C. UPDIKE, who has conducted the Jen-Dike theatre at Snowflake. Arizona, has disposed of that house and purchased the Apache theatre at St. Johns, Arizona, which he has renamed the Jen-Dike. Mr. Updike is now busy remodeling his new property, which will be opened shortly. M. DRACKMAN, manager of the Opera House at Tucson, Arizona, who is rebuilding the theatre destroyed by fire several months ago, is in Los Angeles this week purchasing equipment for his rebuilt theatre, which will open September 15. This is to have a ten thousand dollar American Photo Player and modern equipment throughout. THE WOODLEY theatre. Los Angeles, later named the Riviera, which has been dark for two weeks, was reopened September 7 by the new lessee, Claude Halsell, who is owner of the American theatre. The new policy to be installed at the Riviera provides for two changes of program weekly and a general admission price of ten cents. This is the fourth cut in prices to be made by Los Angeles theatre managers in the past two months. Reason for the cut is given as necessary because of the competition of the two larger houses now in operation, the Grauman and Kinema, where far better programs can be given than is possible for the 800 theatre manager to produce. The first theatre to cut prices was that of Miller's, when it was purchased by Carl Ray, who enlarged the ten cent section. Later the Symphony cut to ten and fifteen, and two weeks ago Caulfield's Garrick dropped its price from fifteen, twenty and thirty cents to ten, fifteen and twenty cents. In and Around Denver Dorothy Dalton, Ince-Paramount Star, and Edmund Lowe, Who Appears with Her in " Vive La France! " MISS M. HUBBELL, owner of the Lyric and Novelty theatres, at Loveland, Colo., is in Denver this week, arranging bookings. HUGH RENNIE of Colorado Foursquare is back from an extensive New Mexico trip and reports a big business. R. H. McCLUSKEY has returned from a very successful trip covering Arkansas Valley points for Mutual, and will shortly leave for Salt Lake to cover Utah and Idaho territory. MUTUAL has engaged a new salesman, E. B. Remington of Denver, who has been engaged in other lines but ranks as a topnotcher. JOE B. YEAGER, owner of the Rex houses in Raton and Trinidad, visited Film Row last week M. C. GERHART, owner of the Lyric and Princess theatres in Fort Collins, has re-opened the latter house with a combination picture and vaudeville program. The Princess has been closed during the summer. J. S. KING, proprietor of the Empress and Lyric at Laramie, Wyo., is taking the baths and enjoying a much needed rest at Thermopolis. He is considering selling the Lyric, which has been closed for some time. " T. Y." HENRY of Foursquare is back from a trip covering Arkansas Valley and western slope points. He reports an excellent business, which includes the booking of " The Eagle's Eye " by the Isis at Alamosa and the Orpheum at Glenwood Springs. F. W. NORMAND has rsigned his position as road salesman for Fox and cast his lot with Golwyn. SUPREME PHOTOPLAYS CORPORATION has recently purchased David Graham Phillips' masterpiece. " The Grain of Dust." for Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah. This picture stars Lillian Walker, erstwhile known as Dimple Lily. Announcement will be made later by Supreme as to where this picture will be shown in Denver and other principal cities in Denver territory I. EHRENSOFT of Supreme, is back from Cheyenne and northern Colorado and reports contracts on practically all features distributed by Supreme. MANAGER MUEHLMAN of Fox, says that " Riders of the Purple." William Farnum's standard production, is breaking all records. It went on for a five days' run at the Isis in Denver Sunday, and has been playing to crowded houses all week. H. A. DUBUQUE has sold his U. S. A. theatre at Sidney, Neb., to N. G. Brewer, one time owner of the American theatre at Kimball. Mr. Dubuque still retains the Orpheum at Scotts Bluff and the Imperial at Alliance. UNIVERSAL PICTURES are having a good inning in Denver this week. The Strand opened Sunday with Mae Murray in " Modern Love." changing to Mildred Harris in " For Husbands Only " on Wednesday, and followed on Saturday with " Crashing Through to Berlin." Each of these super productions went over with a bang and the S. R O. sign out nearly all week. NO SMALL PART of the success of the. Strand is due to Miss E. Tuhey. the charming young managing director of the Strand, who is responsible for all of their catchy newspaper ads and unique lobby displays. R. C. HUDSON, specializing on Jewels and Standards for Universal, is out on a trip through Wyoming, Nebraska and South Dakota. He will be absent six weeks. "THE KAISER. THE BEAST OF BERLIN" drew $173.50 at the box office of the Liberty theatre at Manville, Wyo., on Sunday, August 25. Manville is a little hamlet of 150 population. 100 per cent American. Advertise in the West Coast G. W. WHITNEY, local manager for General, has just returned from a trip covering northern Colorado, including Fort Collins and Longmont, visiting exhibitors in that section.