Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1918)

Stptember 28. 1918 THE CENTRAL STATES 7 " Fatty " Arbuckle one-reel comedies from the Bee Hive Exchange, Chicago. BEN ROVIN says there is just twice as much money in the cash drawer every night since he doubled his admission price at the Amuse-U. Ben is some " figurer." FOR THE WEEK of September 8-14 Harry Loper had at the Lyric: Sunday and Monday, Jewel Carmen in "The Fallen Angel "; Tuesday and Wednesday, May Allison in " A Successful Adventure"; Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Constance Talmadge in " Good Night, Paul." THE GAIETY had Elsie Ferguson in " Heart of the Wilds " and Mae Marsh in " Money Mad " for the week of September 8-14. THE ROYAL, one of the downtown houses which changes every day, announces the following attractions for the week of September 1-7: Sunday, Anita Stewart in "Clover's Rebellion "; Monday, Mary Miles Minter in " A Bit of Jade "; Tuesday, Gladys Brockwell in "Her One Mistake"; Wednesday, "The Witch Woman," with Ethel Clayton; Thursday, Earle Williams in "The Maelstrom"; Friday, Virginia Pearson in "The Branded Scul"; Saturday, William Farnum in "When a Man Sees Red." LOUIE KERASOTES'S SAVOY has as the bill for the week of September 1-7: Sunday, " Roped and Tied," with Neal Hart, and Alice Howell in " Hoot, Toot"; Monday, Earle Williams in " An American Live Wire " and Al St. John and Mae Busch :'n " A Polished Villain "; Tuesday, Maciste in " The Warrior "; Wednesday, second chapter of " The Brass Bullet " and Herbert Rawlinson in " Come Through "; Thursday, " The Girl in the Dark," with Carmel Myers; Friday, eighteenth and last chapter of " The Lion's Claws," an O. Henry picture and a Weekly; Saturday, "The Marriage Speculation," with Wallace McDonald and Mildred Manning. THE MAJESTIC, vaudeville house, is featuring the Allied War Review and Gaumont Weekly over the vaudeville acts. Which shows that theatregoers are being catered to in the matter of good pictures, even by the variety people. MABEL NORMAND in " Back to the Woods," a Goldwyn play, and " A Diver's Last Kiss," Fox Sunshine comedy, come to the Gaiety on September 5, 6 and 7. BUSINESS at the North End Circle, a neighborhood theatre, is reported as tremendous. The same thing applies to the Empress, Palace and Pekin, all photoplay theatres. The lastnamed caters only to the colored population. THE FIRST " gasolineless " Sunday proved to be a moneymaker for the theatres. Every show house in the city did big business, and there isn't a manager in the city who would weep if Uncle Sam should keep the " request " in force for some time. THE PRINCESS had " Power and the Glory," a World production, with June Elvidge on Wednesday and Thursday, September 4 and 5; on the 6th and 7th June Elvidge will be seen in " Joan of the Woods," which will just about terminate the Princess contract with World pictures. Manager Kunz says that only an occasional World picture is up to his house standard, and he cannot take all of them to secure that one. LOUIS KERASOTES has booked "The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin," and will show it in about two weeks at five and ten cents admission. LABOR DAY proved a great one for all the theatres. It rained steadily all morning, killing the parade, while thousands of visitors waited patiently for it to stop. It quit about one o'clock, then the rush for amusement began. Every house in town filled up quickly and a banner day resulted. THE LYRIC had a good week the last seven days of August. William Farnum did well with " True Blue " for three, while Directory of Chicago Exchanges and Supply Houses RALPH O. PROCTOR Division Manager PAT HE, EXCHANGE Consumer's Building FRANK B. ROGERS Branch Manager RALPH BRADFORD, Manager Triangle Distributing Corporation Mailer's Building 5 South Wabash Avenftc Jewel Carmen in " Lawless Love " and Viola Dana in " Opportunity " had two profitable days each. THE VAUDETTE continues to run along with a nice account on the right side of the ledger every week. Billie Burke in " In the Pursuit of Polly " and Mae Marsh in " The Glorious Adventure " played to fine business the last week of August. On Sunday, Sept. 1, Dorothy Dalton opened for four days in " Green Eyes," and big business was the result. Ford Sterling in " His Wild Oats," a Sennett comedy, and a Screen Telegram were also shown. The last three days of the week will go to Enid Bennett in " The Marriage Ring." Elgin Items of Interest MANAGER RALPH CROCKER, of the Star, took another of his vacations-on-the-installment-plan the week-end of September 5, 6 and 7, from duties as cashier of The Elgin Daily Courier. He spent the time largely at the Exhibitors' Convention in Chicago, keeping on the job at the Star the while. MISS MAYME RORIG, daughter of Manager H. P. Rorig, of the Orpheum, Elgin, who assisted her father and brother with duties at their showhouse while in town, left early in September for the West. She will teach school this year at Ely, Nevada. Previous to her departure a great many social affairs were arranged by Elgin friends in compliment to her. THE STAR has completed the serial, "The House of Hate," with Pearl White, and begun the showing of "A Fight for Millions." The Pearl White play was exceedingly popular as the Friday night thrill feature of "small boy and business man" night. THE GRAND began the first of September to substitute musical comedy for pictures on Sunday entertainment bills. This reduces the features to three features a week, shown two days each, instead of three two-day and one one-day (Saturday) picture. FEATURES at the Star theatre the week of September 8 were announced to include: George Larkin in " Zongar — the Dare Devil of Romance"; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew in "By Right of Might," Creighton Hale and Gladys Hulette in "Waifs," the comedy, "Love"; Fatty Arbuckle in "Good Night, Nurse"; Billy West in "The Scholar," "The Roundups," Earl Williams in " An American Live Whre," Polly Moran in " Taming Target Center," George Walsh in " The Kid Is Clever," " Sheriff Nell's Tussle," Alice Howell in " Hey, Doctor"; Billy West in "The Orderly," chapter three of "A Fight for Millions," Harry Morey in " All Man," and Toto, the Clown, in " Beach Nuts." IN the second week of September the Orpheum showed as features: Barbara Castleton and Irving Cummings in "The Heart of a Girl," May Allison in " A Successful Adventure," Norma Talmadge in " Ghosts of Yesterday " (from the Rupert