Motion Picture News (Aug-Oct 1920)

I r i o . 1920 (Equipment Serving Evil's New Million Dollar Theatre a Marvel in Construction, One of the Finest Theatres on the Continent >itol is New Link in Chain of Finkelstein & Ruben and Hamm Interests % apitol, St. Paul's newest motion heatre. and the largest in the st, and one of the most artistic in itry, was opened to the public . ay evening, September 8th, to a hed gathering that numbered state headed by Governor T. A. A.. The shcrt-reel programs will be chosen from the best, beginning with Educational Films, which contributed "Modern Centaurs to the first entertainment. The conception, development and erection of The Capitol theatre are the logical sequence of the city's trend toward more and Finkelstein & Ruben said to Managing Director Calvert "Get the Best That Money Can Buy" st, city officials headed by Mayor [odgson, of St. Paul, and many outvisitors high up in the photoplay . Among them were: : & Roland, Pittsburg; Nate Gordon. Richards & Flynn, Kansas City; [unsky, Detroit; Mr. Nolan, Denver; & Dahnken, San Francisco; Louis New York; Al. W. Lichtman, New Mr. and Mrs. Mandelbaum, Cleve[r. and Mrs. F. V. Fisher, Seattle; fesser, Los Angeles; Louis J. Selz(New York; Tom Saxe, Milwaukee; Goldstein, Chicago; Aaron Jones, ;o; Abe Blank, Des Moines; Jake tein, Seattle; J. D. Williams, New '; Mr. Marcus Loew, New York; und Mrs. Robt. Lieber, Indianapolis; Fred Levy, Louisville; Mr. Geo. ..lie, Detroit; Mr. H. M. Berman, New Skorus Bros., St. Louis, and E. W. nions, New York. iving dedicated the Capitol to pictures duced by Associated First National, kelstein and Ruben, managers, selected rma Talmadge to open the theatre in tie Branded Woman." better buildings, embodying more pleasing features in construction and the demand for a photoplay theatre that will keep pace with the artistic pictures presented. The grand total of theatres in St. Paul, sixteen years ago, was but three. Gigantic strides have marked the city's progress in the amusement field, until today more than ten times that number of theatres exhibit pictures to the public within the city's: limits. In the early days the "nickelodeon" was ' the popular motion picture theatre. With a store for the house and one rickety projection machine, the picture bounced and joggled on a makeshift screen. Butin this day the motion picture is different — decidedly so. Master musicians interpret the screen stories penned by the world's most noted writers of fiction. Casts for these productions are picked from the country's leading artists, and the pictures take months to complete. Has 2,503 Seats Constantly growing and keeping abreast of the pace set by other cities for better theatres and better picture-, St. Paul's theatre rialto has been enlarging year after year, until now we have the first $1,000,000 playhouse in the city, The Capitol theatre. Not only being the largest motion picture theatre in the city, it is the largest in the whole Northwest with a seating capacity of 2,503. The main entrance and exits of the theatre are on the Seventh street side. Three large decorative entrance doors nearest Wabasha give access to the main lobby. Toward St. Peter street three large doubledoor exits lead to the sidewalk. In addition to these doors a separate double set leads to and from the Hamm building. Managing Director Calvert said to Finkelstein & Ruben "Install Five Power ' s Frojectors in the Capitol