Motography (Jul - Dec 1915)

222 MOTOGRAPHY but first-class pictures from A. E. Wallace, staff photographer of nothing the Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, who has now on. been successively with the _ British, Georgia. French, German and Italian armies mak The Strand, Atlanta's newest photoplay ing moving pictures of the great war, house, recently changed hands with the rehas returned to New York for a brief tirement of B. L. Smith from the manageress ment. The theater has been purchased by T-. v 1 „„ u„ „,;ii ™„j„rt ff,» ti,»nt»r in trie Majestic tneaier at uranu jxapius. iuc During the production of "The Watery D Zakas, who will conduct the theater in ^^ ^ be refurnished and redecorated Vol. XIV, No. 5. Standard Film and Supply Company, Detroit, $2,500. Work on Muskegon's new theater building, to be erected on Western avenue, the main street of the city, will be started about August 1. Work has been started on dismantling the Majestic theater at Grand Rapids. The throughout; a new indirect lighting system will be installed, also a new duplex Romance" several members of the Fed a first-class manner, eral Film Company, who were in a canoe Idaho together, were crashed into by a motor Alfred Christensen has disposed of the organ. It is planned to open the theater boat. All of the film players were fixtures and his share of the business in the last week in August and when opened thrown into the water and narrowly es the Scenic theater at Idaho Falls to Mrs. the Majestic will present one of the most caped death. Boyd, whose son will manage the theater, beautiful theater interiors in the state. Catherine Carr, scenario writer and Illinois. Minnesota. editor, who recently suffered a nervous The New Family theater at 4309 West A contract has been awarded the O'Neal attack after finishing two or three fea Adams street, Peoria, has been opened to brothers for the erection of a motion pictures in record time, has recovered and the public. The theater has a seating capac ture theater on West Churchill street, is preparing to start work on the com ;ty 0f 406 persons and will be conducted Moorhead. The building will be 50x75 ing releases of several feature concerns un(jer the management of Mr. McKenton. feet in dimension and will have all the for whom she has done work in the past plans are underway for the erection of necessary improvements, few months. a $50,000 motion picture theater at Bloom The Grand theater at Faribault was badly Tod Browning, Reliance-Majestic (Mu ington. C. E. Irving will manage the damaged by fire on July 2. tual) director, who was injured several theater. The theater will be entirely mod weeks ago in an automobile accident ern and fireproof in every respect, which resulted in the death of Elmer The Chatterton Opera House at Bloom ± Booth, the Komic comedian, is rapidly ington is being used temporarily as a mo Benton boulevard, Kansas City, from A. D recovering from his injuries and expects tion picture theater by the management of Flinton The building will be redecorated to be well enough to return to the stu the Castle theater, which was recenlty de dios in a few more weeks. stroyed by fire ^ c , • 1 c r r Exhibitors' Film Exchange, Chicago, nl1„na.. nr;rp w__ «s 000 Tom Santchi, known as a Sehg direc ital_ $la000; incorporators, James T. Purchase Prlce was V»wtor and feature player, vanished from the. j Patrick J. Garvey, Bernard E. Calla Selig jungle zoo a few days ago. He is jlan on a vacation which is the first one he has had in eight years. MISSOURI. William A. Andlaur recently bought the Benton theater. Independence avenue and and a modern ventilating system installed before it will be formally opened. The NEW JERSEY. Announcement has been made that Frank G. Hall, proprietor of the U. S. FILM FOLK FLASHES Rosemary Theby, one of the most prominent and admired moving picture . , ,, _ , ', , ,, n , plavhouse and president of the United John Pruett has purchased the Royal g Theaters Company which operates theater at Rockville and will remodel the the playhouse and other high-grade the theater. aters throughout New Jersey, has taken the luvv^ lease on the handsome new theater in Extensive improvements are being made course of construction at 284 Main avenue, in the Isis theater at Webster City. The Passaic. When completed, the house will house is being remodeled and the seating be one of the best equipped and elaborately cently, which was thought to be a bomb, capacity is bing increased to 500. A new furnshed in the state and Mr. Hall will but after much excitement was found to pjpe organ has also been installed, and the present there only the highest quality of contain one of the bronze souvenir clocks theater is equipped with all the modern films obtainable, given out by the Nicholas Power Com conveniences. NEW york. R. C. Goshon recently purchased the con Alpoms Amusement Company, New trolling interest in the Majestic theater at York. To operate and control moving pic Winterset. ture theaters. Capital, $3,000. Directors : The Isis theater at Marshalltown has David Pomerantz, David Albofrom and Jo Summerville was the first when he took been re0pened after undergoing many re sepn Silver, 501 Ashford street, Brooklvn, unto himself "Jerry" Broom for a wife. pairs. N. Y. M. J. Blink recently purchased the Zenith s. j. S. Amusement Corporation. General theater at Shenandoah. theatrical and motion picture business, New Massachusetts. York. Capital, $1,000. Directors: Sol J. The new Strand theater at Hampton Saphier,. Benjamin H. Rosalen and Henry M. Levin, 5 Beekman street, New York City. The Parrtheater"aTMiddleboro has been , Jacob W. Reid will put up a two-story actresses in this country, was the recipi ent of a mysterious looking package re . The epidemic of marriages that has fallen upon the Keystone studio during the past few weeks continues. "Slim" Venice Hayes Kemp followed, marryin Edward Chase. This week Ivy Crosth waite became the bride of Adolph Lin kof. Miss Crosthwaite is the champion woman diver of the Keystone Company and holds records and medals for both Beach was recently opened to the public Pacific Coast and National swimming byjhe Goldstein brothers. events Charlie Avery, who has been directing opened to the public with Dr. F. S Rounds b"*^^^^^^0^ % Syd Chaplin was injured badly when he ^^^CoX^^lJ^ TauntKs inches by 100 IS, tocost $15,000 centrv0mandPw 1°™ unlbl "to^eave3 his reJen^ desTroyed by fire! ^eToss^s T William H. Whiting & Co. lease cently, and win De unaDie to leave nis . ■> , „t<^nnn ' Jay Gould estate the five-story bed for ten or twelve weeks at least, ac estimated at $3 000 cording to his physician. Work is well underway on the theater being erected by the Colonial Realty Com sed for the building Nos. 31 and 32 Park Row, New" York, for twenty-one years at aggregate rental of ROLL OF STATES. ALABAMA Details were closed recently whereby the the new Strand Amusement Company — purchased from the owners of the Plaza, Strand and Orpheum theaters, at Mont gomery. These photoplay houses and the f £ h yictor Fik£ Seryice] Detroit articles of incorporation have been com . , k $1 500 pleted. The capital stock of the new com panv at uo iviassacnuseus avenue, juuauun. i„ .' . ' r -j •. tu 1 .. mi The building will be three stories high and Wemstock, president.. The latter w.ll re 11 be thoroughlv fireproof. It is expected build with a moving picture theater. s theater will" be readv for occupancy .Maxwell Ryder, Inc., New York. Mo picture business. Capital, $30,000. about October 1. Directors: William R. Jackson, M. A. Ihne Michigan. and Max Leff> 391 Fuiton street, Brooklyn, Articles of incorporation have been filed N. Y. Cap Copesa Amusement Company, Inc., New York. To own and manage moving picPlans' have" been completed for the erec ture theaters. Capital, $3,000. Directors: pany is $60,000, all of which has been paid t; f a $6 00Q hotoplav theater at Dollar Lester D. Colin, Alfree Schwartz and Join. R. K Wilby has been appointed as B Th* theat£r wiu be bu!lt 0f concrete seph Perlmutter, 126 West 123d street, manager of the trio of houses. an^ win haye a seating capac;ty 0f 350 per New York City. Connecticut. sons. Joseph Laverine will be the owner Alco Amusement Corporation, Brooklyn, The Bijou theater at New Haven, one of of the theater. theatrical, moving picture, $10 000; A. the most up^to-date theaters in the city, George McGuire recently purchased the Reisner, R. Broudy, H. Braun, 855 Hunts has given up vaudeville and will show Bijou theater at Albion. Point avenue.