Motography (Jul-Dec 1914)

486 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. XII, No. 14. Excellent progress is now being made on the new Judith theater building, adjoining the Bank of Fergus County, and with favorable weather conditions, the house should be ready for occupancy by November 1. The new Slater block, also on Main street, where the Myrtle theater, to be managed by John B. Ritch, will be located, is also going up rapidly now, after considerable delay owing to the delay in the arrival of material. With these new houses opened, Lewistown will have six theaters. NEBRASKA. John W. Glenn has leased the Lyric moving picture theater in Fremont, and after undergoing extensive improvements, it has been opened to the public. Mr. Glenn will show pictures and vaudeville. The opera 'house in Ord will now show motion pictures under the management of J. J. Bastian of Shelton. The Temple theater in McCook is now operated as a motion picture theater. Schwartz & Swan, owners of the Crescent theater in Kearney, are erecting a picture theater to seat 700 persons at a cost of about $20,000. It will be opened this month. F. C. Largen is now owner of the Lyric theater in Creighton, having purchased same from Messrs. Winters fr Londergan. F. D. Greene is now manager of the Lyric theater in Grand Island. It was formerly managed by Mr. Kennedy. NEW JERSEY. To solve the servant' question, housewives of Maplewood have opened a moving picture show, because the absence of such facilities of pleasure has caused available help to go to other cities. A new picture theater will be built on Witherspoon street, near Spring, Princeton. The structure will cost $75,000. The equipment will cost $25,000, and the seating capacity downstairs will be 1,000. Wilmont Goodwin, of the United Motion Picture Company, of New York, is supervising the construction. The Regent, Paterson's $100,000 motion picture theater and incidentally the finest and most modern in the state, opened August 24. Charles L. Dooley is manager. Ground has been broken for a picture theater to be erected at 25 and 27 Kearney avenue, Kearney, by D. Rentschler. It will be 42x100 feet and will cost approximately $20,000. NEW YORK. Alco Film Corporation, Manhattan. Motion pictures and theatricals; capital, $1,500,000. Incorporators: W. H. Seely, Suffern; A. Lichtman, New York City; W. Sievers, St. Louis, Mo. The new Regent theater at East Genesee street and Irving avenue, Syracuse, has been opened. From a decorative and architectural standpoint the Regent is one of the finest of its kind. The interior has been carried out in a most attractive scheme of chinoise blue and Butler's silver. The stage will be hung with large blue velvet curtains. The boxes are arranged around a mezzanine floor following the London style. The Regent will be managed by Merton H. Schwartz, and is under the control of the University Theaters, Inc., of which Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Edel and Mr. Straus are the foremost factors. The Cold Spring Realty Company, Buffalo, has filed papers, its capital stock being $50,000. Its directors are George Morton Wolfe, Charles Wolfe and Dorothy Wolfe, and it will conduct a general moving picture and theatrical business. Genesee Film Company, Rochester; $15,000; J. P. Willard, 62 State street, Rochester; G. L. Deyo and C. M. Rowe, Rochester. The finishing touches on the new Lincoln theater, Albany street and Brandywine avenue, Schenectady, are being made and all will be in readiness for the opening in a few days. Religious Pictures Corporation, Manhattan; $50,000; A. W. Britton, F. D. Stoba and W. P. Powell, New York The theater formerly known as the Fitzhugh Hall, in Rochester, has been transformed into a moving picture theater known as the Winter Garden. 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