Motography (Jan-Jun 1915)

February 27, 1915. MOTOGRAPHY 333 Jimmie Cooney has purchased the moving picture show from Messrs. Carl Duesdecker and W. E. Berry, which has been operated at Tremont. The National Free Movie Ticket Company, Chicago ; capital. $10,000; the issuing of free movie coupons for advertising by merchants, etc.; incorporators, George Remus, Leonard B. Gratz, Arthur A. Karg. The West theater on South Prusac street, Galesburg, will shortly be opened. It is the newest and most expensive theater in this part of Illinois. INDIANA. The Princess theater in Montpelier has been closed by its managers, Chapman and Wilmore. A project is on foot to add an extension of thirty feet to the theater, handsomely redecorate it and thoroughly equip it for a first-class picture show house. The Lyric theater, in Decatur, owned by H. E. Battenberg, was completely gutted by fire February 3. IOWA. The Gem Photoshow in Corydon has been sold by Mr. Dahlberg to J. L. Bandy of Redfield. F. F. Fogel and David Engebretson have sold the Hawarden motion picture theater to Frank E. Leonard and C. W. Melcher, of Sioux City. For the present Mr. Leonard will be in charge of the theater, which he will re-name the Lyric, and assures the people of Hawarden that the house will be conducted for the pleasure of its patrons. Strict censorship of moving picture films in every city and town in the state was suggested in a bill introduced in the house by Horchem of Dubuque. The Princess, a moving picture theater at State Center, has been sold by A. Nolta to N. L. and B. L. Hicks, of Marshalltown. George Christy, of Union, has leased the lower floor of the Sanborn block in Maquoketa and will open a motion picture show within the next thirty days. Mr. Christy has leased the floor for a year and expects to spend $2,000 in remodeling the building before the theater is opened. The theater will be made to seat 500 on the main floor and fifty in the balcony. A new motion picture machine, costing $340, has been purchased by Mr. Christy and will be established In a fireproof booth. Several large exits to the theater will be provided by the remodeling. KANSAS. A fireproof booth is being built in the Rohrbaugh moving picture theater in Ottawa and many other improvements are being made. A summer garden and moving picture theater free to the public of Wichita will be operated during the summer by business men in the third block on North Main street. The garden and theater will be located at 323-325-327 North Main street and will be opened May 1. The garden will occupy a tract 57x140 feet and will seat 600 persons. KENTUCKY. The Columbia moving picture theater on Main street, Frankfort, was damaged by fire February 3. MARYLAND. The only motion picture theater in the shopping district of Eutaw street had its formal opening February 6. This theater is the Pell-Mell and is on the corner of Eutaw and Marion streets, Baltimore. The Pell-Mell is one of the most attractive theaters of its kind. It was built by A. A. Brager and has a seating capacity of nearly 300. The property has been leased by J. Bleachman, who now controls several motion picture theaters in Baltimore. The East Baltimoreans' new motion picture house, the Berman Photo-Play House, erected at 913 East Baltimore street, opened February 12. This new structure is entirely fireproof throughout, and in addition to having an extremely decorative front, the interior is artistically colored and arranged. The auditorium will have a seating capacity of nearly 500, and the arrangements for the comfort of its patrons are very complete. The house has been built by the Berman Amusement Company. Numerous improvements are scheduled for the Pastime theater, a moving picture house at 2026 Greenmount avenue, Baltimore, following the recent transfer of the theater to the management of the Lord Calvert Theaters Company, it has been announced by Raymond Fisher. New machines will be installed and other parts of the theater's equipment changed. The Pastime was formerly owned by George Schacker. MICHIGAN. Mrs. Gelmer Kuiper, president of the Grand Rapids Woman's Club, Mrs. J. B. Nicholson and Miss Elizabeth Muir, assistant secretary of the morals efficiency committee, are the women censors of Grand Rapids appointed by Mayor Ellis. You-Do-Ti-Ga Moving Picture Theater Company, Detroit, $125,000; stockholders are Charles Smith, J. W. Thomas and A. L. Clatfelter. MINNESOTA. The Princess theater in St. Cloud was sold by D. E. Palmer to Miss Albrecht and associates, who will continue the business under the name of Albrecht & Co. MISSOURI. G. W. Henry, of Grant, has opened a picture show at Gentry. NEW JERSEY. A bill to provide a standard for booths for moving picture machines in theaters, schools or churches was presented to the House by Assemblyman Hammond of Trenton. NEW YORK. Frederic Mackay Productions Company, theatrical, moving pictures, $20,000; E. S. Bettleheim, P. Robinson, F. McKay, 25 West Thirty-sixth street. Leroy O. Edwards will very shortly start the construction of a motion picture theater in the rear of his garage in East Hampton, L. I., to seat 500 people. Whiteside Corporation, Manhattan, theatrical and motion pictures ; capital, $50,000. Incorporators : T. F. MacMahon, A. T. Heimburg, New York city ; W. Whiteside, Hastings-on-Hudson. Hesser Motion Picture Corporation, Manhattan, motion pic Mauricc Tonrneiir. zvorking in the roof of the Peerless studio on a scene of "Alias Jimmy Valentine," a World release. tures ; capital, $50,000. Incorporators : M. Gravel, Stapleton, S. I.; E. B. Hesser, C. T. Hesser, New York city. The eleventh floor of the Central building, at 25 West Forty-fifth street, New York, has been leased by the Pathe Exchange, Inc., for executive offices and exchange rooms. The Delphi theater, Lestershire, the license for the operation of which was revoked by the village authorities a few weeks ago, will remain closed.'' This decision came in the form of a letter which contained a notice that the previous order, commanding the discontinuance of the Delphi as, a public place of amusement, must be obeyed.. The closing of the Delphi ends a vigorous controversy of several months. The Acme Moving Picture Producing Co., Pleasantville. — Moving pictures ; capital, $100,000. Incorporators, E. C. Seitz, Atlantic City; H. W. Fox, Pleasantville; R. J. Harvey, Venthor City. All-Celtic Film, Inc., New York city. — Motion pictures ; capital, $25,000. Incorporators, H. Schlatter, West Hoboken, N. J. ; C. C. O'Hara, W. R. Veitch, New York city. Forty-fourth Street Amusement Corporation, New York. — Theatricals, motion pictures; capital no par value; A. and L. S. Bolognino, A. Fanchi, 229 Eighth avenue. United Program Rental Service of New York, Inc., Manhattan.— Motion picture apparatus, theatrical, films, etc. ; capital, $100,000. Incorporators, A. Warner, H. M. Warner, O. S. Goan, New York city. The Film iSales Corporation. — Motion pictures; $10,000; D. Young, Jr., T. E. Shea, O. R. Farrar, East Orange, N. J.