Motography (Oct-Dec 1916)

1306 W. J. West, manager of the Grand, Majestic and Willard Theaters in Kewanee, has accepted the management of the Palace at Cambridge. The Elite Theater in Galesburg has installed an automatic ticket selling machine. Indiana Business negotiations were completed last week by which the ownership of the Alcazar Theater in New Castle has been transferred from the W. H. Elliott estate to Peter Kaler, who is manager of the Royal motion picture theater on East Broad street. The theater will be improved and a glass canopy will be built in front of the house, extending to the edge of the sidewalk. A pipe organ will also be installed. In addition to motion pictures, vaudeville will be added three times a week. Jacob Schmitt has purchased the Calhoun Theater at Fort Wayne. The Star Theater in Van Buren has reopened after being improved. General Film Company, a Maine corporation, qualified to transact business in this state; $20,000 of its capital stock is represented in Indiana; motion picture machines; R. W. McBride, Indianapolis, Ind., is named as agent. Iowa The Lyric Theater at Strawberry Point has been closed by its new manager, A. A. Begohn, for remodeling and the installation of a new ventilating system and new screen. L. P. Lyman of Cedar Rapids has purchased the Crystal Theater at Greene from Lloyd Gates. The Princess Theater at West Union was badly damaged by fire. The Nemo Theater at Belle Plaine, recently taken over by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Huffman, will be known as the American. The Model Theater opened in Sioux City November 5. This is a vaudeville theater, showing pictures as the first number on the program. Geo. H. Peterson of Jewell has purchased a lot and will soon start the erection of a new building for his Isis motion picture house. C. T. Smith has opened his picture theater at Van Wert. The new moving picture theater on Front street, Bcllevuo, is rapidly being completed. F. C. Perry has opened a moving picture theater at State Center. Kentucky The Elite Theater in Bowling Green, closed for some time, opened November 14 as the Strand. T. J. Vick has opened a moving picture theater in Auburn and will show pictures on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Maryland James Goeller has let contract to erect a one-story brick addition to the moving picture theater at 1444 Hull street. Baltimore, to cost $3,000. Michigan The Star Theater in Sault Ste. Marie has been taken over by F. D. Beardsley. The Venetian Theater at Coldwater has MOTOGRAPHY been taken over by Dennis Vaines. Mr. Vaines formerly was owner. The Duplex Theater in Detroit has changed management. G. W. Weeks has the theater in charge. The Princess Theater at Benton Harbor will be enlarged this spring by its owner, W. C. Mellinson. The Temple Theater in Owosso is being dismantled and the material is being used in the new theater which Fred Patterson is erecting just east of the Temple. Minnesota The B. B. Theater at Albert Lea is now managed by Dr. Bessesen, owner of the theater, the Albert Lea Theater Company having given up the management. A $5,000 Fotoplayer is being installed in the Strand Theater at Fairmont. Other improvements are being made in the building by the Gilbert Estate, which includes a new ventilating system. The Hilltop Theater at Stillwater has been sold by Mr. Carlson to the Misses Kaiser, who assumed the management November 5. The Moveum Theater in Aitkin has been sold by Mr. J. C. Heywood to H. O. Mugridge of Little Falls. The Grand Theater in Springfield has again changed hands. George Harter, until recently editor of a paper at Flandreau, S. D., is the new proprietor, having purchased the business exclusive of building, from Wm. Mueller. Glenn Wilson was probably fatally burned when a film exploded in a picture theater in Hibbing where he was operator. A new building is to be erected by Jesse Madson of Hibbing on the H. J. Heikkila estate on the east side of Leland avenue between Second and Third streets. Grand Rapids. The building will be 25 by 125, one story, of brick, and will be modern in every particular, and fitted out for a moving picture house with facilities for staging other attractions. Missouri It is expected by December 2 to have the grand opening of the Centre Theater, which is now in the course of construction at Fifteenth and Troost avenue, Kansas City. The new Centre Theater is one of the several theaters operated by the New Centre Theater Company, and will have a seating capacity of 1,600. C. O. Baker, recently purchased the Gem Theater at Erie. Masterpiece Film Corporation — Joseph E. Sippv, Tames L. Shannon. H. P. Wolfberg, W. .1. Kiely, M. F. Heib and Parkhurst, Flat River. Mo.. 100 shares each: to do a general film, theatrical and picture-show business. Capital stock (rally subscribed and 50 per cent paid up). $60,000. Montana The picture theater in Clancy owned by Kelley and Romer of Helena, has been destroyed by tire. E. C. Wadell opened his new $25,000 theater in Three Forks. Nebraska Arrangements have been made by F. Vol. XVI, No. 24. Jones to open a picture theater in the hall at Wood Lake. Plans are being made by E. C. Wolf to operate a picture theater in Chappell. A new machine has been installed in the Keith Theater at North Platte by Manager Garman. The Crystal Theater at Wayne has been sold. M. B. Johnson is building a new picture theater at Cable Rock, which he will call the Pastime. C. L. Shanner has purchased new chairs for his theater at Brunswick. The equipment of the Royal Theater at Carroll has been purchased by B. R. Atkinson. The new picture theater in Clay Center will soon be opened by Mr. Robinson. The opening of the new Queen Theater at Scottsbluff by Tom Bucy will soon take place. The Crystal Theater at Wayne is under new management. December 1 the Sun Theater at Omaha will be opened by Harry and Sam Goldberg. Robert P. Wessels, Harry A. Kyler and Dean T. Patty are the officers and directors of the Xational Association of Photoplay Exhibitors, which has filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk in Omaha. New Jersey Samuel Singer and Charles Jamison now control the new Lincoln Theater at 402 Belleville avenue. Newark. They have made various improvements and renamed the house The Little Strand. New York With the completion and opening on November 11 of the Paragon moving picture theater in Beacon, active operations will be started at once toward the erection of a new theater in Walden by the Paragon Company. Plans will be filed with the village authorities and a building permit applied for. North Dakota A large new hall is being erected at Bergen for a motion picture theater. The new hall, besides serving as the theater, is designed to furnish accommodations for dances and public meetings. It will be a single story structure, 32x64 feet, with cement foundation and a hard maple floor. A building is being erected at Bergen to be used as a moving picture theater and dance hall. Ohio The owners of the Doan. Home. Crown, Savoy and Manhattan Theaters in Cleveland, have raised their adir. price to fifteen and tv. be charged on Sunday The seen -orated at T | XX>. I. F. Anderson, incorporator. The Jennings Th> :ied in C land and is OW The building is essed brick with al pillars. It e newest and largest house il souths ~'ans .rure