Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

April 27, 1918. MOTOGRAPHY 823 Brief Theater News of the Entire Country A SUMMARY OF HAPPENINGS BY STATES Alabama THE City commission is considering the erection of an open air theatre at Birmingham. District of Columbia Moving pictures will be shown in Washington showing people what may be necessary in this country if food is not properly conserved. Washington The Casino Theatre at F and Seventh streets has been bought by Harry M. Crandall, head of Crandall's circuit of theatres. Four theatres will be erected at Washington by C. T. Moore, of the Garden theatre. * A theatre will be erected at Washington by Marcus Notes. Delaware The Brandywine Moving Picture Company has been incorporated at Wilmington with a capital of $50,000. Georgia The Dixie Film City Corporation has been incorporated at Savannah with a capital stock of $500,000, by Warren Belle and Mrs. Marcia McFadden. A new Liberty Theatre is being erected at Camp Hancock, Augusta, by the War Department. Illinois The Rochelle Theatre Company of Rochelle was granted a charter to operate moving picture and vaudeville theatre, with a capital of $2,000. Incorporators are A. Lisy, Diehl Mehrs, John M. Dales and Marie Marshman. The Langley theatre, 704 East Sixtythird street, Chicago, has been damaged by fire, presumably caused by crossed wires. Loss is estimated at $1,000. Mrs. Frances Peart, of South Wilmington, who sold the Star and Princess theatres in Gardner to Harry Brown recently, has repurchased them. The Rock Island Theatre Company at Rock Island has been incorporated with a capital stock of $2,500, by Joseph and Edgar Hope. The Colonial theatre at La Salle has been purchased from A. H. Heaton by J. E. Armstrong. W. M. Dunn has bought the interests of Rex Wheelock in the Palace theatre and is now manager of that theatre. Indiana S. M. Grimes and Robert Kidd of the Brazil Theatres Company of Brazil have leased the Grand Opera House at Linton. Iowa J. C. Starnes of Newton has purchased the Lyric Theatre from Lemen & Heki. Kansas A theatre will be erected at Ft. Riley by M. W. Jenks of Sioux City. D. J. Rillen of Nebraska has bought Wonderland Park, a fifteen-acre island in the Arkansas River, and will build a $100,000 film studio there. Kentucky The Kozy Theatre Company of Paducah has been incorporated with a capital of $6,000 by R. C. Davis, R. R. Kirkland and L. F. Keiler. The Tabb theatre of Mt. Sterling, owned by I. F. Tabb, has been leased by William Small. Louisiana A film was destroyed in a small fire at the New Wonderland theatre at New Orleans. The fire was extinguished before any other damage was done. Massachusetts A theatre will be erected at New Bedford by Samuel T. Lee of that city. The Animated Service, Inc., of Boston, has been incorporated with a capital of $98,000 by Winfield Temple, Neil Washburn and Eileen M. McCarthy of Marlboro. Plans are being prepared for the erection of a $350,000 theatre, store and office building for the Olympia Theatre Company, 3 Tremont Row. Michigan are being prepared for the ereca theatre at Detroit for Jerome Plans tion of Selling. Minnesota J. L. Hadbrook has purchased the Grand theatre at Ortonville. Lars Grong of Taunton has sold his moving picture theatre interests to Adolph Boetcher of the same place. C. E. Lyons has purchased the moving picture theatre at Aitkin. Plans are being prepared for the erection of a theatre at Deerwood for Charles G. Osterlund. Missouri Plans are being prepared for the erection of a $100,000 theatre at Kansas City for A. E. Elliott of that city. Twelve hundred dollars worth of films were destroyed in a fire which threatened the Alamo theatre, Thirty-fourth and Main streets, Kansas City. John Courter is the new manager of the Star theatre at Gallatin, having purchased it from J. F. Mills. The Maple Avenue moving picture theatre at Independence has been destroyed by fire, with a loss of $16,000. Montana Plans for the Liberty theatre which is to be built at Main and Pattee streets, Missoula, by the Missoula Amusement Company, have almost been completed. Harry Beverly has purchased the interests of Clarence Touglia in the Lyric theatre of Glasgow. Nebraska H. A. Felps of Kimball has purchased the Comet theatre of Shelton from H. E. Wait. The Gem theatre of Ord has been purchased by Wesley Mansfield. P. H. Tote has purchased the Crystal theatre at Ulysses. Scenes from "The Blindness of Divorce" a William Fox picture with an all-star cast.