Motography (Jan-Jun 1918)

May 25, 1918. MOTOGRAPHY 1021 New Howard Theatre, Chicago. Brief Theater News of the Entire Country A SUMMARY OF HAPPENINGS BY STATES Arkansas JN. COBB, owner of the Princess Theatre at Batesville, has purchased a theatre at Lonoke, •and will remodel and improve it. California The Sunland Film Company has _ been incorporated at Los Angeles with a capital stock of $100,000 by W. H. Clifford, Frederick Post and John L. McGonigle. Delaware The Emery Amusement Company has been incorporated at Newport with a capital of $250,000 by Alton C. and B. A. Emery and Joseph Moller, all of Providence, R. I. Florida S. A. Lynch has completed elaborate plans for the construction of a new theatre in Jacksonville which is to cost $125,000. Georgia Joseph Burton will erect a theatre at Toccoa. Illinois The capital stock of the Schaefer Theatre Company of Chicago has been increased from $1,000 to $20,000. The Schram Theatre at Hillsboro has been opened by Frank Hlastan. The Washington Theatre Company of Belleville has been incorporated with a capital of $25,000 by Philip H. Cohn, Joseph Erber and A. B. Newman. The Milda Theatre Association of Chicago has been incorporated with a capital of $150,000 by S. I. Schlegowicz, Lawrence A. Zukes and John Pruss. A theatre will be erected at Deer Creek by J. M. Davis. Iowa G. L. Meholin has sold the Empress Theatre at Rockwell to Mrs. Lulu M. Suter of Shenandoah. The Lyric Theatre and hotel at Valley Junction were damaged by fire recently to the extent of $3,000. T. H. Henderson has purchased the Lyric Theatre at Cumberland and will make improvements. Miss Pauline Beck with has purchased the Pastime Theatre at Mt. Pleasant and will make alterations. R. B. McGregor, of Macoun, Saskatchewan. Canada, has leased a site in Des Moines and will erect a $400,000 theatre and office building. Kentucky The Lakewood Amusement Company of Covington has been incorporated with a capital of $25,000. The incorporators are Fred W. Strautmann, William Straulmann and Frank W. Burgoyne. Massachusetts Frank D. Standon has bought the Spa Theatre of Pittsfield from Mrs. H. Durgin. W. F. Hosmer has sold the Central Theatre of Stoneham to William N. Ambler. Michigan A four-story theatre building, with a seating capacity of 1,100, is being built at Battle Creek. Missouri The Linwood Theatre of Tarkow has been sold by Hackett & Taylor to Earl Nesbitt, who will make extensive improvements. Plans have been completed for the erection of a new $225,000 theatre at East St. Louis by Joseph Erber and Paul Cohn. New Mexico A theatre which is to cost $25,000 is being erected at Clovis by Hardwick Brothers. New York A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by Transoceanic Film, Inc., of New York. A petition in bankruptcy has been filed by the E. I. S. Motion Picture Corporation of New York City. F. E. Colburn and J. E. Lockwood of Burlington, Vermont, will erect a $100,000 theatre at Glens Falls, to seat 1,500. The following new amusement enterprises have bene incorporated : Carlos Film Corporation, New York City, capital $250,000. Directors : Abraham Carlos, Abraham B. Samuelson and Richard Croker, Jr. A Stitch in Time, Inc., New York City, capital $5,000. Directors: Nathan D. Smith, Oliver D. Bailey and Frederick S. Mordaunt. MillerWeiss Amusement Corporation, Brooklyn, capital $10,000. Directors: Max Miller, Meyer Weiss and Sigmund Schwartz. Interstate Films, New York City, capital $5,000. Directors: Milton L. Cohan, Louis Vineburg and Joseph J. Fiske. Exhibitors Booking Syndicate, New York City, capital $10,000. Directors: Charles L. O'Reilly, Isidore Edelstein and John Manheimer. North Dakota A. L. Zacherl has sold the Royal Theatre of Grand Forks to S. Cornish. James J. Stasek of Elgin has sold his theatre to Jacob Balliet. Ohio The Hippodrome Theatre Company of Springfield has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000 by J. C. Murray. Pennsylvania The Olympic Theatre of Pittsburgh, which has been closed, several weeks for repairs, has been reopened. The Garden Theatre of Lock Haven, which has been closed since having been damaged by a recent flood; has been reopened. J. F. Cowley of Blossburg has sold the Blossburg Opera House to the Star Theatre Company of that city. South Carolina The O'Dowd Amusement Company will erect a theatre with a seating capacity of 1,000 at Florence. It will cost $40,000. The Chestonia, a theatre at Chester, was damaged by fire to the amount of $1,500. Texas The Crown Theatre of Houston has been purchased by H. Silverberg and Jake Abrams. The building will be renovated throughout. The Majestic Theatre at Dallas will be rebuilt. Wisconsin John Staehle, who has managed the Odeon Theatre at Beaver Dam for several years, has procured a lease of the Davison Theatre and will conduct both. The Star Theatre at Peshtico was destroyed by fire with a loss of $60,000. Canada The Victoria Theatre at Three Rivers, Quebec, was destroyed by fire. Realism Almost Costs Life Realism that came close to the border between life and death was injected into the Triangle play, "The Heritage," by Jack Richardson and Pete Morrison. Richardson as the "heavy" was forced to flee to his cabin and the action required that Morrison fire five shots at him as he slammed the door on his pursuer. Richardson consented to the stunt when he was assured that none but Morrison, who is a good marksman, would handle the gun. Richardson arranged that as he disappeared within the cabin he would fall heavily upon the floor and that this would be the cue to fire. As he lay prostrate behind a flimsy door, Morrison opened fire. Five bullets cut their way through the door and passed less than five inches above Richardson's body. Two cameras, one showing Morrison firing and the other revealing the bullets splintering the door, recorded the action. Marion Davies Film Finished Marion Davies' first production for the Marion Davies Film Co., an interpretation of Katharine Haviland Taylor's popular novel, "Cecilia of the Pink Roses," is practically finished and the offices and studio of the concern buzz with activity in the final preparations for releasjng the picture. Julius Steger, under whose personal direction the production was created, is busy titling it and within a few days Miss Davies and the principals of the company which is exploiting her will have an opportunity to view their first effort on the screen. At that time decision will be made whether to exhibit the production for a summer run on Broadway or to confine the activities of the company to the usual limitations of manufacturers and present the picture through the distributing channels ordinarily employed.