Motography (Apr-Dec 1911)

June, 1911. MOTOGRAPHY 157 capacity of 700 and will be ready to open to the public about July 15. The Mongomery Theater Company, St. Louis, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $35,000 to take over a moving picture theater just opened at Fifteenth and Montgomery streets. The incorporators are J. M. Dubbs, E. W. Dustin and C. E. Huff. The Gem theater of Springfield has been purchased by Gus Bennett. The Maize is the name of an airdome opened at the corner of Sixth and Joplin streets, Joplin, under the management of Messrs. McGee and Wright. Pictures will be included in its program. E. Harry Pipe, manager of the Delmar theater, St. Louis, has leased a site at Olive and Sarah street, on which he will erect a theater at a cost of about $40,000. It will be ready about October 1. It will be under the management of Mr. Pipe and will be devoted to vaudeville and moving pictures. A new theater will be erected at 3525 Olive street, St. Louis, at a cost of $75,000. The Nickelodeon theater of Nevada, owned by C. M. Pattee, has been purchased by George Baldwin. NEBRASKA-. Messrs. Westfall and Hendy, who operate the New Crescent and Gem theaters at Kearney, contemplate putting in another theater at Lexington. The Palm theater, 1318 Douglas street, Omaha, has been purchased by N. Amos of that city, who operates a string of picture houses. The Star theater at Broken Bow has installed a new picture machine, and made other improvements which add greatly to the attractiveness of that already popular house. Messrs. Parks and Lawson, of Shelton, have opened a moving picture theater in the opera house at Gibbon. The Palace moving picture theater at Alma has been leased by Messrs. E. D. Mattison and Frank Cassil, who will operate it hereafter under the riame of the Princess. NEW JERSEY. Herman Rosenblatt, of the Savoy moving picture theater of Trenton, will erect another house at the corner of Olden avenue and State street, that city. The Star is the name chosen by Messrs. Villipigi and Blakeney, of Camden, for the new moving picture theater which they will open in the Armory building in that city. Charles W. Ritter, proprietor of the Empire theater at Red Bank, has been making extensive improvements on his theater. A thoroughly modern, up-to-date moving picture theater will be erected at 282 Washington street, Newark, by C. 3ydney Ainsworth. The Hudson Motion Picture Company, Hoboken, has been incorporated to deal in moving picture machines. The capital stock is $50,000 and the incorporators are J. W. Mitchell, L. G. Johnston, W. Goodchild, Hoboken ; J. Goodchild, Rockaway Park. NEW MEXICO. W. V. Futralle is having plans drawn for a moving picture theater to be erected at the corner of Cal avenue and South Second street, Albuquerque. One of the main features of the theater will be its up-to-date ventilating system and the exits on all sides. NEW YORK. John A. Lane, of the Tioga theater, Owego, announces that his theater will be devoted to moving pictures during the summer. The house has a capacity of 1,100. The Arena is the name of a new theater opened at 172 Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, by I. S. Rosenberg. The Rose Theater Company, New Rochelle, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $3,000 for the purpose of conducting moving picture and other theaters. The directors are Maurice Seidlitz, 45 North avenue ; Cecile Seidlitz, 31 Boulevard, New Rochelle ; Jacob Cohen, 212 East 117th St., New York City. The Choos Amusement Company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000, to own, lease and manage theaters of all kinds. The directors are S. C. Sugerman ; J. H. Sugerman ; • Abraham Geilich, 132 Nassau street, New York City. The Western Film Exchange of New York has been incorporated to manufacture and deal in motion picture machines and films and own and lease theaters. The capital stock is $10,000 and the directors are Leopold Frank, 65 East 11th street; Otto Glasberg, 102 West 115th street; Samuel Stern, 51 East Nineteenth street, New York City. The Dincin Amusement Company has been incorporated to conduct a vaudeville and moving picture theater ; capital stock, $10,000. The directors are Philip Dincin, 557 Eighth street, Brooklyn ; Morris H. Weston, 748 Beck street ; Louis H. Steinhart, 615 143d street, New York City. The Myceda Amusement Company has been incorporated in New York to present moving picture exhibitions, etc. The capital stock is $2,000 and the directors are Lincoln S'ivins, 543 West 146th street; Sally E. LeVene, 19 East Eighty-eighth street ; Samuel I. Hartman, 309 Broadway, New York City. E. M. Day, manager of the Motion World at Auburn, is erecting another theater in Rome which will be ready to open to the public about September 1. The United States Moto Photo Company has been incorporated to conduct moving picture theaters and other places of amusement, to deal in films, etc. The capital stock is $100,000 and the directors are Harry L. Whaley, 619 West 144th street ; John A. Murray, 524 West 173d street; Thomas R. H. Smith, 424 West 146th street, New York City. The McClintic Amusement Company has been incorporated at Buffalo with a capital stock of $4,000. The directors are Frederick M. McClintic, 67 West 104th street; Mary Flint, 344 West Eighty-fifth street, New York City; George H. Reiff, 362 Halsey street, Buffalo. One object of the company is to conduct moving picture exhibitions. A permit has been granted Nicola Balzano for the erection of a moving picture theater at g08 Marys street, Utica, to be occupied by the Columbus Moving Picture Company. M. L. Fleischman has taken over McLane's theater, 780 Westchester avenue, New York City, and has changed the name to the Globe. NORTH CAROLINA. A moving picture theater will be opened at Hendersonville by D. L. Schorn of Tryon. NORTH DAKOTA. The Unique theater at Grand Forks has been purchased by A. L. Bliven, of Manilla, Iowa, who has had extensive experience in the theater business. Frank Gaffey, formerly manager of the Unique, has reopened the Royal theater which will hereafter be known as "The Imp." OHIO. George W. Ziegenfelder, owner of the Ziz moving picture theater at Piqua, has leased the Bijou of that city, formerly a vaudeville house, and for the present will conduct it as a picture house. The Lyceum theater, Central and Fifth avenue, Cincinnati, has been purchased by Colonel Edward Hart, who will conduct it for the colored people. The Colonial theater was recently opened in the Willard block, Ashland, by the Colonial Amusement Company, under the management of Ed Gantz. The house has a capacity of about 350 and is seated with opera chairs. Arrangements are being made for the erection of a moving picture theater at. 11 East Federal street, Youngstown, for Charles Klopot. The ceiling will be 22 feet high, thus affording exceptional ventilation. The Pastime is the name of an exclusive moving picture house to be operated at 412 Broadway, Lorain, by George Schenker, proprietor of the Star theater at 341 Broadway, that city. The Hub Amusement Conjpany has been incorporated at Columbus for the purpose of conducting a moving picture theater on East Main street; capital stock, $2,000. The incorporators are Albert H. Rieser, H. L. Friedenberg, Robert Jacobs, Samuel J. Hersko'witz. A moving picture theater with a capacity of 900 will be built on the north side^of McMicken avenue, opposite Mohawk place by the National Theater Company, a new corporation. The Magnetic Poster Company will be organized to deal in posters, tickets and other supplies for motion picture and vaudeville theaters. ■ The headquarters of the firm will be 111 East Seventh street, Cincinnati, where it has leased the second floof for five years. The Bijou theater of Youngstown has been entirely remodeled and a mirror screen installed. The Eagle moving picture theater, Court and Reily streets, Hamilton, owned and operated by the Star. Amusement Company, has been purchased by William Leighton and others. The Star company will still continue to operate the Star theater in Hamilton. J. W. Dunsford has opened a moving picture theater at Moxahala Park, Zanesville, which he will conduct during the park season. The Brailey Amusement Company of Toledo has been incorporated with a capital stock of $50,000 to conduct a moving picture theater. The incorporators are James S. Brailey, Sr., O. L. Brailey, J. M. Fontz, R. W. Le Bold, Charles G. Cunning