Motography (Apr-Dec 1911)

158 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. V, No. 6. ham. The theater will be on St. Clair street, between Madison and Adams. The Olympia theater at Wapakoneta has been purchased by Messrs. Star and Whipple who also own the Princess theater in that city and in future they will run both houses. Mr. Star having charge of the Princess and Mr. Whipple of the Olympia. OKLAHOMA. The Stone Motion Picture Company has been incorporated with W. P. Stone, president, for the purpose of erecting arena, studio and other facilities for producing moving picture films. The firm will be located temporarily at 817 Colcord building, Oklahoma City. The firm contemplates the expenditure of from $50,000 to $75,000 in the construction of its plant. Wigwam No. 2 is the name of a new theater to be erected at Muskogee by the Muskogee Amusement Company which will make the fifth operated in this city by the Muskogee company. OREGON. The American Lifeograph Company has purchased a site in the southeast side, Portland, where it will erect a building and engage in the manufacture of films of all kinds, but particularly of scenes in the northwest. E. W. Minck, proprietor of the Princess theater at Nelsonville has sold his house to Spencer Steenrod, who is thoroughly experienced in the business and will doubtless maintain the high standard heretofore enjoyed by this house. Bids have been received for the construction of the Lyric theater at Portsmouth, the handsome new moving picture house to be erected by J. F. Carr. It is planned to have it completed by September. J. Clark of Covington, Ky., has obtained a five-to-ten-year lease on the property at 117 East Center street, Marion, on which will be erected a modern up-to-date moving picture theater at a cost of $5,000 or more. It will be completed in about ninety days and the owners expect to make it one of the finest in that portion of the state. PENNSYLVANIA. The Pastime is the name of a moving picture theater to be opened at 519 Locust street, Chambersburg, by J. W. Knaussen. The General Amusement Company of Shamokin is erecting a moving picture theater at Mahanoy City which will be one of the largest and best equipped of any in that part of the state. A moving picture theater will be opened at 1216 Eighth avenue, Altoona, by Edward O. Young. The Ortho Film Company of Chicago, of which F. W. Hochstetter is president, has leased a building at 208 Market street, Pittsburg, for a term of five years where they will manufacture non-inflammable films of industrial moving pictures for schools and colleges. A syndicate of Philadelphians and New Yorkers have purchased a lot at 3139 Frankford ave., Philadelphia, and have commissioned Frank C. Koenig to prepare plans for a large vaudeville and moving picture theater to be erected thereon. It will be of steel and concrete, with a marble front and brick and terra cotta trimmings, and will have a seating capacity of 2,500. A moving picture theater will be erected at 2709 Columbia avenue, Philadelphia, by George A. Warner at a cost of $9,000. The Moving Picture Operators' Union, 618 Race street, Philadelphia, has selected Louis Meininger and Ernest Johns as its representatives at the national convention to be held at Niagara Falls during the week of July 10. The General Amusement Company of Shamokin has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000. A moving picture theater will be erected at 2715 Columbus avenue, Philadelphia, by George A. Marner at a cost of $10,000. RHODE ISLAND. The New Gem theater at Arctic has been reopened to the public after a thorough overhauling which has not only added greatly to its attractiveness, but has also added to its seating capacity. TENNESSEE. The Continental Film Company, recently organized at Nashville with a capital stock of $2,000 will open a modern moving picture theater on Fifth avenue, between Church and Union streets. It is expected the new theater will be ready for opening the latter part of the summer. The incorporators of the company are C. A. E. Holmberg, W. F. Hardison, J. H. Core and others. A company has been incorporated in Knoxville by N. B. Kuhlman, W. B. Kuhlman, C. F. Maple, F. B. Stewart and Fred Martin with a capital stock of $25,000 to conduct the Gay theater, 403 Gay street, in that city. It will be fitted with every convenience and it is the purpose of the management to make "it one of the best in the South. One unique feature of the house is the sign which will have four hundred and twenty-two Tung sten lamps, and will be the symbol of a comet. This will extend upward and outward from the building, the tail of the comet comprising three steel curved shafts while the star itself will be nineteen feet in height. The lighting will be such as to electrify the tail of the comet and then the star, which will bear these words : "The Gay, Best Pictures." Mr. Martin, who has been identified with the theatrical business in Knoxville for many years, will have charge of the new house. TEXAS. The Floresville opera house has been leased by E. V. Johnson and Clarence Martin of Floresville, who will make extensive improvements and will exhibit pictures on all occasions when not otherwise occupied. During the regular season it will be occupied by traveling companies. The Kozy moving picture theater at Vernon has been purchased by E. K. Greever, who is also manager of the Dreamland theater of that city. After more than three years' work, and contesting nine suits of intervention, Edwin B. Yanch, a carpenter, residing at 827 Market street, Galveston, has been awarded a patent on a device for automatically winding motion picture films. Mr. Yanch, who has invented a number of useful things, has received his letters patent, and expects to put his invention into commercial use during the next few months. The "Cozy" is the latest addition to Waco's moving picture theaters. It has a seating capacity of nearly 500 and is as its name suggests, cozy in every respect and one of the most up-todate places of amusement to be found anywhere. Philip Denham and Professor Carsey have opened a moving picture theater in the opera house at Flatonia. The Colonial, a high grade moving picture house, was recently opened at Temple under the management of Messrs. Carr and Woodall. UTAH. The Colonial theater at Salt Lake City has been converted into a moving picture theater for the summer. It is said to be the largest house in America devoted exclusively to pictures. It is modern in every respect, cool and well ventilated and special lighting arrangements will be adopted that will make the building superior in that respect. VERMONT. L. J. Bourdon will erect a moving picture theater at Woodstock. VIRGINIA. A high grade vaudeville and moving picture theater will be opened in Roanoke by M. L. Hofheimer of Richmond which will be one of a chain of houses owned by Mr. Hofheimer in Richmond, Norfolk, Petersburg and Danville. WISCONSIN. Another moving picture theater will be opened in Marinette by Messrs. Vanderberg and Rettke. "The Unique" is the name chosen by W. N. Daniels for his new moving picture theater opened at Rice Lake. The house is well arranged, seated with opera chairs and has a handsome front. Herman Zander, proprietor of the Majestic theater of Rhinelander, has given contract for the construction of a modern up-to-date theater near the site of his present house. A moving picture theater is being erected at Nineteenth street and Fond du Lac avenue, Milwaukee, for M. Rice. The building is to be of concrete and cement block construction and will have an ornamental stucco front and lobby. The interior finish will be hardwood, with a seating capacity of 600, and will have hot water heating and combination lighting. The cost will be about $10,000 and the house is expected to be ready to open about August 10. The Ideal is the name of a moving picture theater to be erected at Eleventh avenue and Washington street, Milwaukee. It will be under the management of Edward J. Wagner. A building will be erected at Eleventh and National avenues by Casper Jochem at a cost of $50,000, a portion of which will be occupied by a moving picture theater. Clara Held has been granted permission to erect a moving picture theater on Fond du Lac avenue, between Tamarack and Pine street, Milwaukee, at a cost of $8,000. C. W. Christianson, manager of the Gem theater of Racine, has leased the Cape building on the beach and will convert it into an up-to-date moving picture theater to be known as the Beach theater. The Saxe Brothers Syndicate of Milwaukee has purchased a lot at 513 Sixth street on which will be erected a moving picture theater which will have a capacity of about 600 and will cost about $15,000. It is expected the house will be ready to open about September 1.