Motography (Apr-Dec 1911)

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August, 1911. MOTOGRAPHY 97 GEORGIA. A moving picture theater will be opened at Broughton and Aberdeen streets, Savannah, about September 1, which will have a seating capacity of 750. A moving picture theater will be opened at 98 Whitehall street, Atlanta, by W. M. Sheer. Application has been made for a charter for the Savannah Picture Plays Company of Savannah with a capital stock of -$8,000. The incorporators are Abe S. Guckenheimer, Jack Schramock, and A. R. Boone. The company will operate the moving picture theater to be opened at Aberdeen and Broughton streets. The Montgomery Theater, recently opened in Iltanta, is ■claimed by its owner, Mr. Montgomery, to be the most expensively fitted up motion picture theater for its size in the United States. He states he has spared no expense to make this the finest theater of its kind in America. The pictures shown will be of the best. The house is furnished with one ■of the largest pipe organs of any theater in the country. For the convenience of patrons the aisles are covered with cork. IDAHO. An amusement company from Portland has secured a lease ■of the Binnard building, Lewiston, and the same will be converted into a moving picture house. The Princess is the name of a new moving picture theater, the first in the place, which will be opened at Kellogg by L. O. Beyer. ILLINOIS. The Havana and Varsity moving picture theaters of Havana, which are under the management of the Havana Fire Department, are closed during the summer. The X-Ray Theater of Lincoln, formerly owned by Messrs. Osterman and Meyers, has been purchased by A. L. Parsons of Bloomington, an experienced theatrical man who has an interest in several moving picture theaters in that city. Meyer Brothers are erecting a new theater in Stauhton which will be known as the Varsity Theater and will be devoted to moving pictures and vaudeville. The house will have the most modern equipment and will have a seating capacity of :80O. The stage will be 20x30 feet. It is planned to have the house completed about November 1. A deal was recently consummated whereby L. W. Guiteau ■of Freeport has purchased the Majestic Theater from the Majestic Amusement Company of that place, and will continue to operate it. Mr. Guiteau was one of the original founders of the theater. The moving picture theater at Chenoa, formerly owned by Yayen & Starkey, has been purchased by Ben Chapman, who will conduct it in the future. William Stephenson has sold his moving picture theater in White Hall to C. P. Kelsey of Irving. The Interurban Park Theater, a high-class vaudeville and moving picture house, was recently opened at Danville. It is located on South Vermilion street, near the interurban station. The price of admission is ten cents. It is built as a pavilion, is large, well equipped and well lighted and is one of the most modern of its kind in that section. The entire pavilion is to be surrounded with trees and flowers. J. C. Barber is owner. John Sansone of Keokuk, la., will conduct a moving picture theater at Pittsfield. A moving picture theater will be erected at 2536 Worth avenue, Chicago, by B. A. Johnson at a cost of $4,000. Wm. Kessell will erect a new five-cent theater at 914 South Halsted street," at a cost of $2,000. The Oak Theater Company, Chicago, has been incorporated "by John A. Verhoven and R. J. Cooney with a capital stock of $10,000. Chancey Grimm will open a moving picture theater in the Baird building at Gibson. The Drake, a modern, up-to-date moving picture theater was recently opened at Drake and Milwaukee avenues, Chicago, "by Hyman Brothers, Hirsch & Linder, under the management of Harry Linder. The Fort Dearborn Amusement Company, Chicago, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $7,500 by Julius Johnson, Henry F. Friedman and David Lyons. A moving picture theater will be opened about September 1 in the Healy building, Elgin, by Major Joseph B. Caughey and H. P. Rurig. E. E. Alger will open a moving picture theater at Rantoul. R. S. Hopper, who operates the Lyric Theater at Freeport, will open another house at Mionticello. A moving picture theater will be erected at 3116 Wentworth avenue, Chicago, at a cost of $10,000. The Star, a high-class vaudeville and moving picture theater of Belvidere, has been reopened. INDIANA. The Rex is the name of a new moving picture theater opened on North Second street, Vincennes, by Dave Padgett. The Lyceum Theater of Wabash, formerly owned and operated by J. L. Washburn, has been taken: over by Fred Wygrant and John Brookins of North Manchester. The Wolf Building Company of Gary has been incorporated with a capital stock of $40,000 for the purpose of constructing and operating theaters, etc. The incorporators are V. U. Young, H. A. Vossler and C. J. Wolf. The Swayzee Opera House Company has been incorporated at Swayzee with a capital stock of $900. The incorporators are D. L. Spears, W. G. Sims and W. H. Ammon. The Nickelodeon moving picture theater at Martinsville, formerly owned by Carl Ballard, has been purchased by Alva Hix, who will continue to operate the same. Jas. Faulkner, proprietor of the Cozy Theater at Anderson, has purchased a moving picture theater at Frankfort, for which he has appointed a local manager. The old Star Theater of Longansport is under a new ager, M. Cohn, who will conduct it along new lines under the name of the Lyric. The Little Theater is the name of a new moving picture theater at Auburn. The Princess Theater at Elwood has been purchased by Charles E. Maham. IOWA. Garfield Mead is now sole proprietor of the Bon Ton Theater of Clarinda, having purchased the interest of his partner. A moving picture theater has been opened at New London by Gill Johnson, being the first in the town. The Olympic is the name of a handsome moving picture house opened at First and Main streets, Knoxville, by Messrs. Morris and Wake, who own several houses in other towns. The house has a seating capacity of 500, is fitted with comfortable opera chairs and no pains have been spared to provide for the comfort, convenience and safety of the public. It is well supplied with electric fans and has an exhaust fan near the door which will rid the building of impure air. The Jewell Theater of Waterloo has been purchased by J. W. Mercelles, who will remodel the same. D. E. Fyock of Onawa, owner of a number of moving picture theaters, recently made a tour of South Dakota with a view to opening another string of houses. KANSAS. A moving picture theater, the only one in the place, has been opened at Cherokee by William Gaither and Charles Kelso. The Crystal Airdome Theater at Columbus, operated by Miessrs. Ridgway and Ash, has been purchased by Chas. A. Pryor, who has made a number of changes and improvements. A moving picture theater has been opened in the Opera House at Croweburg by J. E. Hartney. It is the only one in the place and will be 'open three nights in the week. The Marple Theater at Wichita was recently closed while being redecorated and refinished, both interior and exterior. The Elite Theater at Great Bend has been purchased by Fred Savage, who will take Over the same about Septembr 1st. KENTUCKY. ■ Plans have been filed with City Architect O'Sullivan for a moving picture theater to be erected at Fourth and O streets, Louisville, by E. Greeley at a cost of $4,000 to $5,000. The Kinemacolor Exhibition Company, Louisville, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000. The incorporators are A. P. Barnard, L. J. Dittmar and J. S. Leslie. The property at 410 South Fourth street, Louisville, will be converted into a moving picture theater at a cost of $16,000. The Majestic Theater Company of Louisville has increased its capital stock from $15,000 to $30,000. Derr Brothers of Indianapolis have secured a lease on the property on the south side of Market street, near Fourth street, Louisville, and will remodel the same into a handsome new moving picture theater. The West Market Improvement Company will erect a moving picture theater at Twenty-third and Market streets, Louisville, which will cost about $35,000 and will have a seating capacity of 2,000. The officers of the company are : President,