Motography (1912)

90 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. VII, No. 2. this purpose L. C. Small has leased all roof privileges of the Georgia Life building. IDAHO. The Grand theater of Pocatello has been purchased by Al Hawkins, who is an experienced motion picture man and should make the house a success. ILLINOIS. A moving picture theater was recently opened at Ida Grove by Geo. Pullis. William Evans has opened a moving picture theater at 521 Hampshire street, Springfield. E. L. Harris is now sole owner of the Columbia, the largest and best equipped exclusive moving picture theater in Peoria, having purchased the interest of S. A. Oakley in the Alhambra Amusement company, which owns this house. Ed Rothe, 7815 South Halsted street, Chicago, will spend $4,000 in enlarging his theater. Leland Edwards has been granted permission to erect a moving picture theater at 412 Main street, Bloomington. The Majestic moving picture theater at Fairbury has been purchased by Messrs. A. R. Moss and Harry Evans. A moving picture theater will be erected at 2006-8 Montrose avenue, Chicago, by A. Pink, at a cost of $5,000. The Princess theater at Galva was recently purchased at receiver's sale by John Best. The Colonial theater, North Main street, Bloomington, has been purchased by A. C. Shultz of Peoria, and the same will be under the management of William Peterson. A new theater will be erected at 5419 South Ashland avenue Chicago, by J. Kohlman, at a cost of $6,000. The Princess theater at Galesburg has been purchased by Don Best, who will continue to operate the same. Messrs. Daley will erect a hippodrome theater at Carlinsville, which will have a seating capacity of 1,800. The Dreamland moving picture theater, operated at Lena by D. F. Shirk, has been purchased by Charles Wallick. The Princess theater at Galva has been leased by Wallace Emerv, who will conduct the same. Messrs. Byrus and Nelson will conduct a motion picture house at Roseville. The Morton Film Exchange, Chicago, has been taken over by Eugene Cline. C. P. Lautenslager, 3433 W. North avenue, Chicago, will erect a moving picture theater at a cost of $25,000. The Colonial moving picture theater of Rockford, owned by John Sammons, has been purchased by Messrs. Anderson and Johnson, two Rockford men, who will operate the same. The Majestic Film Service of Chicago has heen incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000 by C. J. Hite, 6825 Jefferson avenue, and others. It is the purpose of the concern to deal in moving picture apparatus, operate theaters, etc. A moving picture theater will be erected at 21-25 North Clark street, Chicago, by Harry Moir, at a cost of $618,000. Stelzer Brothers, of McCook, Neb., have located in Lincoln, where they will engage in the manufacture of violins and rebuilding moving picture machines. A moving picture theater will be opened at 323 C Avenue, Lawton, by J. C. Murray. ■ The Dreamland moving picture theater at Farmington has been purchased by Mayor Johnson. The Ogden is the name of a handsome new motion picture house recently opened at 1114 West Sixty-third street, Chicago. Only high grade pictures will be shown. William Baker, 1145 Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, has been granted permission to erect a moving picture theater at a cost of $9,000. Henry O. Noben, proprietor of the Rockford Moving Picture Parlor, recently damaged by fire, announces the same will be rebuilt. C. H. Zuttermeister, 1415 Fullerton avenue, Chicago, will erect a moving picture theater at a cost of $10,000. The State Theater company, Chicago, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $1,500. The directors are William F. Zurwelle, William H. Becker and Raynold H. Hendricks. The Gem theater at Clinton has been purchased by Clarence Tharp. E. B. Green will open a moving picture theater at Greencastle. The opera house at Raymond has been leased by Max and Vivian Sajlec, who will conduct it as a moving picture house. The Devon Moving Picture Theater, 6517 North Clark street, Chicago, was recently damaged by fire to the amount of $500. The Central Theater company of Chicago has been incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000 and the directors are as follows : Fred D. Selber, A. Paul Holbeb and M. J. Isaacs. The Alvin is the name of a high grade moving picture theater recently opened at Sixty-third and Drexel avenue, Chicago, by C. B. Reynolds, whose purpose it is to acquire a chain of high grade exclusive picture houses. The Edgewater is a high grade moving picture theater recently opened at 1130 Bryn Mawr avenue, Chicago, with a seating capacity of 300, under the management of W. H. Apgar. The Sylvia is a new motion picture house located at 2809 Sheffield avenue, Chicago. S. Wertheimer is the proprietor. The Princess is the name of the new motion picture house opened at Western and North avenue, Chicago, by B. Petchaft and company. The seating capacity of this house is 300. Messrs. Katz and Rosenthal will conduct a moving picture theater at 5619 Center avenue, Chicago. The X-Ray theater at Lincoln has been purchased by J. Kendall of Pleasant Plains. Danville Auxiliary Branch, No. 17, Moving Picture Machine Operators' Union has been granted a charter. The following officers have been selected : President, Harry Hughes ; vicepresident, Bert Walters; secretary-treasurer, James Goff; business agent, Ed Dinsmore ; seargent-at-arms, Ray McKinney. INDIANA. The Wayne Amusement company, of Fort Wayne, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $7,000 by T. C. Young, G. F. Underhill and others. Misses Bertha Eldridge and Josephine Sims have assumed the management of the Orient Motion Picture House at Delphi. As far as can be ascertained these two ladies are the first in the state to engage in this line of work. Both are members of old and prominent families. The Dreamland theater has been opened at Princeton by Riley Hull. The Industrial Motion Picture company of South Bend has been incorporated with a capital stock of $15,000 and will establish a factory in that city for the manufacture of moving picture films for advertising purposes. The incorporators are Carl J. Allardt, manager of the Orpheum theater, president; Samuel D. Moran, treasurer ; Edward M. Lucas, secretary and general manager. The Young Amusement company has been incorporated at Indianapolis with a capital stock of $10,000. The directors are V. U. and G. B. Young and C. J. Hoff. J. M. Johns, F. H. Nichols and H. Maxwell are planning for the erection of a theater at Rockville which shall cost $10,000. The Victoria theater at Lafayette has been taken over by Aaron M. Gollos, a well-known theatrical manager of Chicago, who will open the same with novelty photo plays and musical acts. Mr. Gollos is establishing an Indiana circuit of theaters to add to his already large combination of amusement places. The Star theater at New Albany, formerly owned by Walter Klarer, has been purchased by Simon Schafer. The Walker Amusement company, Indianapolis, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000. The directors are E. H. Reed, T. Walker and Charles Alcon. Ingwald Moe, of the United States Steel Corporation, has purchased a site at Gary on which he will erect a moving picture theater, which, it is said; will cost $100,000. W. G. Henne, 108 Brackford avenue, Evansville, will erect a moving picture theater at a cost of $8,000. Ground has been leased and plans are being made for the erection of a motion picture and vaudeville theater on Massachusetts avenue, near College avenue, Indianapolis, at a cost of $15,000. The Star theater, recently opened at Valparaiso by Oscar Williams, has been taken over by E. J. Hire, who will operate the same. IOWA. M. L. Weber and son of Independence will open a moving picture theater at Waverly. R. J. Maloney, who operates the Lyric theater at Morrison, will open a theater at Clinton. The "Golden," a high grade motion-picture house, has been opened at 805 Walnut street, Des Moines. The Majestic theater, a motion-picture and vaudeville house of Nevada, has been taken over by S. J. Bowers, who formerly owned it and some time ago sold it to John Mott. The Lyric theater at Charles City was recently damaged by fire. A moving-picture theater will be opened at Dexter by James Joyce and A. W. Drake. Messrs. Myers and Worthing have purchased the Johnson Opera House at New London and will convert the same into a moving-picture theater. A. F. Victor of Davenport, head of the Victor Animatograph company, has made a number of inventions whieh_ will make it possible to secure a moving picture machine for use in home entertainments, an improved form of stereopticon for use in educational, religious and amusement lines, and an improved post card