Motography (1912)

92 MOTOGRAPHY Vol. VII, No. 2. A new moving picture theater will be erected on Elm street near the Great River bridge, Springfield, by Tony Dellasio, at a cost of $15,000. MICHIGAN. C. S. Sullivan has purchased the Royal theater at Calumet from the Royal Theater company of that city. Mr. Sullivan will maintain the same policy which has made this house so popular and will show only the best pictures. L. J. Gcnette of Marquette and Manager McDonald of the Negaunee opera house will open a moving-picture theater in Negaunee which will be known as Wonderland. The Lyric Theater company, 83 Canal street, Grand Rapids, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $7,000 by Frank Rose, Evelyn Rose and Barney Davis. The Lyric theater at Ishpeming has been purchased by Fred Zema and Arthur Heron of Cleveland, who will conduct the same as a moving-picture house. The Bell Opera House at Benton Harbor is now conducted as a moving-picture house. The Lyric theater at Bay City is now being conducted as a moving-picture theater by Manager Fillmore of the Bijou. MINNESOTA. An up-to-date moving-picture theater, the fourth in the place, will be opened at Winona by J. F. Glubka, 109 Chatfield street, and David Janikowski, 716 East Wabasha street. A moving-picture theater will be opened at Chatfield by George Harrington. Holecek Brothers will erect a moving picture theater at Jackson. A moving-picture theater will be opened at Atwater by Roy Archer of Litchfield. A moving-picture theater will be erected at Rosseau by William Hohn. The Scenic theater at Long Prairie has been purchased by William Maybury, who will continue to operate same. MISSISSIPPI. Messrs. Josiah Pearce & Sons, who operate a string of amusement enterprises, have purchased the Lyric and Nusho playhouses in Vicksburg and will convert the same into high class moving-picture and vaudeville houses. MISSOURI. The Star theater at Merceline has been leased by I. C. Bon. C. P. Spoor, manager of the Bee theater at Trenton, which was destroyed by fire, will open the Lyric moving-picture theater at 905 Main street, that city. The Lafayette, a moving-picture theater of St. Louis, has been purchased by Jacob Berger for $12,500. A moving-picture theater will be erected at 1508 Spruce street, Kansas City, by George B. Hanson. The Mystic theater, East Fifth street, Joplin, will hereafter be known as the Gem, and will be under the management of Ben H. Marks. A moving-picture theater will be erected at 6141 Virginia street, St. Louis, by Messrs. Gratiot, Wielms & Bott. A new moving-picture theater will be erected at 2806 North Vandeventer street, St. Louis, by the Vaudeville Theater company. The Maze is the name of a new moving-picture theater to be erected at Mount Washington. The moving-picture theater recently erected on Eastern avenue, between Hamilton and Hodiamont avenues, St. Louis, at a cost of $42,000, has been taken over by the Mikado Theater company. The Mikado Theater company will erect a moving-picture theater on Easton avenue at a cost of $10,000. The new King's theater, Kingshighway and Morgan streets, St. Louis, was recently opened by the O. T. Crawford company, making the sixteenth theater now being operated by this company in St. Louis. The theater cost about $100,000 and has a seating capacity of 2,100. There are 2,600 electric lights in the building and fourteen kinds of marble were used in finishing the lobby. MONTANA. The Montana Amusement company of Butte is planning for the construction of what it claims will be the finest motionpicture theater in the entire west. The house will be constructed of concrete and will be absolutely fireproof. There will be about 600 upholstered divans on the main floor and 500 of the same kind in the balcony. The estimated cost is $60,000. NEBRASKA. The Empire theater at DeWitt has been leased by C. A. Wolfe, who will conduct it as a moving-picture theater. The Bijou theater at Oakland has been purchased by Messrs. Williams & Clemmer, who have changed the name to the Majestic. The Bijou theater at Fremont has been leased by P. H. Goldman and C. A. Lundsgaard, who will conduct it as a moving-picture house. The Royal is the name of a new motion-picture theater opened at Fullerton under the management of Rush Forbes of Omaha. A moving-picture theater will be opened at Kearney in the near future by Sam Westfall. A moving-picture theater will be opened at Wilber by A. Slepika. The Empress, a new moving-picture theater, was recently opened at Columbus. The Opera House Picture Show is the name of a new moving-picture theater opened in the opera house in Fairbury by Jay D. Davis. NEW JERSEY. The Harris Theater company, Camden, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $20,000 to conduct moving-picture theaters. The incorporators are V. A. Murray, M. L. Brennen and L. A. Myers. Messrs Clayton &' Denehy have opened a moving-picture theater at Freehold. A moving-picture theater will be opened at Main and Albert streets, Perth Amboy, by William Allgair and William Armstrong. The Princess is the name of a handsome new moving picture theater opened at 617 Princeton avenue, Trenton, under the management of Charles Wright. The house has a capacity of 200. John Childs, who for a number of years has conducted the Criterion Motion Picture theater at Atlantic City, has closed the same and is making preparation to open a new house. J. C. Wolfe will open a moving-picture theater at Dunellan. Plans have been prepared for a moving-picture theater _ to be erected in South Broad street, between Hudson and Roebling avenues, Chambersburg by Papier Brothers, which will have a seating capacity of 1,000. Plans are being prepared for a moving-picture theater to be erected at Pleasantville by Frank Hubin. A. S. Flagg and associates will erect a moving-picture theater On Elm street, Elizabeth, at a cost of $20,000. The Hand Amusement company has opened a moving-picture theater at Millville which has a seating capacity of 700. Wm. Somers & Sons, who operate the Alhambra theater at Millville, contemplate the erection of another house at High and Pine streets, which will cost $15,000. The Len-Clif company, Bloomfield, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000 to conduct moving-picture and vaudeville shows. The incorporators are Leonard H. Fentzlaff, 81 Park street, Orange, N. J. ; Clifford J. Werner, 370 Main street, Orange, N. J. ; Clarence H. Alexander, 75 Ward place, South Orange, N. J. NEW YORK. Rudolph Norek is planning to erect a moving-picture theater at Schenectady avenue and St. John's place, Brooklyn, at a cost of $10,000. The Temple is one of Geneva's latest moving-picture houses. The Princess is the name of a new moving-picture theater which will be erected at Webster avenue and Grand avenue, Rochester, work to begin at once. The Empress is the name of another house of the same kind to be erected in that city and later on an open air theater for the summer. Messrs. Hirschfelder & Zimmer have the plans in charge. The Acme theater of St. Johnsville, formerly operated by Mrs. Harriet Shaper Cook, has been purchased by Miss Flora M. Spraker, who will conduct the same. The B. B. Feature Film company has been organized by J. E. Burns. The new firm is located at 64 East Fourteenth street, New York City. The Independent Moving Picture Company of America has asked the court to change its name to the Imp Films company. The Fort Tryon Amusement company, Esopus, has been incorporated to do a general amusement business, including moving pictures; capital stock $100,000. The directors are Thomas Adams, 39 West One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street; Charles Marks, 460 West Thirtyfourth street, New York City; Franklin Bien, Jr., Englewood, N. J. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Photo-Drama Motion Picture company, Inc., New York City; capital stock $3,000. The incorporators are William Devey, 55 West Twentyfifth street; Pierce Kingsley, 207 West One Hundred and Ninth street; L. M. Kester, 617 West One Hundred -and Forty-fourth street, New York City. It is the purpose of the concern to conduct a film business and operate theaters. The General Film Publicity and Sales company, New York City, has been incorporated to deal in moving-picture supplies. The directors are Louis H. Cohn, 452 Fort Washington avenue; Hans August Spanuth, 455 Fort Washington avenue, and Sol. Cohn.